On Oct. 7, 2023, the world woke up to the horrors of a truly barbaric attack upon the innocent people of our strongest ally in our world’s most unsettled region. As horrific as those massacres were — nearly as shocking were the demonstrations in support of the heinous Hamas butchers emanating from elite college campuses across our nation with students serving as brainwashed “useful idiot” (as Lenin called them) models of the indoctrination taking place in our nation’s school systems. 

It is not a far road to travel from the “diversity, equity, and inclusion” ideology promoted by the present Summit School District board of education (rejection of a petition signed by over 2,000 parents asking for transgender theory not to be taught in K-3 grades) and the near insane moral decay displayed by those campus activists chanting in favor of the ideology of “decolonization” the Left is using to condemn Western culture.  

Don’t believe me — self-described liberal Bari Weiss, a former op-ed staff editor of The New York Times, blamed the “ideological rot that has taken root at many of the most important institutions in American life … the places where young minds are molded” when questioned on this topic.

When we support indoctrination of our children that advances an “oppressor vs oppressed” mentality, we are also creating resentment, division and a distraction from the ABCs of learning. Look no further than the Summit School District’s precipitous drop from “distinction” to embarrassing percentages of students meeting math and reading standards in only a few short years as evidence of misplaced priorities.   

In 2022, the people of Virginia — led by parents — woke up and voted for change — change which placed a value on parental input — the question we face on Nov. 7 is will the people of Summit County follow suit?