I read the school board letter you posted and yes, on the surface is polar opposite from the CRT letter I referenced in the OP.
For the sake of argument, let’s take out the temporary variables of mask wearing as well as the political push for CRT for the moment.
Let’s look at the big picture view. What is the most crucial aspect to public education? To provide all students with an education that leads to full self-reliance or, when self-reliance is not physically and/or mentally possible, to provide them the tools to thrive as independently as possible.
Teachers that facilitate an engaged classroom do not teach their students to take short-cuts like copying from another’s work to be able to pass, nor do they teach students to rely on excuses to get by…the excuse that the dog ate the homework isn’t given a pass. High expectations are better than low expectations every single time.
Comparing the importance of a concrete foundation versus politically-driven superficial (temporary) changes? It’s important to make sure that temporary changes, driven often by political subsets or community leaders, do not harm the foundation. This is why CRT has caused major public backlash. Anytime a political or social group attempts to go overboard with overkill in the name of fairness, you wind up with nonsense. Kind of like deciding to capitalize the ‘b’ in Black but keep the ‘w’ in white lowercase, totally non-sensical.
We’re likely going to have to agree to disagree if you place the political pursuit of CRT and student mask wearing to be more important than long-term outcome. The intention to shift our populace into becoming more dependent on the government comes from a subset of lowly mindsets. At the head of this trend is Biden’s handlers, who are not named and certainly void of any attempt at transparency. This is intentional by design, and the commoners like me aren’t happy about it. Freedom will prevail whether supporters of total dependency like it or not.