Look at this PEARL CLUTCHING and LYING by the left.
Holy shit...you people are fucked in the head.
Here is the ACTUAL TEXT of the letter sent to Biden:
National School Boards Association
1680 Duke St. FL2, Alexandria, VA 22314-3493
Phone: (703) 838.6722 • Fax: (703) 683.7590
www.nsba.org
The leading advocate for public education
September 29, 2021
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Re: Federal Assistance to Stop Threats and Acts of Violence Against Public Schoolchildren, Public School
Board Members, and Other Public School District Officials and Educators
Dear Mr. President:
America’s public schools and its education leaders are under an immediate threat. The National
School Boards Association (NSBA) respectfully asks for federal law enforcement and other assistance
to deal with the growing number of threats of violence and acts of intimidation occurring across the
nation. Local school board members want to hear from their communities on important issues and
that must be at the forefront of good school board governance and promotion of free speech.
However, there also must be safeguards in place to protect public schools and dedicated education
leaders as they do their jobs.
NSBA believes immediate assistance is required to protect our students, school board members, and
educators who are susceptible to acts of violence affecting interstate commerce because of threats to
their districts, families, and personal safety. As our school boards continue coronavirus recovery
operations within their respective districts, they are also persevering against other challenges that
could impede this progress in a number of communities. Coupled with attacks against school board
members and educators for approving policies for masks to protect the health and safety of students
and school employees, many public school officials are also facing physical threats because of
propaganda purporting the false inclusion of critical race theory within classroom instruction and
curricula.1 This propaganda continues despite the fact that critical race theory is not taught in public
schools and remains a complex law school and graduate school subject well beyond the scope of a
K-12 class.
On behalf of our state associations and the more than 90,000 school board members who govern
our country’s 14,000 local public school districts educating more than 50 million schoolchildren,
NSBA appreciates your leadership to end the proliferation of COVID-19 in our communities and
our school districts. We also appreciate recent discussions with White House and U.S. Department
of Education staff on many critical issues facing public schools, including threats school officials are
receiving.
1 The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), “Fact Sheet: Demonstrations over Critical Race
Theory in the United States,” July 14, 2021,
https://acleddata.com/acleddatanew/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ACLED_Fact-Sheet_CRT-Demos_2021.pdf.
Preclusion of Further Threats and Violence Against Students and Educators
September 29, 2021
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In addition, we applaud your actions to restore resources to school districts that have not yet received
their education stabilization funding through the Project SAFE (Supporting America’s Families and
Educators) grant program for coronavirus recovery efforts, including the use of face masks and other
precautions to help prevent COVID-19 infections among students and educators. Now, we ask that
the federal government investigate, intercept, and prevent the current threats and acts of violence
against our public school officials through existing statutes, executive authority, interagency and
intergovernmental task forces, and other extraordinary measures to ensure the safety of our children
and educators, to protect interstate commerce, and to preserve public school infrastructure and
campuses.
While local and state law enforcement agencies are working with public school officials in several
communities to prevent further disruptions to educational services and school district operations,
law enforcement officials in some jurisdictions need assistance – including help with monitoring the
threat levels. As these threats and acts of violence have become more prevalent – during public
school board meetings, via documented threats transmitted through the U.S. Postal Service, through
social media and other online platforms, and around personal properties – NSBA respectfully asks
that a joint collaboration among federal law enforcement agencies, state and local law enforcement,
and with public school officials be undertaken to focus on these threats.2 NSBA specifically solicits
the expertise and resources of the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Secret Service, and its National Threat Assessment
Center3 regarding the level of risk to public schoolchildren, educators, board members, and
facilities/campuses. We also request the assistance of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service to intervene
against threatening letters and cyberbullying attacks that have been transmitted to students, school
board members, district administrators, and other educators.
As these acts of malice, violence, and threats against public school officials have increased, the
classification of these heinous actions could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and
hate crimes. As such, NSBA requests a joint expedited review by the U.S. Departments of Justice,
Education, and Homeland Security, along with the appropriate training, coordination,
investigations, and enforcement mechanisms from the FBI, including any technical assistance
necessary from, and state and local coordination with, its National Security Branch and
Counterterrorism Division, as well as any other federal agency with relevant jurisdictional authority
and oversight. Additionally, NSBA requests that such review examine appropriate enforceable
actions against these crimes and acts of violence under the Gun-Free School Zones Act, the
PATRIOT Act in regards to domestic terrorism, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate
Crimes Prevention Act, the Violent Interference with Federally Protected Rights statute, the
Conspiracy Against Rights statute, an Executive Order to enforce all applicable federal laws for the
2 The Herald Editorial Board, HeraldNet, “Editorial: Mob’s actions at school board meeting unacceptable,” September
1, 2021,
Editorial: Mob’s actions at school board meeting unacceptable | HeraldNet.com. 3 U.S. Secret Service, National Threat Assessment Center, “Averting Targeted School Violence,” March 2021,
03/USSS%20Averting%20Targeted%20School%20Violence.2021.03.pdf.
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September 29, 2021
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protection of students and public school district personnel, and any related measure. As the threats
grow and news of extremist hate organizations showing up at school board meetings is being
reported, this is a critical time for a proactive approach to deal with this difficult issue.
These threats or actual acts of violence against our school districts are impacting the delivery of
educational services to students and families, as many districts receive federal funds and subsidies
for services to millions of students with disabilities, health screenings and supplemental supports for
disadvantaged students, child nutrition, broadband connectivity, educator development, school
safety activities, career and technical education, and more. School board meetings have been
disrupted in California4, Florida5, Georgia6, and other states7 because of local directives for mask
coverings to protect students and educators from COVID-19.
An individual was arrested in Illinois for aggravated battery and disorderly conduct during a school
board meeting.8 During two separate school board meetings in Michigan9, an individual yelled a
Nazi salute in protest to masking requirements, and another individual prompted the board to call
a recess because of opposition to critical race theory.
4 Elizabeth Marie Himchak, Poway News Chieftain/ Rancho Bernando News Journal, “Protesters disrupt Poway Unified
board meeting, cause its adjournment,” September 9, 2021,
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/pomerado-
news/news/schools/story/2021-09-09/protesters-disrupt-poway-unified-board-meeting-force-its-ag. 5 Ryan McKinnon, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, “Sarasota school board may limit public input after some meetings get
disorderly,” September 20, 2021,
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/education/2021/09/20/sarasota-
school-board-may-limit-public-input-after-meetings-gone-wild/8417784002/. 6 Alia Malik, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Anti-mask crowd disrupts Gwinnett school board meeting,” May 21,
2021,
https://www.ajc.com/news/anti-mask-crowd-disrupts-gwinnett-school-board-
meeting/IYO7R6GHJ5DTLEFCQHER7V3GBA/ 7 Julie Wootton-Greener, Las Vegas Review-Journal, “School board meeting turns contentious over COVID-19 policies,”
August 12, 2021,
School board meeting turns contentious over COVID-19 policies
19-policies-2418652/.
WAVY.com, “Norfolk school officials, police monitoring threats made toward Norview schools,” September 21,
2021,
Norfolk school officials, police monitoring threats made toward Norview schools
toward-norview-schools/.
WBTV-Charlotte, “Gov. Roy Cooper addresses ‘threats, bullying, intimidation’ at school board meetings over mask
requirements,” September 21, 2021,
https://www.wbtv.com/2021/09/21/gov-roy-cooper-address-fight-against-covid-
19-north-carolina/. 8 WGEM, “Mendon man arrested following disruption at Unity School board meeting,” September 2, 2021,
Mendon man arrested following disruption at Unity School board meeting. 9 Steve Neavling, Detroit Metro Times, “Nazi salute, insults hurled at chaotic Birmingham schools meeting over mask
mandate,” August 19, 2021,
Nazi salute, insults hurled at chaotic Birmingham schools meeting over mask mandate
at-ruckus-birmingham-schools-meeting-over-mask-mandate.
Kalie Marantette, WLNS.com, “Grand Ledge school board goes into recess due to public ‘disruption,’” June 16,
2021,
Grand Ledge school board goes into recess due to public “disruption”.
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