APPLAUSE, APPLAUSE – OVERNIGHT:  One of the parents who began the current revolt against WOKENESS in the schools has surfaced again with a progress report.  These parents are heroes and heroines.  They deserve our full support.  Some are risking their jobs, others are risking smear campaigns launched against them by the woke crowd.    From Daily Mail:

The dad who pulled his daughter from an elite Manhattan private school over its anti-racism policies says the resulting backlash opened his eyes to the 'cancer of cancel culture'.

Andrew Gutmann, who previously spoke out about efforts to 'brainwash' his daughter at The Brearley School, said he'd been shocked to learn how 'pervasive and entrenched critical race theory had become in our schools', in a  New York Post op-ed.

'Nor did I comprehend just how many parents were dealing with the same issues as our family, with close-minded administrations and racist, age-inappropriate and indoctrinating curriculums.' 
Gutmann wrote in The Post piece that he's heard stories at about all levels of education: from Kindergarten-aged kids drawing self portraits with a focus on their skin tone to young adult med school students spending weeks on transgender issues and antiracism in lieu of pediatrics and geriatrics. 

Gutmann penned the controversial 1,700-word letter to Brearley School on April 13 to explain his decision to pull his daughter from the $54,000-a-year school, near Gracie Mansion on the Upper East Side, and sent it to 650 families because 'someone had to speak out.'

He blamed much of the problem on Covid, saying schools were able to roll out reforms without any real fight from parents.  

COMMENT:  Read the whole thing.  I wish the guy would run for office.  However, he's not alone.  As we reported earlier, we're hearing of parent revolts all over the country.  If we can get Congress flipped next year, and conservatives are in charge, that will be a big help.

If you're a parent, consider running for the school board.  That's where the damage is first done, and where it can be prevented.

May 8, 2021