SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE CATCHING SOME HEAT

By Bob Walsh

 

Joe Ramos is a member of the Hayward, CA school board.  Hayward is a nice mostly residential city in the easy bay area.  It has, or at least used to have, a good school system.

At a public board meeting recently Ramos was questioning a senior staff member, Sandra Escobedo.  Ramos was concerned about the considerable cost of an anti-racist progressive program called Woke Kindergarten.  He said to the staffer, "Some of the parents here should take a rope and string you up."  The audience actually went quiet for a minute and the board president, Peter Bufete, jumped in Ramos' shit over the comment.  Ramos apologized and said he was just trying to get Escobedo's attention.

Ramos is now under formal investigation by the board for his really dumb-ass remark.  Suggesting that parents should murder staffers is probably a violation of some policy or regulation regarding work place conduct.

The program to teach kindergarten kids to not be racist is costing the district $250,000 dollars.