California school terminates contract with controversial 'Woke Kindergarten' program
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A San Francisco Bay-area school has cut ties with "Woke Kindergarten" after nationwide backlash against the program's curriculum and its founder's statements.
Glassbrook Elementary spent $250,000 in federal funds meant to help boost test scores for some of the country’s lowest-performing schools on the program, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, but after two years with Woke Kindergarten, students’ scores are reportedly worse.
The head of Woke Kindergarten, Akiea "Ki" Gross, has shared social media posts indicating she thinks America and Israel have "no right to exist" and wants to see the world "free of" those countries. "Y'all are the villains. We've been trying to end y'all," she wrote of them.
Hayward Unified School District (HUSD) spokesman Michael Bazeley told Fox News Digital the school terminated its contract with Woke Kindergarten on Monday and specified the consultant was never an employee.
Bazeley said HUSD had become aware of certain "statements by Woke Kindergarten staff," and, "Although we respect freedom of speech and the right for individuals to hold a variety of political views, the social media and other public statements of the vendor do not align with the values of the district and those of many of our community members."
"The personal political and social views are separate from the work Woke Kindergarten did with us," Bazeley said.
Woke Kindergarten describes itself on its website as "supporting children, families, educators and organizations in their commitment to abolitionist early education and pro-black and queer and trans liberation." The organization also has "Woke" words of the day like "ceasefire" "abolish" and "Woke Wonderings" about challenging the "legitimacy of the Supreme Court" and abolishing the police, money and the military.... (Read more)
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