One of the most dangerous decisions that a school district can make is to embrace or remain compliant with the hatred of a group of students for their race, ethnicity, or religion. Every student deserves a safe environment to receive an education, but this is not always the prevailing thought among school leadership.Defending Education found in documents obtained through a public records request that the San Juan Unified School District in California accepted over $175,000 from the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in fiscal 2024. This funding specifically went to items such as Chromebooks, tutoring partnerships, and learning programs for refugee students.While this alone is an issue for providing a subset of students with more support than their peers, the most alarming issue is that the district partnered with CAIR to secure this funding. CAIR is an organization that reportedly has connections with the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas. Both Texas and Florida have also designated CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization within the past year.
WHY WERE PARENTS KEPT IN THE DARK ABOUT CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DISTRICT’S PARTNERSHIP WITH A US-ISLAMIC RELATIONS COUNCIL?
