“Morals and values are taught at home,” Barbara George told The Epoch Times.
George, a business owner and mother of five running for the Newport Mesa Unified School District Area 4 in the Nov. 8 election, said schools need to concentrate on teaching students skills—like language arts, arithmetic, science, and history—that will help them thrive later in college and in society.
Barbara George, a Newport-Mesa Unified School District Area 4 candidate, in Irvine, Calif., on Sept. 16, 2022. (Jack Bradley/The Epoch Times)
She said ideological programs should not be taught in schools. A specific one she mentioned was a program by the Anti-Defamation League, which was unanimously approved by the school board in 2021. After parents and advocates, including her, spoke out against the program, the school board pulled back on it, she said….