SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.—The Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) Board of Trustees held its second quarterly report Nov. 3 for its Cultural Proficiency Plan, a curriculum approved last December amid controversy. Parents of the district’s students attended the meeting to express their support or concerns for the curriculum’s implementation after the topic drew parents’ concern of its linkage to critical race theory (CRT). CRT is an ideology that divides society into oppressors and the oppressed based on characteristics such as race, sex, class, or sexual proclivities. “I’ve been asked many times if we teach critical race theory here at Capistrano Unified,” said Kristen M. Vital Brulte, superintendent of CUSD, during the Nov. 3 meeting. “The answer is no.” Brulte said the district does not weave CRT using words like “equity, cultural proficiency, or racism” in its social or emotional work. Instead, it promotes inclusion, safety, and acceptance for all, and …