The scrutiny, distrust and hostility in Mentor, Ohio is emblematic of a fissure over public schooling that has cracked America into pieces since the start of the pandemic.
The group emerged in spring 2021 as a Facebook page for parents tired of the district’s masking policy. Alafi was one of the early leaders, along with Payne, at the time just another Mentor mother. She would eventually win a seat on the school board.
Seventy-five-year-old Linda O’Brien, whose granddaughter used to attend Mentor schools, grew concerned after seeing a screenshot of a page from a training for Mentor teachers that asked, “How can I be a co-conspirator while using a curriculum rooted in whiteness?” “I wanted to show the teachers that someone supported what they were doing,” said Lauren Marchaza, 40. “Particularly after my daughter’s kindergarten teacher went above and beyond during covid.”
“I think there are a lot of resources out there that may lean significantly left or may lean significantly right,” he said. “And we can’t go either of those directions in Mentor. We need to be right down the center, every time.” in an email to The Post that he resigned “for personal and family reasons,” although board member Bryner noted “there was a lot of pressure on him,” referring to parents’ and residents’ intense scrutiny of the district.
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