CAMDENTON, Mo. — Camden County School Board is scheduled to discuss leaving the Missouri School Board Association at their meeting this evening. 

Interest in leaving the MSBA heated up after the National School Board Association (NSBA) put out a letter that was critical of a recent wave of parents who have spoken out on issues such as mask mandates, gender identity and critical race theory being taught in school. The NSBA letter compares the parents protests to domestic terrorism and hate crimes. 

MSBA has since withdrawn from the NSBA and stated that “The National School Boards Association, through its recent actions, such as its letter to the White House, has demonstrated it does not currently align with MSBA’s guiding principles of local governance.”

But prior to this statement, the MSBA retweeted the NSBA’s letter, seemingly in support. This has added to existing criticism of MSBA by the Camdenton school board according to Board President Gail Griswold. And for the board, MSBA’s decision to pull out of NSBA may not be enough.

“I’m thankful, but I feel the damage is already done,” Griswold told LakeExpo. “I don’t know if people weren’t critical if they would have done that.” Camdenton R-III pays $9,700 per year in dues to the MSBA, and Griswold says the board has received dozens of emails since the NSBA letter, from parents asking the board to pull out of MSBA.

For those interested in today’s school board meeting, the meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. at 172 Dare Blvd., Camdenton in the Administration Office Board Room. The meeting will also be streamed live.

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