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est. 2014 by local parents who know public schools are the backbone of society. We dislike extremists. Now a PAC to support local #publiced candidates. 📚✏️🎓

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@WilliamsonStrg
Williamson Strong
2 years
Teachers aren’t indoctrinating students. They aren’t grooming them. They aren’t from the “dumb” classes in college. None of this even should need to be said but here we are. Please support candidates who value teachers / public schools. Our society would crumble without them.
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📢FRANKLIN: Seeking help identifying this man who did the below at 5:30am this morning in Cool Springs East. Close-up photos in following tweets. Word is that the entire neighborhood was similarly impacted if they had a Bob Britton sign in their yard. Msg us and we'll pass along.
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NEWS!! THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO KEEP THE FIRST GROUP OF CHALLENGED BOOKS ON THE SHELVES! Your voices did this, Williamson County. Second vote happening soon one one last vote....
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Williamson Strong
1 year
PASS THE WORD: If you are, or know, a current WCS high school parent, PLEASE ASK THEM TO EMAIL THE ENTIRE SCHOOL BOARD by Monday at 1pm! This is critically important as they were voted in to represent YOU and not special interests! #BOOKBANS
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Watching so many high school students speak up at a packed School Board meeting - and on such a sensitive topic - has given us the goosebumps. The kids are alright, y'all. So, so proud of these teens and their families who clearly support and love them.
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The “parents rights” crowd sure is working overtime to stick their noses in other parents’ business, proving they actually do NOT believe parents have the right to decide what’s best for their own kids. Banning books was just the beginning. This is facism, plain and simple.
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"Suspending access to 40,000 books without adherence to appropriate process, and with utter disregard for the First Amendment rights of the tens of thousands of students impacted, is a dereliction of duty on the part of the school board." @WCSedu
@PENamerica
PEN America
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NEW: The Williamson County, Tennessee, school district's decision to remove access to the digital library app Epic! for all K-5 families after a parental complaint of one book "undermines the very education this school board is responsible for ensuring.”
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the brazenness.
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@WriterJCYoung It's not trivial. The very thinly veiled rage and brazenness is extremely concerning as the odds are good that this will only escalate. You should feel safe having a political yard sign on your property.
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Williamson Strong
3 years
Pssst: In Tennessee you don’t register to vote under a party. You’re just a registered voter. This “I’m a registered so and so” isn’t a thing here.
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"History has not looked fondly on those who banned books, or burned books." - @VoteGloriaJ
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@scotttriggers He's the Democratic candidate running for School Board in Williamson County's District 4. He's a grandfather who's actively involved in his grandson's education and an all around nice guy. This is purely partisan buffoonery at play.
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Williamson Strong
3 years
“Transparency” is the new dog whistle for “we don’t trust teachers.” Pass it on.
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Williamson Strong
2 years
It's here: the @NewYorker article we were interviewed for multiple times, trying our best to shed light on the damage Moms for Liberty and their candidates are doing to our public schools... @WCSedu has basically been ground zero for them from day 1.
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Williamson Strong
2 years
UPDATE: He’s been identified. The police are heavily involved and so we aren’t sure about releasing his name, and we know that’s unsatisfying. It is a neighbor. Everyone needs to get a grip over this election and act like grown-ups. Voting is your superpower. Use it.
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Williamson Strong
2 years
📢FRANKLIN: Seeking help identifying this man who did the below at 5:30am this morning in Cool Springs East. Close-up photos in following tweets. Word is that the entire neighborhood was similarly impacted if they had a Bob Britton sign in their yard. Msg us and we'll pass along.
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Had somehow missed this sign from one of the white supremacists in Franklin yesterday. Literally every single person in our town, county, and state should be VOCALLY speaking out against this today. Silence is approval. This is terrorism.
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Williamson Strong
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We could not possibly love this more. @WCSedu
@TheTNHoller
The Tennessee Holler
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🔥EMAIL FROM CHATTANOOGA MOM TO @hamcoschools (Chattanooga): “Since you made the mask policy optional, I intend to opt my daughter out of the dress code. Please make note.” @NoogaHoller
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Pretty rich talk from a state that gets about 40% of its revenue from federal funding.
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Speaker Cameron Sexton
3 years
#TN will not stand for @POTUS ’ unconstitutional Covid mandates. HJR 9005 sends a clear message to all that we are prepared to take action to preserve individual choice, freedom & liberty while reigning in federal overreach through nullification.
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TN representative Jerry Sexton just said on the House floor, in response to being asked what would be done with the books they removed from schools - and he said: "I WOULD BURN THEM." We are not taking that out of context in any form or fashion. #censorship #bookburners
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Williamson Strong
2 years
If you are vacillating between blind rage and sobs right now, you aren't alone. Our country has failed our children.
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Williamson Strong
3 years
@JuddLegum Thx for the coverage. We’re the local public school parents on the ground here working against this nationally-organized extremist insanity every single day. Follow us for the latest hijinx as we always seem to be on the frontlines of the battle against dark money.
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Williamson Strong
1 year
Second vote is in: ALL BOOKS REMAIN ON SHELVES!! BOOK BANS HAVE BEEN FOUGHT DOWN! Josh Brown abstained on both votes and won't take a stand on tough issues. Dan Cash and Donna Clements are Moms for Liberty candidates so not a surprise there.
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Williamson Strong
1 year
NEWS!! THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO KEEP THE FIRST GROUP OF CHALLENGED BOOKS ON THE SHELVES! Your voices did this, Williamson County. Second vote happening soon one one last vote....
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Williamson Strong
2 years
People trying REALLY hard to blame school shootings on a mental health crisis while also using their energy to lobby against guidance counselors and emotional support services in schools. Make it make sense.
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Reports of a massively racist student Snapchat incident at @wcsIHS today…we aren’t sharing the pictures because they’re that bad. @WCSedu has an undeniable racism problem to address that’s only escalating, and hopefully they take immediate action at a district level. Today.
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Williamson Strong
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@MarshaBlackburn you've had decades to "assist" in avoiding this from happening, from parents losing their children under YOUR watch. This is on you and your peers in Washington and here in Tennessee.
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Williamson Strong
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Yes, we're mad. Irate really. Every picture of a dead child who didn't come home from school yesterday feels like a stab through the heart...it could be any of our children. any day. any city. any school. Our anger is directed at our lawmakers, and those who support them. 1/2
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Williamson Strong
2 years
Just going to say this: Tennessee currently ranks 44th nationally in education funding.
@Tennessean
Tennessean
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The cost of a new professional football stadium in Nashville would be $1 billion more than the price of Nissan Stadium renovations — but would still not bring any meaningful savings, a review has found.
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Williamson Strong
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🍿VA Governor Youngkin is trying to remove MLK, Jr. from elementary curriculum. His press secretary @macaulayporter tried to claim that wasn’t true and highlighted Martin Luther as an example in his response. This is why we’re staying on Twitter until the bitter end, folks.
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Williamson Strong
3 years
Raise your hand if you were today years old when you learned the current Chairman of the Board at Hillsdale College is….Pat Sajak. #charterschools
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Williamson Strong
2 years
We are angry, and we are tired. But we won't stop fighting to protect the education our students deserve. There seems to be no end to the attacks on our public school systems. Here is a recap of the past year. 🧵
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Williamson Strong
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@carolmswain @williamstrong @Tennessean @FoxNews @foxandfriends @TPPF @michaelpleahy @TuckerCarlson 1/ Hi Carol, you tagged the wrong account. That's untrue - we haven't asked or pressured a single business to cancel anything, we've simply asked that you stop misusing MLK, Jr's image in advertising - just like @BerniceKing has directly asked you to do. Where are the lies?
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Williamson Strong
3 years
Least favorite thing to hear after school: “We had an intruder drill today. Those still scare me.” But please. Go on about the harm books are doing to our kids and their mental health.
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Williamson Strong
3 years
Wishing our politicians spent half as much (or any) time ensuring teachers didn’t have to buy essential office supplies out of their own pockets instead of spending precious time on fake problems like library books. TN needs to elect public school advocates not enemies.
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Williamson Strong
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THE GOOD: Moms for Liberty's PAC went 0-5 in last night's Franklin election. THE SCARY: Only 25% of registered voters showed up, which luckily was enough...but COME ON, PEOPLE. What more is it going to take to get you to the polls if NEO-NAZI FRIENDLY CANDIDATES WON'T DO IT.
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Williamson Strong
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WCS teacher: “From a learning standpoint, the ship is dead in the water. We're just existing. Surviving. We’d get more accomplished having classes remotely. Remote doesn't hold a candle to in person but it's better than this running in circles with our hair on fire situation.”
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Williamson Strong
1 year
ICYMI: Extremist group Moms for Liberty's platform now includes the removal of school nurses in public schools. Williamson, you voted two of these extremists onto the @WCSedu School Board last year (and not showing up to vote counts as voting them in.)
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Williamson Strong
2 years
WCS Students: We see you. All of you. Please know the hateful things being shared about you or your friends are NOT what most parents here think or feel. You are loved and accepted just as you are. There are TONS of mama bears if you ever need us. DMs always open. 🏳️‍🌈💗
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Can’t help but read “harden our schools” as the most obscene phrase to be uttered about where our children spend *most of their waking time* during their childhood. It says so very much about how our kids and teachers are disrespected in public school discussions.
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Williamson Strong
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1/ A charter school, Founders Classical Academy, denied by the WCSB in April has appealed and is coming back before the Board this Thursday for another vote, and it's a Hillsdale College charter school trying to masquerade as something else....
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Williamson Strong
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The local Moms for Liberty group is losing their ever loving minds over this weekend’s Pride festival. We’d share screenshots but it’s actually too embarrassing for our town to (further) publicly display such small mindedness and bigotry.
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Williamson Strong
1 year
There are so many people watching this TN House session today who have NO idea how unusual it is that debate is actually being allowed. It's what a lot of them are trying to point out - the Democrats are typically literally silenced, not called on, ignored, no debate permitted...
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Williamson Strong
1 year
Our latest school fundraiser was a smashing success! Thanks so much for all of our generous supporters for showing up RIGHT HERE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY! #iykyk
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Williamson Strong
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WCS teachers: We believe in you and are grateful for every one one of you. Our kids are lucky you’re here, and we know you’re gearing up for school after a way-too-short summer. Thanks for caring about them enough to keep doing all you do. We see you! 💪
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Williamson Strong
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With only 10% of Williamson county voters showing up during early voting, we’ll be lucky to crack 15-20% total turnout after this Aug 4th local Election Day. We have an apathetic population that overwhelmingly doesn’t show up. Until that changes, we’re all in trouble.
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Williamson Strong
2 years
Can someone please explain to us why a district would "not allow" their teachers/employees to have Amazon wish lists? So they can't solicit help with procuring what they feel is needed to adequately do their job? These lists are often *basic* things that districts don't fund.
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Williamson Strong
3 years
Reminder to TN residents: Have you emailed your reps about the dangerous charter school bill HB2833 that will remove ALL local control from school districts? This needs to be done today!
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Williamson Strong
1 year
Aw, poor little hate group Moms-for-Liberty's PAC doesn't like local news reporting on the literally SELF PROCLAIMED naz*s supporting their endorsed candidate, Gabrielle Hanson. Robin Steenman has pushed a racist ideology on Franklin and Williamson County way too far.
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WilliamsonFamilies
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This story smells....and it's a stretch. And the fact it leans heavily on the far-FAR left @splcenter for "facts" tells you everything you need to know about its veracity. This is the same @splcenter that is being sued by the @Heritage Foundation for colluding with the Biden
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Williamson Strong
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9th graders (daughter and friend) at dinner shared they’re starting Fahrenheit 451 in ELA this week. I said it was timely, long conversation ensued. Verbatim response: “The thing that makes me want to read a book is when an adult says I shouldn’t read it.” #BookBanBusters
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Williamson Strong
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The Williamson County School Board voted to deny the Founders Classical charter school. 9-0 unanimous vote.
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Williamson Strong
2 years
⏱The special called #wcsb meeting to vote on this charter application begins soon (6pm CST) and can be watched online at
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Williamson Strong
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We gained a LOT of new followers today, thank you! But even cooler is our endorsed D4 candidate Bob Britton, is getting tons of TV/media attention and campaign coverage from the sign incident. So thanks to the creepy 5:30am Franklin sign bandit for the boosts! More to come…
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Williamson Strong
3 years
The complete silence from local leaders about the anti-diversity activists organizing against our schools and values of our community has been deafening. It's time to be bold and speak out. Williamson County deserves better from those in roles of influence. Silence = approval.
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Williamson Strong
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there is no bottom.
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The Tennessee Holler
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ABSOLUTELY WILD: @Moms4LibertyWC tried to get an MLK book banned in Tennessee, fights diversity— then has the SHAMELESSNESS to use MLK’s imagery to plug their $100/seat “civil rights” fundraiser in Franklin 🧐 (h/t @WilliamsonStrg cc: @BerniceKing )
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Williamson Strong
3 years
Shout out to all the teachers, staff, and admin who are mentally gearing up right now for another week of….all this. We’ve got your backs. We appreciate you. 💪
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Williamson Strong
2 years
We stand with our librarians. 📚 #fReadom
@TASLTN
TASL
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Please read and share our statement on today's Conference Committee Report. Contact Governor Lee's office to ask that he VETO this report.
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Williamson Strong
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Holy smokes - we are BLOWN AWAY by the response to this! We knew Williamson Co was full of brilliant people but the sign-ups are just jaw dropping (and you all seem to be real humans with a real passion for our public schools!) THANK YOU! Keep 'em coming! #2024Election #votelocal
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Williamson Strong
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👉NEWS: Williamson Strong seeking additional team members, or risks shutting down after almost a decade of combatting extremist attacks on @WCSedu public schools. 1/2
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Williamson Strong
2 years
D10 Republican school board race is being called for @EricWelchWCS with all their voting centers reporting. 699 for Welch to 661 for AliAdair. Don’t ever say your vote doesn’t matter.
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Williamson Strong
2 years
How on earth is “I don’t want my child to get shot at school” a partisan sentiment? What has become of us? If we start with what we all agree on instead of immediately looking for ways to disagree, then maybe… just maybe… we’ll actually all be the change our kids so deserve.
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Williamson Strong
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Just saw that former #WCSB Board Chair @NancyGarrettD12 has changed her title to "Mom for Literacy" and could not possibly love anything more.
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Williamson Strong
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Can’t get past the pathetic irony of a still-active group named “Moms for Liberty” not discussing even for a millisecond the 19 kids who died while at school, not even once this week. CRT is still quite a hot button topic though! Guess staying alive isn’t a “key issue.”
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Williamson Strong
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a WTF ARE WE DOING 🧵: Our high schooler has been sitting in the cafeteria for multiple periods the last few weeks due to no teachers or subs. There is zero instruction happening, they're figuring out classwork on their own. It's not the school's fault..../1
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Williamson Strong
3 years
We just received an official copy of the Hillsdale charter - dubbed "USA Classical Academy" - application to @WCSedu and there is a LOT to unwrap here. Short version: public school funding is being requested to fund what appears to be a Christian private school.
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Williamson Strong
3 years
This is a real comment on our FB page in a thread about MFL book ban attempts. We're calling dibs on branding "nefarious librarians" - stay tuned for the t-shirt order link. #librariantwitter #librarians #EdTwitter #publiced #teachertwitter
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Williamson Strong
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Phil's making his way through all the local hate group Moms for Liberty endorsed candidates....they sure know how to pick 'em!
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@NC5PhilWilliams
Phil Williams
1 year
BREAKING: Aerospace executive, apparel company operator, therapist? Franklin candidate's dubious bio
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Williamson Strong
2 years
Colorado just passed free school meals for all children to help fight child hunger. Our lawmakers ae tackling the very important issue of….drag queens. We are run by a bunch of fools.
@WKRN
WKRN News 2
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TN GOP files bill to ban drag shows that are 'sexual in nature' in public spaces, around kids
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Williamson Strong
2 years
We’re proud to have endorsed the ONLY school board candidates who don’t align with Moms for Liberty and their platform of censorship/anti-diversity initiatives. It’s an easy choice, Williamson. You just have to help get the word out to your fellow voters. #wcsb
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Williamson Strong
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Wonder what Tennessee’s numbers are looking like, and if @GovBillLee even cares.
@palan57
Peter Greene
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WJXT News4JAX : Largest teachers union: Florida is 9,000 teachers short for the upcoming school year.
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Williamson Strong
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🚨The @WCSedu is voting Monday night to potentially BAN BOOKS from WCS high school libraries, led by Moms for Liberty-aligned members (Clements, Cash, Brown, Galbreath.) Williamson County residents MUST EMAIL ASAP to stop this. @TNLookout @TheTNHoller @aclutn @NC5PhilWilliams
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Williamson Strong
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Can you IMAGINE the uproar if a teacher posted something like this? Odds are good that Hanson and her Moms for Liberty buddies would be among the first in line to call for their firing. She has no remorse, no filter, no common sense or respect for others. #FranklinTN
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The Tennessee Holler
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INBOX: Extreme @CityOfFranklin alderman (challenging @mayorkenmoore ) Gabrielle Hanson, just rec’d for censure for attacking a Juneteenth bash, tik toks about going to BOMA with a song about shooting people + the “N” word (“Outside” by MO3 & Bobby Billions)
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Williamson Strong
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#NEW : @WCSedu is bringing the Epic digital library app BACK to elementary school students tomorrow after finding "no issues" with the filters. Thanks to all the parents who spoke up!
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Williamson Strong
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What. The. Hell. Are. We. Doing.
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Williamson Strong
3 years
@carolmswain @williamstrong @Tennessean @FoxNews @foxandfriends @TPPF @michaelpleahy @TuckerCarlson @BerniceKing 2/ and this is "for community"? Which community? Because the local Black community in Williamson County is, from all accounts, in agreement that you're disrespecting the legacy of Dr. King with your use of his imagery for this event. Who have you spoken with here?
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Williamson Strong
3 years
Wait….what? So we all agree teachers should be trusted to do their jobs and know what’s best? Sounds like sound advice actually.
@VoteMarsha
Marsha Blackburn
3 years
The Biden Administration continues putting up roadblocks so that teachers are unable to do what they best: teach. The federal government needs to get out of the way. Tennesseans know what’s best for Tennessee students.
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Excited to buy this today for my teen daughter. The funny part, if there is one, is when extremists try to #banbooks it’s just excellent advertising for some of us to discover great titles/authors for our children. @angiecthomas
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Williamson Strong
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@mentack
Mendi Tackett
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This was the word-for-word comment from a student at Granbury ISD’s school board meeting last night. This is critical thinking as a result of public education. Teachers, librarians, and books are wonderful things!
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The #wcsb is resuming - we should note this is the first time in as long as we can remember that not a single Moms for Liberty or their brethren showed up for public comment. What a nice reprieve from the extremism.
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Williamson Strong
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There are some seriously-detached-from-reality School Board candidates running in Williamson Co. Luckily we’re confident the voters here are WAY smarter than this. (PS….teachers are leaving partly because of these people, NOT because of an elementary reading curriculum.) 🙄
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Williamson Strong
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This is some NEXT LEVEL hypocrisy: After spending all year fighting to remove MLk, Jr. book from elementary schools and denouncing diversity initiatives that promote racial equality, M4L has the nerve to use his imagery to advertise their $100/seat “civil rights” fundraiser. 🤮
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Williamson Strong
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But it's also directed at the groups who think teachers are indoctrinating our kids and say educators can't be trusted to do their jobs...people who would DIE for our children, would literally shield their little bodies. Moms for Liberty & friends are an American embarrassment.
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Williamson Strong
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Final School Board results in our first ever partisan race. Welcome to Tennessee partisan politics, folks. D2: Dan Cash (R) D4: Josh Brown (R) D6: Jay Galbreath (R) D8: Donna Clements (R) D10: Eric Welch (R) D12: Drason Beasley (R) Voter turnout countywide was 20.01%.
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Williamson Strong
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Here’s a sitting #wcsb school board member openly stating we shouldn’t “normalize LGBTQ.” Please hear us when we say that in no uncertain terms does Jay Galbreath have any f’ing business near a public school district with countless LGBTQ+ students under his bigoted influence.
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Williamson Strong
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We will never cease to be amazed at the people who crow about the pandemic “waking them up” to what their kids were learning, admitting they had zero involvement or awareness beforehand. Whole parent groups formed around this awakening. Welcome to your children’s education.
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Williamson Strong
2 years
If you're in TENNESSEE and want to join in on protesting this dangerous legislation that will limit what books are in our school libraries, message us now....ASAP.
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Williamson Strong
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The TN state finance, ways & means committee just VOTE TO APPROVE WITH ZERO DISCUSSION an amendment that would require the state to "provide a list of approved books that may be made available to students" in a SCHOOL LIBRARY? Did that honestly happen?
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Williamson Strong
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🚩So far in week 1 of school: teachers pleading w/parents to pay the voluntary supply/lab fees needed due to underfunding, Brentwood High’s new STEM building has no a/c, and a lot of our kids are still without teachers in classes. Nothing to see here in TN public schools. 🚩
@LaurenThoman
Lauren Thoman (INACTIVE; see pinned tweet)
2 years
We live in the wealthiest county in the state yet most of my kids’ high school teachers are having to beg for money to cover supplies for their classes because heaven forbid we actually invest any of that wealth in our public schools
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@WilliamsonStrg
Williamson Strong
2 years
@macaulayporter @wehedge @GovernorVA His team would benefit from reading more history books, not banning them.
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@WilliamsonStrg
Williamson Strong
3 years
It’s been really freeing to finally understand we don’t need to give oxygen to the extremists, and blocking at will. Let them find their own audience. You don’t get to use ours. 💪
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@WilliamsonStrg
Williamson Strong
3 years
Welp. The national embarrassment that is @Moms4LibertyWC continues. “The attempted ban is part of an ongoing effort by the group to remove books from school curriculums that they deem to be inappropriate for a number of reasons, including aquatic equestrian snuggling.”
@FReadomFighters
TXFReadomFighters
3 years
Williamson County group claims seahorse book is too sexy; district limits its use. #FReadom
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@WilliamsonStrg
Williamson Strong
3 years
Over 2,000 community members have now denounced the Moms for Liberty anti-diversity rally, which @BerniceKing said was using her father's image to raise money after they spent all year calling his life's story "inappropriate" for elementary kids.
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@WilliamsonStrg
Williamson Strong
2 years
We cannot emphasize enough how tightly connected Moms for Liberty & Hillsdale & @GovBillLee are...it's all a concerted effort to divert taxpayer money to private/religious schools via battles over curriculum and CRT and SEL etc to erode trust in public education. Follow the $.
@NC5PhilWilliams
Phil Williams
2 years
Hillsdale's efforts were also the focus of a three-part investigation by @kathrynajoyce .
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@WilliamsonStrg
Williamson Strong
3 years
Current status: on the floor in the fetal position from laughing so hard that they thought this story was a real thing….
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@WilliamsonStrg
Williamson Strong
2 years
How about this for Parent Rights: We have the right to send our children to school without fear they’ll be killed in their classroom that day. This right is unalienable, universally supported, and should be vigorously protected before all others. How is this controversial?
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@WilliamsonStrg
Williamson Strong
3 years
Fun fact: Daughter tested + today with an at-home test. Turns out there's no way to self-report to the county so she won't "count" in the county/state statistics....betting there's a lot of us like this out there. Cheers and happy new year. 😐 @WCSedu
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@WilliamsonStrg
Williamson Strong
2 years
When you're obsessed with labels but silent on gun violence in schools, you're not a serious group. They are everything that's wrong with society and tear our children down at every opportunity. Our kids are less safe because of Moms for Liberty and their candidates.
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@WilliamsonStrg
Williamson Strong
1 year
28% of @WCSedu 3rd graders didn't show "adequate growth" on the ELA TCAP (TNReady) exam, as defined by the state's new, horribly-designed Third Grade Retention Law, some of which are now at risk of being held back from 4th grade.
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@WilliamsonStrg
Williamson Strong
3 years
Reminder: calls for “more transparency” in schools is just shorthand for “teacher surveillance.” Engaged parents know how easy it is to be in the know with what their kids are being taught in the classroom. The noisemakers simply aren’t pro public schools, and it shows.
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@WilliamsonStrg
Williamson Strong
3 years
They are literally detached from reality. Watch carefully for candidates who align with an organization that spouts propaganda to sow division and discord in our communities.
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@WilliamsonStrg
Williamson Strong
3 years
If these yahoos would actually watch a meeting, they’d know this slide was *literally* presented as being consistent with what they hear in exit interviews. Stop pretending to care how teachers are doing when your group is the one disrespecting and demeaning their work. /1
@WillFamPac
WilliamsonFamilies
3 years
Ask the teachers. Have you done multiple FOIA requests on this? Nope. Why? Bc it won't fit your narrative. Why hasn't @WCSedu conducted exit interviews? Bc they don't want the real reason on the record. If it were, they wouldn't be able to roll out this drivel. @Moms4LibertyWC
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@WilliamsonStrg
Williamson Strong
1 year
👉NEWS: Williamson Strong seeking additional team members, or risks shutting down after almost a decade of combatting extremist attacks on @WCSedu public schools. 1/2
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@WilliamsonStrg
Williamson Strong
2 years
Local elections matter. This guy is quite possibly the worst of the worst, and in Tennessee, that's saying something. Nice job bragging about doing nothing except alienating our public school teachers and pandering to special interests. We deserve better in TN.
@SenJohnson
Jack Johnson
2 years
I’m proud to have led the fight to ban Critical Race Theory from being taught in our schools and I’ll continue fighting to ensure our children are never subjected to woke indoctrination.
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@WilliamsonStrg
Williamson Strong
3 years
If your second grader doesn’t know about racism, they’re white. Because every child of color is *well* aware by then. We support educators who know this and are working to provide a safe and accurate learning environment for all kids.
@CBSNews
CBS News
3 years
How young is too young to teach kids about race?
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@WilliamsonStrg
Williamson Strong
3 years
Almost 1,400 (!) ppl have added their names to denounce the Moms for Liberty anti-diversity fundraiser. 🧵on why everyone must publicly speak out against these extremists who do NOT represent our community ideals.
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@WilliamsonStrg
Williamson Strong
3 years
Being a kid in the south means starting intently at the falling snow and doing a detailed analysis on the probability of it impacting school in 48 hours.
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