KC Star endorses Benson & Knapp for School Board

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“Knapp points to the district’s leadership and strong parental involvement as key drivers of its consistent performance as the best in Kansas. “We are great model of what happens when a community and school district are partners,” she wrote in response to our questions...𝙬𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙂𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙆𝙣𝙖𝙥𝙥 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙨𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨.”

“...we feel strongly that everyone concerned about the welfare of Blue Valley schools must vote for Benson over McMullen, who was stripped of his title as vice president of the board in 2022...The advocacy group Stand Up Blue Valley has documented (McMullen’s) affiliations with far-right, dark money-connected Moms For Liberty, whose playbook injects highly partisan and often ginned-up conflict into local school elections across the country...𝙒𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙙 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘽𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝘽𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 6.”

Read more at Gift article link: https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/article312675919.html?giftCode=20e44bf7f11329955edcac9f82570f4542101ba40378f25d69cf87b553063577 

Read about why SUBV made our endorsements: https://www.standupbluevalley.org/post/who-we-endorse-who-we-don-t-endorse-and-why 

Read more about Moms For Liberty: https://www.standupbluevalley.org/post/moms-for-liberty-is-wrong-for-blue-valley