"I don't want our kids to get hurt or other people to get hurt because of me, because of a thought of me," she says through tears. And she worries about how those threats could impact her family and community. I think that's a healthy representation of what our school system looks like," Watkins says.īut she feels like she's being targeted now precisely because of her race, ethnicity and gender. "I think we have a healthy board now with all of our diversity. When Watkins, who is Black and Filipina, and Tarece Johnson, who is Black and Jewish, were elected to the Gwinnett County Board of Education last November, they flipped the board to be majority-Democrat and majority-people of color. The county has changed rapidly over the past two decades, becoming far more diverse.
Gwinnett County, a northeast suburb of Atlanta, is the 13th largest public school district in the country and its schools have a solid reputation. "We focus on the right to life, religious freedom and God's design." They created the ad because, he says, "we saw a tremendous need to step in and protect the kids in Gwinnett County." "Our focus is to glorify God in the public square," Muzio says. Politics School board elections will be an early test of what issues motivate voters
Our main focus is towards student achievement and ensuring that we are producing children that are thriving." "I just didn't realize that it would impact the local school board. "I knew we were in a heightened political era where there's a lot of divisive issues," Watkins says. you have no part with the truth!"Īnd: "Karen here some news for you the DEMOCRATIC COMMUNIST BABY KILLER PARTY doesn't have any values !!!" She wasn't prepared for the blowback that set in as soon as she put up her Facebook page to announce her campaign. But I didn't realize it came with a package, a big package," she says with a rueful laugh. "They said, 'This is probably going to be a good thing for you and you can probably make a difference.'. So much so that local officials urged her to run for school board last year. She's one of those moms who has always been very involved in her kids' education. Karen Watkins works in supply chain management and has two children in public school in Gwinnett County, Ga. "Our main focus is towards student achievement and ensuring that we are producing children that are thriving." "I just didn't realize that it would impact the local school board," Watkins says. She is surprised that she has become a target for a political culture war. Karen Watkins is vice chair of the school board of Gwinnett County, a suburban county north of Atlanta.
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