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Engaging Parents In School… » It Looks Like I’m Not The Only One Wanting The PTA To Do Something About Molly Munger…

Engaging Parents In School… » It Looks Like I’m Not The Only One Wanting The PTA To Do Something About Molly Munger…:


It Looks Like I’m Not The Only One Wanting The PTA To Do Something About Molly Munger…

Yesterday, I wrote about the anti-education destruction in California being done by billionaire Molly Munger and my hope that her partner, the California PTA, could reign her in.
It doesn’t appear that I’m the only one with those feelings…
Here’s an excerpt from today’s article in Ed Source:
State Board of Education President Mike Kirst and Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg joined union leaders Monday in sending a strongly worded letter to Molly Munger, the primary backer of Proposition 38, asking 


Does The PTA Really Have Any Power In CA Prop 38 Campaign?

Besides Molly Munger’s millions of dollars, support from the California PTA is the only thing giving her initiative any kind of political respectability. And the PTA has vowed to refrain from attacks on Governor Brown’s Prop 30.
However, as the Sacramento Bee reported this morning, Molly Munger calls Jerry Brown’s ads ‘utterly deceptive,’ plans to counter.
Does the California PTA really have any power in the Prop 38 campaign?