Williamson Strong

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. 📚✏️🎓

[Williamson Strong @WilliamsonStrg]

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.

[Williamson Strong @WilliamsonStrg]

Looks like at least someone in the Reeves family has committee meetings on his calendar. #iykyk

[Lee Reeves @LeeReevesTN]

Last week, we heard HB0225 in K-12 Subcommittee (“full service community schools”) and we voted to move it to Full Education. Based on additional information, I will be a “no” in today’s Education Committee as the bill currently exists.

[Williamson Strong @WilliamsonStrg]

@NancyGarrettD12 This policy has no legs as proven by the last 10 years of WCSB extremism drama.

[Josh Cowen @joshcowenMI]

Why have I become so vocal a school voucher critic?

It’s not complicated.

1. Over the last decade, vouchers caused some of the worst academic results ever seen.

2. In response, the voucher lobby turned back to Christian Nationalism to sell its story.

I reject both.

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[Nancy Garrett, Moms for Voucher Repeal in TN @NancyGarrettD12]

Your reminder that WCSB members, who are policy-bound to refrain from participation in partisan politics as part of their role, had to APPLY for the endorsement of the 1776 PAC.

[Williamson Strong @WilliamsonStrg]

@SenJohnson @AGTennessee You are so embarrassing.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

⚡️UPDATE: CNN has banned @RyanGirdusky after his racist comments to @mehdirhasan tonight.

Again: Ryan is the founder of 1776 PAC that claims credit for 4 new right wing Williamson county @WCSedu school board member wins (+1 Wilson county)

Video: https://t.co/epN64wbLJl

[Eric Welch @EricWelchWCS]

“Why would you give public taxpayer funds to a private school that is not policy-bound to educate all students?” Garrett asks.

Seems like a fair question. As well as not beholden to the public funding it? https://t.co/rixcAUzSjl

[Williamson Strong @WilliamsonStrg]

👀 Watch how new WCSB Board Chair Josh Brown interrupts and threatens to cut the mic of @EricWelchWCS when he's speaking about the motion on the floor to rescind last March's resolution that passed opposing public school voucher legislation:

https://t.co/VQkGRkhQQ5

[Williamson Strong @WilliamsonStrg]

Every #WCSB board member, when voting for or against anything related to school vouchers, should first have to state whether or not they currently have a child in private school or have plans to do so within their term.

[Williamson Strong @WilliamsonStrg]

Rescinding an anti-voucher resolution the very first month you're on the Board sounds about right from out of state PAC endorsed candidates.

[New York Times Education Pitchbot @GreyLadiesNYC]

No One Could Have Seen This Coming Except the Many People Who Saw It Coming

[Williamson Strong @WilliamsonStrg]

Read more on our 2022 recap of the deep connections behind the scenes: https://t.co/pvg3SAu1pB

[Williamson Strong @WilliamsonStrg]

👀Remember when 2 years ago we blogged about #WCSB Josh Brown's 100% alignment with Moms for Liberty anti-public ed stances? The new Board chair is wasting NO time in being their surprise guest at the meeting on the group's book banning and curriculum censorship efforts. /1

[TXFReadomFighters @FReadomFighters]

‘Book banning is part of a long history of curtailing civil rights’ @EDcivilrights @AustinPublicLib

[Williamson Strong @WilliamsonStrg]

Super stoked that @WCSedu football games haven't been rescheduled. 🤦‍♀️

[NashSevereWx @NashSevereWx]

Total Helene-related rainfall 4” to 5” thru Sunday. Most of it tonight thru Friday.

ETA 6-8 PM tonight.

That Friday night rain break? Updated data says nah - expect off/on rain Friday night.

Light showers Saturday. Even less rain Sunday.

Timing stinks but rain needed.

[Chris Units @ChrisUnits]

A hill I'll die on:

Private school vouchers should be completely eliminated.

It's just wealthy people looting public education. Shameful.

[Williamson Strong @WilliamsonStrg]

@NancyGarrettD12 he seems unwell.

[Williamson Strong @WilliamsonStrg]

It's becoming painfully clear that the only thing that might force actual change for our children and their educators is for a national public school teacher walkout.

[Ethan’s Law🟧 @EthansLaw2]

If only a heart broken dad had created a website with every state's safe gun storage laws neatly summarized. You could look up GA and see all efforts have been blocked. If only......I ask myself that a lot. https://t.co/gqOYOEgMqR #ethanslaw #EndGunViolence

[Eric Welch @EricWelchWCS]

Retiring TN State Representative Sam Whitson has penned an endorsement letter in support of @BeathardforTN to replace him.

I’ll take the endorsement of Colonel Whitson over that of out-of-state PACs any day and twice on Sunday!

[Nancy Garrett, Moms for Voucher Repeal in TN @NancyGarrettD12]

Question: why do so many of Lee Reeves’ mailers come from out of state orgs, like School Freedom Fund?

Answer: because he is backed by national pro voucher organizations that have nothing to do with our community.

It’s a big tell when most of a candidate’s mailers aren’t local