Last summer, the Texas State Board of Education denied for the third time an application from Heritage Classical Academy to start a charter school in Northwest Houston. Heritage will try again next week, and its chances of success are now much higher.
, involving training in rhetoric and public speaking, learning Greek or Latin and reading foundational texts.
The program provides curricula and assistance to help launch classical charter schools around the country. Its"1776 Curriculum" teaches that America is morally exceptional to other countries and offers lessons on American history through a conservative bent, including descriptions of the New Deal as bad public policy and of affirmative action as “counter to the lofty ideals of the Founders.
After the state board denied the school for the second time, Saunders and his family donated more than $250,000 to a political action committee called Texans for Educational Freedom. That PAC then donated more than $500,000 to local school board races and other candidates who have promoted conservative themes in the schools.
Last year, Heritage’s lobbying efforts backfired and became a factor in the board's decision to reject the charter, although Saunders told state board members he didn’t know Texans for Educational Freedom would donate to state board races.Robinson is now gone from the state board, as his home was drawn-out of his district by the Legislature. So are Melton Malone and Johnson. All three have been replaced by more Republicans who are thought to be more friendly to charter schools.
The other two new Republicans on the board, Julie Pickren and Aaron Kinsey, did not respond to requests for comment on Thursday. Francis won his race by 1,665 votes, or 0.4 percent of the total, flipping his board seat from blue to red and putting yet another charter-friendly face on the board. Francis joined Gov. Greg Abbott at a speaking event at a San Antonio private school, which was approved by Commissioner Mike Morath, that it expects to serve 1,056 students at capacity, primarily nonwhite students.
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