Nevada County voters face two qualified superintendent candidates, but the race overlooks a critical issue: long-term teacher compensation sustainability, pension liabilities, and fiscal responsibility. Resident urges candidates to address these before Election Day.

Wendy Willoughby and Olivia Pritchett’s woke equity policies on the Nevada Joint Union School Board mirror Hitler Youth indoctrination, replacing academics with identity narratives. This erodes critical thinking, fosters intolerance, and threatens democratic backsliding by producing citizens unfit to steward liberty.

This compelling op-ed argues that preserving sex-based categories in school athletics is essential to uphold Title IX protections, ensure fair competition, and safeguard opportunities for adolescent girls, while offering practical accommodations for transgender students without compromising biological fairness.

Andrew Klein’s routine reelection as NJUHSD Board President deserves congratulations amid manufactured controversy, while the Grass Valley racial violence attack must be condemned without evidence-free links to school governance, calling for consistent accountability, fairness, and rejection of intimidation from all sides.

Nevada Union Resolution 22/24-25 was irresponsible—not because of its intent, but because of its construction and timing. It brought national political tension into local schools still reeling from pandemic disruption. Rather than uniting the community, this resolution deepened divides and stirred controversy without offering a path forward. It was a knee-jerk response to national headlines, not a thoughtful reflection of local needs.

Nevada Union should be welcoming, no question. Children need to feel safe to learn. However, when test scores are lower than my motivation after a wake-and-bake, fear is not the issue—it is a symptom of a board that has lost its way. Wendy Willoughby’s jihad has trapped the kids in a fog of bad priorities, and it is time for the board to stop dodging accountability like I dodge sobriety checkpoints.

Likely after realizing she had done nothing for students for the first two years of her term, Willoughby rushed a vague resolution onto the school board agenda.

Serving on a local school board is an important opportunity to make a difference in the quality of education for students and management of the school as a whole.