School Allegedly Makes List of ‘Insubordinate’ Parents to ‘Watch’ – Opinion

On Tuesday night, radio host Monica Matthews of Clear Talk Media tweeted a communication allegedly between two officials at The Lovett School — a prestigious private K-12 school in Atlanta. This immediately gained a lot more attention and eyebrows on Twitter. It’s easy to see why.

The communication purports to be between two officials at the school and says it is a “preliminary list” of many parents who have been deemed “insubordinate.” One staffer wrote that she was “disgusted by some of these parents” and talked about the “need to prioritize our efforts as some have too much influence.”

BREAKING- GA School⁦@TheLovettSchool⁩ DEI office compiles “list” of parent target list. These notes set out their goals. ⁦@11AliveNews⁩ ⁦@ajc⁩ @DeAngelisCorey⁩ ⁦@Nicoletta0602⁩ pic.twitter.com/W8jbJDMIV6

— Monica Matthews On Air (@monicaonairtalk) February 9, 2022

“Our watch list-to keep hard copy only? Confirm!”

Todd Starnes made contact with the school, but has not heard back.

It’s not clear what specifically this is about and it’s not clear why you would ever put parents on a “watch list,” but there are a lot of people listed and such a list about parents is extremely concerning.

The tuition cost for The Lovett School students in kindergarten through fifth grade is $27675. According to the school’s website, this includes all fees. It’s $32,130 for grades 6-12. That’s not counting other fees such as for books and uniforms.

This comes in a climate where parents are facing backlash from other schools on a variety of subjects including COVID restrictions and what’s being taught in the classroom. The Republican Governor of Virginia saw the backlash from parents as a major factor. Glenn Youngkin’s win in the state.

The NSBA also caused concerns after they sent a letter to the White House — which they had coordinated with the White House — demonizing parents as potential terrorists. That letter was used by the DOJ to inform them that they were going to be working with schools in order to investigate potential threats to parents. While the NSBA later retracted their letter, they apologized but did not stop the DOJ from taking action.

This will be fascinating to see how school reacts. But the notion of school officials concocting lists of “insubordinate” parents (who is supposed to answer to whom?!) This is to say nothing of the fact that it’s troubling.