188����’s Chief Operating Officer Kristi Hirst was interviewed and discussed how national far-right extreme groups are pushing an agenda to local parents.

“Kristi Hirst, a former teacher in Chino who co-founded the education nonprofit 188���� to push back against right-wing extremism in schools, said she thinks conservative school board members are being used as pawns in a national movement to bring about “the slow dismantling of public education.��

‘“I think on the local level, these people have been manipulated to fulfill this plan that I don’t even think they’re fully aware of,�� Hirst said. “I don’t think the local school board members see the big picture. But the big picture definitely has to do with the breakdown of public education.”��

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“A dedicated group of right-wing activists has been showing up at school board meetings in Temecula, Murrieta, Chino, and elsewhere to support anti-trans policies. Komrosky, the Temecula school board president, was seen at the Murrieta Valley school board’s vote on a parental notification policy on Aug. 10. There, he was photographed with Chloe Cole, an anti-trans activist; Jessica Tapia, an ex-teacher who claims she was fired for refusing to recognize trans students identities; and activists who previously showed up to the Chino Valley school board’s parental notification policy vote, according to information provided by 188����.��

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