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RI Teachers Union Opposing Mom Nicole Solas anti-SLAPP Suit: We didn’t WANT To Sue Her, We Had To Do It

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 19, 2021 19 Comments

NEA-RI says it was forced to sue Solas and her husband in order to sue the school district to prevent release of records. But NEA-RI had no standing to inject itself into the public records process under clear Rhode Island law, so that defense...

“Advice For Parents” Protesting School Indoctrination On Dealing With The Media

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2021 14 Comments

"cultivate relationships with local reporters; make their job easier. Write the articles FOR them. Give them quotes, and 800 words written"...

LOL NEA Teachers Union Declares Victory Over Mom Nicole Solas Despite Court Humiliation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 28, 2021 27 Comments

National Education Association Rhode Island dropped its emergency injunction request in court over release of Critical Race records, but now pretends "We won!" It still faces Solas' anti-SLAPP compensatory and punitive damage claims for bringing the case in the first place....

UPDATE: Teachers Union v. RI Mom Nicole Solas – Motion for TRO Withdrawn By Union During Court Hearing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 23, 2021 10 Comments

This morning at 10:30 a.m. is the hearing in Rhode Island Superior Court before Associate Justice Linda Rekas Sloan on the motion of the National Education Association Rhode Island and NEA-South Kingstown (RI) for a Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the South Kingstown School District and School Committee from releasing records requested by local mom Nicole Solas and her husband Adam Hartman. NEA objects, among other things, to records being released that would reveal which teachers are teaching Critical Race Theory and interactions with the union regarding CRT.

Teachers Union and School District Appear To Be Colluding Against RI Mom Nicole Solas In Lawsuit

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 20, 2021 19 Comments

Unions argue: "because the School Department has not objected to the entry of temporary injunction relief, the Motion should be granted." But for the Court to grant collusive relief over the objection of Solas not only would run counter to RI Supreme Court precedent, it...

Court Filing: RI Mother Nicole Solas Demands “Compensatory and Punitive Damages” Against Teachers Unions Under Anti-SLAPP Statute

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 18, 2021 28 Comments

The unions sued over Solas' public records requests, now she has filed her opposition: "This extraordinary case is brought by a party without standing, disregards the entire statutory scheme under the [public records law], and is an affront to Parents’ rights to open and transparent...

Teachers Unions Exposed To Anti-SLAPP Punitive Claim For Suing Mom Nicole Solas Over Critical Race Records

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2021 39 Comments

The lawsuit by Rhode Island affiliates of the National Education Association against South Kingstown mom Nicole Solas may turn out to be a historic mistake by the teachers unions, exposing them to punitive damages and discovery under the anti-SLAPP statute....

Unions May Have Major Legal Problem In Lawsuit Against RI Mom Nicole Solas Over Public Records Of Critical Race Teaching

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2021 23 Comments

Unions suing to stop school district from releasing allegedly non-public information about union members, but a 2004 RI Supreme Court case held "APRA provides neither a right to prevent the release of private information ...

RI Teachers Union Seeks Emergency Injunction Preventing Release of CRT Records To Mom Nicole Solas (Update)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 05, 2021 28 Comments

What are the unions trying to hide?...

Teachers Union Sues Mom Nicole Solas To Prevent School District From Releasing Critical Race Teaching Records

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 04, 2021 54 Comments

Nicole Solas is the South Kingstown, Rhode Island, mother who gained national attention when she told her story at Legal Insurrection regarding her stymied efforts to obtain school records regarding teaching of Critical Race and Gender theory, I’m A Mom Seeking Records Of Critical Race and Gender Curriculum, Now The School Committee May Sue To Stop Me.

Providence Teacher Ramona Bessinger On Biased CRT Curriculum: It’s “very stressful for me as an educator to have to teach … a partial truth”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2021 20 Comments

"we cannot omit entire segments of U.S., American history and world literature. And certainly we can't stop teaching the Holocaust."...

Union-Linked Coalition Scripts ‘Messaging’ To Counter Parental Pushback Against Critical Race Theory

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2021 43 Comments

For the past several weeks, mainstream media and K-12 school and teachers union officials have been in a frenzy asserting that Critical Race Theory (CRT) does not really exist outside of legal and higher ed academia, that CRT is not taught in K-12, that parents protesting against CRT are billionaire-backed astroturf, and that opponents can't even define what CRT is.

Rhode Island Mom Involved In Critical Race Public Records Fight And Targeted By NEA Gets High-Powered Legal Help

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 01, 2021 31 Comments

Nicole Solas "Gets Legal Firepower from Goldwater Institute"...

“Parents Will Prevail” – Rhode Island Mom Nicole Solas Reacts To Resignation of Pro-Critical Race School Board Member Who Smeared Her

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2021 27 Comments

South Kingstown (RI) School Committee Chair Emily Cummiskey resigns. Solas: "I am still owed a public apology and retraction but Cummiskey's resignation sends a new message: parents will prevail. Retaliation against parents seeking information about their child's education will backfire...

CRT Battlefront: Rhode Island School Superintendents’ Plan To Limit Public Records Requests Runs Into Possible ACLU Roadblock

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 21, 2021 12 Comments

I recently posted about a behind-the-scenes effort by the Rhode Island School Superintendents Association (RISSA), together with unions and friendly legislators, to curtail public rights under the RI Access to Public Records Act (APRA), in reaction to voluminous public records requests filed by South Kingstown mom Nicole Solas seeking information about Critical Race and Gender teaching in school.

RI School Superintendents Group: “We all know many of our citizens live in a separate news reality with Fox, Newsmax and their ilk”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 20, 2021 76 Comments

The South Kingstown, Rhode Island, School Committee triggered a national controversy when it threatened to sue local mother Nicole Solas, who has a child enrolled in kindergarten for the fall, alleging Solas was serving too many public information requests regarding Critical Race and Gender efforts in the schools.

Media Panics Over Mounting Opposition to Critical Race Theory

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2021 55 Comments

The best evidence that the resistance to CRT is gaining and posing a threat to Democrats is that the mainstream media is trying to marginalize and demonize the movement the way it attacked the Tea Party...

Update: Smear of Mom Nicole Solas Was Prepared By Public Relations Firm Hired By South Kingstown (RI) School Committee

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 09, 2021 68 Comments

Emily Cummiskey steps down as Chair of School Committee, blames others for smear of Nicole: "The PR firm delivered me three statements, one for social media, one for Fox news, and one to read at last Wednesday's meeting."...

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