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Angie Taylor recall, Washoe County School District, Nevada (2022)
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An effort to recall Angie Taylor, a member of the Washoe County School District Board of Trustees in Nevada, began in February 2022. A recall petition was filed with Washoe County on February 10, 2022, by Reno resident Robert Beadles and was received by the county on February 11, 2022.[1][2] Recall supporters did not collect the requisite number of signatures to get the recall on the ballot by the deadline.[3]
Some of the stated grounds for recall in the petition include the use of critical race theory in the school district, the board's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the removal of the first public comment period during board meetings. Click here to read the full list of grounds.[2]
Taylor responded to the recall effort by saying that critical race theory does not exist in K-12 education. She also said that the board voted to adhere to the COVID-19 directives set by Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) and that the board was in complete compliance with Nevada Open Meeting Law. Click here to read her full response to the recall effort.[4]
To get the recall on the ballot, supporters would have had to collect a number of signatures equal to 25% of the number of voters who voted in the 2020 Board of Trustees District E election, or 11,702 signatures.[1][2] Only signatures submitted by registered voters in District E who voted in the 2020 election could be considered valid on the recall petition.[4] Signatures collected during the first 45 days had to be submitted to the county clerk for public inspection on or before the 48th day after the notice of intent was filed. All signatures had to be submitted to the county within 90 days after the filing of the notice of intent, which was May 12, 2022.[5]
Taylor was re-elected to District E of the Board of Trustees of the Washoe County School District in the general election on November 3, 2020, with 62.5% of the vote. As of March 11, 2022, Taylor was president of the board.[6]
To read about other recall efforts related to the coronavirus and government responses to the pandemic, click here.
Recall supporters
The petition included the following reasons for recall:[2]
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Recall opponents
Taylor responded to the petition's claims by stating:[4]
| “ | I don't ride school buses. There's no possible way for me as a school board trustee to be aware of the day-to-day occurrences in the district. When you have a district with almost 8,000 employees and 62,000 students, it's a big enterprise, and sometimes not great things happen. Our job is to solve those problems when they come to us, and take care of the people involved.[7] | ” |
| “ | Critical Race Theory is a boogeyman. Critical Race Theory does not exist in K-12 education. It just does not. What exists in K-12 education is-- 'Let's talk about all of the things in our country, partly that made us great, partly that we learned from, and that we bounce off from.' I'm always going to believe it's important that we make sure every student can see themselves, their accomplishments, what their people have gone through, and others can see that and share in it together.[7] | ” |
| “ | We voted as a board to adhere to the directives that came out of Governor Sisolak's office. All the way through, we voted to adhere to those directives. So, to target me from the board voting to adhere to those directives, I think, again, that's not quite the whole story.[7] | ” |
| “ | We are absolutely 100 percent in compliance with Nevada Open Meeting Law. The first [public comment period] began to get so long that we would not get to agenda items sometimes until 9 or 10 at night. What about the parent who has public comment on things that are scheduled? Should the scheduled items have to wait until after non-scheduled items? We will stay here and hear all those public comments, but let's take care of the scheduled business first, so those people with items on the agenda aren't disenfranchised.[8][7] | ” |
| “ | It is not a secret that Nevada has chronically been one of the lowest states to fund education. And there is a direct relationship between the two. Are we where we want to be? No. But there are some things we can look back and say, 'Hey, you know what, this is moving in the right direction. Let's keep that going.'[7] | ” |
| “ | When you're in a state that has mandatory taking of the ACT, those scores tend to be a little lower, because there are students that think 'I don't need this; I'm not going to college. I'm going to military, I'm going to trade school,' and so on. They tend to be a bit lower. It's also tough because we take it during the 11th grade year, so our students are already at a disadvantage, and we are still close to the national average.[7] | ” |
| “ | We spent a lot of time and a lot of money with two external investigations. None of that was founded. We had two external investigations that landed in the same place. Why would I have that information?[7] | ” |
| “ | What the meeting law says is that we do what we can to make reasonable accommodations as best we can. And so we put speakers outside, and put some in the shade when it got to be too hot.[7] | ” |
| “ | Two other board members came to me and said that we should censure Jeff Church. Then it's my job as president-- and I didn't disagree, let me be very honest with you-- then it's my job as president to make the case, which is what I did. The board decided not to [censure], and so you move on.[8][7] | ” |
| “ | When students fill out their cards, their information cards, in their classroom, they denote whatever they want to denote about themselves. That's what they're talking about. That's not a school board issue. It's not a school board issue at all. It's more about-- how do we make sure every student feels like they're safe, regardless of how they identify.[7] | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Nevada
To get the recall on the ballot, supporters would have had to collect a number of signatures equal to 25% of the number of voters who voted in the 2020 Board of Trustees District E election, or 11,702 signatures.[1][2][4] Signatures collected during the first 45 days had to be submitted to the county clerk for public inspection on or before the 48th day after the notice of intent was filed. All signatures had to be submitted to the county within 90 days after the filing of the notice of intent, which was May 12, 2022.[5]
About the district
Washoe County School District is located in Washoe County, Nevada. It is classified as a mid-sized city school district by the National Center for Education Statistics. The district served 67,113 students during the 2018-2019 school year and comprised 109 schools.[9]
During the 2018-2019 school year, 46.4% of the district's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 15.0% were English language learners, and 13.6% of students had an Individual Education Plan (IEP).[10]
| Racial Demographics, 2018-2019 | ||
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| Race | Washoe County School District (%) | Nevada K-12 students (%) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander | 4.3 | 5.5 |
| Black | 2.5 | 11.3 |
| Hispanic | 40.8 | 42.5 |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Two or More Races | 6.1 | 6.6 |
| White | 43.8 | 31.9 |
Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
Ballotpedia covered 35 coronavirus-related recall efforts against 94 officials in 2022, accounting for 13% of recalls that year. This is a decrease from both 2020 and 2021. COVID-related recalls accounted for 37% of all recall efforts in both 2020 and 2021. In 2020, there were 87 COVID-related recalls against 89 officials, and in 2021, there were 131 against 214 officials.
The chart below compares coronavirus-related recalls to recalls for all other reasons in 2020, 2021, and 2022.
2022 recall efforts
- See also: School board recalls
Ballotpedia tracked 54 school board recall efforts against 123 board members in 2022. Recall elections against school board members were held on January 11, 2022, January 18, 2022, January 24, 2022, February 15, 2022, March 29, 2022, April 4, 2022, and November 8, 2022. The school board recall success rate was 7.3%.
The chart below details the status of 2022 recall efforts by individual school board member.
See also
- Washoe County School District, Nevada
- Washoe County School District, Nevada, elections (2022)
- Washoe County School District, Nevada, elections (2020)
- Washoe County School District elections (2018)
- Recall campaigns in Nevada
- Political recall efforts, 2022
- School board recalls
- States that allow school board recalls
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Washoe County School District
- Washoe County, NV, Registrar of Voters
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Reno Gazette Journal, "WCSD board president accused of mishandling COVID-19, student safety, racism curriculum in recall effort," February 21, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2news.com, "Petition to Recall Angie Taylor," March 2, 2022
- ↑ Reno Gazette Journal, "Effort to recall school board president Angie Taylor fails; got 6% of signatures needed," May 12, 2022
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 2news.com, "Petition Filed to Oust WCSD Board President: What's In It," March 8, 2022
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Nevada Secretary of State, "State of Nevada Recall Guide 2020," accessed March 10, 2022
- ↑ Washoe County School District, "Meet The Trustees," accessed March 11, 2022
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Note: Brackets included in original source
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Search for Public School Districts," accessed March 8, 2021
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," accessed March 8, 2021
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