Carroll ISD board president faces demands to step down over diversity plan
Parents upset about the Carroll school district’s diversity plan are circulating a petition calling for the school board president to resign.
The petition says that board president Michelle Moore should step down.
“Ms. Moore’s mismanagement of the District Diversity Council and failure to engage the broader community has been a dereliction of her duties,” according to the petition.
The iPetition website did not list information on who organized the petition.
Moore said Friday afternoon that she has no intention of stepping down, and said the board is holding a workshop on Sept. 23 to talk about the Cultural Competence Action Plan, which has not been approved.
“It’s unfortunate that this petition is going around. I’ve been dedicated to this district for five years,” Moore said.
The plan has been under fire since parents spoke out during school board meetings earlier this month and complained that they were not informed about the plan. They questioned why it included reporting “microaggressions” and said that their values were not reflected.
Parents also formed a political action committee, Southlake Families PAC, which is listed on the Texas Ethics Commission website. The group was founded to promote candidates for the Carroll school board and Southlake City Council and to fund lawsuits against policies on the local level.
Southlake Families is holding a meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 30) at First Baptist Church in Grapevine where Texas GOP chairman Lt. Col. Allen West is listed as the keynote speaker.
During the Aug. 3 board meeting trustees voted 5-2 to receive the plan, but said it needed further review and discussion. Moore agreed that the plan needs more work.
Moore said that along with the ongoing work on the cultural competence plan, the board hired a firm to help with the search of a new superintendent after David Faltys announced his retirement earlier this month.
Moore said she is “slowing down” the process of going forward with the plan until a new superintendent is on board.
“I don’t think it’s a good idea to rush things at this point. I want the new superintendent to be a part of this process,” Moore said.