Word: grossmont
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Santana High School is in the Grossmont School District, whose contentious board of supervisors has faced criticism over their handling of racial tension and creationism in the past. The most recent outrage was the defeat of a school board member because he voted to add sexual orientation to the district's nondiscrimination policy. Ted Crooks, the school board president, barely survived a recall effort because of his vote...
...feel unsafe." In a room of 800 angry parents, who claimed the protection "would be promoting a homosexual agenda," the three board members were the ones who felt unsafe. After the vote, Crooks was handed the recall petition, already filled with signatures. He was nonplussed: "It comes with the Grossmont territory. It was not unexpected...