I’m a mom, and can’t stay silent about what is happening in our schools

I never thought I would run for school board, but after lawsuits, deception and intimidation from the school district, I feel compelled to step up.

Deceptive ideas and political agendas have been threatening public school systems across the nation, prompting many parents to pull their kids out to homeschool or enroll in private or charter schools.   Carol Beth Litkouhi is the mother of two children in Rochester, Michigan.

I learned that our administrators participated over the last couple years in retaliation against parents with dissenting views. In depositions from a recent lawsuit, administrators admitted to using taxpayer dollars to pay employees to gather annotated screenshots of dissenting parents' social media posts, compiling information about their kids and where they work. They bullied parents with baseless cease and desist letters and contacted law enforcement. They even complained about parents to their employers, causing one mom to lose her job just because she voiced her concerns in a civil, respectful tone.