WI School District Seeks Leader With “Christian Values”

Wisconsin Public Radio reports:

School board members in a Sheboygan County district listed “Christian values” and “conservative politics” as desired characteristics in a posting for a superintendent position at a public school. The original post for the Cedar Grove-Belgium School District job was amended after potential candidates raised questions.

Retired St. Francis Superintendent Carol Topinka became aware of the posting on Tuesday when a friend, applying for the job, brought it to her attention.

“Help me understand how a public school district can legally limit its hiring to people who are Christians?” Topinka wrote in an email obtained by WPR. “My mentee is not a Christian and is frankly gobsmacked that a public school district can blatantly and prejudicially flout the law.”

Read the full article. Amended because they got caught.

This is what you get in the Trump era – a complete disregard for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

You can’t hire based on religion for a public position.

A Wisconsin public school board listed ‘Christian values’ among desires for next superintendent – WPR https://t.co/H5TpN738Vz

— Mark Pocan (@MarkPocan) April 11, 2024