Furry Panic is the latest Dumb GOP attack on public schools

Illustrated by Elizabeth Brockway / The Daily Beast

It happens every time a school board member speaks out about changes to Central District’s COVID-19 plan. “Cat!” a group of four would mock from the back of the room. “Cat!”

Amelia McMillan, a parent in Pennsylvania County, recognized the four. They’ve been supporting Central York’s recently (and now upside down) banned some school books, many books about race. After the mid-January meeting ended, McMillan said she saw the group herd a local father in the hallway.

McMillan told The Daily Beast: “They yelled at him about his kid being a jerk. The group cites “an email someone sent to the board about fur. I heard him say, ‘Get my kids out of this.’ Two school administrators broke the interaction and kicked the four aggressors out of the building, then asked the father if he was okay. He told everyone standing there (including me) that they were calling his baby fluffy and he asked them to stop.”

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