Name: Connecticut Elementary School Administrator Promotes 'Subtle' Left-Wing Indoctrination: Project Veritas
Uploaded: 2022-09-01T19:09:01.000Z
Description: An elementary school administrator in Greenwich, Connecticut was captured in an undercover video boasting about how he refuses to hire Catholic or conservative teachers, and how the teachers at his school subtly inject left-wing progressive ideology into their teaching.

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An elementary school administrator in Greenwich, Connecticut was captured in an undercover video boasting about how he refuses to hire Catholic or conservative teachers, and how the teachers at his school subtly inject left-wing progressive ideology into their teaching.

In <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD2kM39S4d4">a video</a> released by news organization Project Veritas, Jeremy Boland, assistant principal at Cos Cob Elementary School, revealed to an undercover journalist that he works to maintain a teaching force of primarily young, progressive people who will indoctrinate their students in a "subtle" way.

According to Boland, the teachers he hires "will never say, 'Oh, this is [a] liberal or a Democratic way of doing this.'" Instead, they will "make that the norm."

"So, you kind of like, gear them to think in a more liberal way?" the Project Veritas journalist asked.

"Believe it or not, the open-minded, more progressive teachers are actually more savvy about delivering a Democratic message without really ever having to mention politics," the principal replied. "So, it's subtle."

"[Parents] can find out, so long as you never mention the politics of it," he said when asked if parents would ever find out about the indoctrination.

During one exchange, Boland explained that it is better to focus on hiring younger, progressive teachers than firing older, conservative teachers who have more years of service. He also said he won't hire teachers who are unwilling to acknowledge a child's gender preferences.

"So, if you have [a teacher] who is hardcore religious or hardcore conservative, they will probably say something detrimental to the effect, 'Well, I don't think kids have enough knowledge to make that decision [gender identity] at this age,'" Boland said. "You're out. You're done."
<h2>Discriminatory Hiring</h2>
When the undercover journalist asked Boland to elaborate about picking out religious candidates, Boland replied that Protestants in the area are mostly liberal, but Catholics are typically conservative and therefore won't get a job from him.

"So, would you ever hire a Catholic, then?" the journalist asked.

"No, I don't want to," said the principal. "Because if someone is raised hardcore Catholic, it's like they're brainwashed. You can never change their mindset. So, when you ask them to consider something new, like a new opportunity, or, 'You have to think about this differently,' they're stuck—just rigid."

The hiring process discussed in the video appears to violate Connecticut's <a href="https://law.justia.com/codes/connecticut/2018/title-46a/chapter-814c/section-46a-60/">anti-discrimination law</a>, which states that it is illegal for employers to "refuse to hire or employ or to bar or to discharge from employment any individual ... because of the individual's race, color, religious creed."

Shortly after the video's release, Greenwich Public Schools Superintendent Toni Jones sent a message to the district's families, saying that an investigation will be underway.

"We were made aware of a video that had gone viral with a current administrator from Cos Cob School. We intend to do a full investigation and until that time, we will not make any public statements. We ask that you respect the investigation process during this time," the message read.

"We do not, however, support any opinions that promote discriminatory hiring practices based on race, religion, gender, or age in any way, and we want to remind our entire community that our curriculum policies and procedures are strictly enforced by our Board."

<em>From <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/connecticut-elementary-school-administrator-promotes-subtle-left-wing-indoctrination-project-veritas_4702181.html">The Epoch Times</a></em>

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