Texas school district bans critical race theory

Originally Published on Washington Examiner

One Texas school district voted Monday night to ban critical race theory , among other policy changes.

The Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District board voted 4-3 to ban critical race theory from being taught in its 17 public schools, plus its virtual school, collegiate academy, and two alternative schools. Its newly adopted policy also included not encouraging or requiring the use of pronouns other than those assigned at birth and a bathroom policy requiring students and staff to use the bathroom of their birth-assigned gender.

Almost 200 people signed up to give public comment at the meeting, with each receiving a three-minute time limit. As a result, the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District board of trustees meeting went on for over 7 1/2 hours. The board room only seats 55 people…