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Douglas County, Nevada (CNN)Clutching a page of notes, Bob Russo sat in the middle of the boisterous audience in the school gymnasium, reviewing what he wanted to tell the Douglas County School District board members. When it was his turn to speak, Russo stood and approached the microphone.
“I don’t know about you, but I don’t want Marxist blood in this country,” he said, generating widespread applause.
This was Russo’s third school board meeting in eight days. Officials were holding town halls across the rural northwest Nevada county to address concerns roiling the community, such as whether students were learning critical race theory (CRT) in classrooms, or whether children should wear masks or get vaccines to protect them from Covid-19.
“I’m concerned about kids being taught theories, ideologies that are going to divide them and set them apart from each other,” Russo said to CNN in an interview. “I’m concerned about our freedom.”
Russo, a 68-year-old retiree, has no children in the school district.
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Article URL : https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/31/us/nevada-douglas-county-school-crt-row/index.html