He was among 46 designated statewide, and the only one in Lawrence. Kathy Toelkes, public affairs coordinator for the state Department of Education, said the board created the program in December. Each board member can nominate 10 people. There is no confirmation process for nominees before the entire board. If you ask them for information, they believe it.
Key communicators are to receive monthly updates on issues discussed by board members.
Topics include teacher licensure, science standards and special-education regulations. They then can use the information in public speeches, letters to the editor or when talking informally with community leaders. Other members disapprove In separate interviews Friday, Board Chairman Harold Voth of Haven and member John Bacon of Olathe, who represents Lawrence, said Magruder's past should disqualify him from working on the board's communication program. I'd be uneasy. He created the group to protest actions of leftists in the 1960s that led to political correctness, sensitivity training, speech codes, gender feminism and multiculturalism.