It was proof that the majority of residents here are united. To them, the landslide election wasn't a retreat from the town's ideals. Hylton: But lots of people saw the results differently.
Em's only got one year left at Carroll and she says she can't wait to finish it.Įm: I think, like, what's happened to me here and, like, what I've learned here in my learning environment, (LAUGH) whether educational or just bad things that have happened, I think I'm gonna carry that with me because it's just teenage years are foundational. Now, with the election results, she was losing hope that more meaningful changes would ever come. Hixenbaugh: Em and her parents had been pulling for the candidates who promised to implement new diversity and inclusion programs at Carroll to help students and staff learn about issues affecting queer students like her. Kim Rudman: This is our first local election to vote and part of the reason we are voting is actually to send the message to our children that whether or not, in this political climate, we can see it, an individual vote matters and to not give up on the process. Hylton: Before walking away from us, Rudman's wife, Kim, leans in toward our microphone. And I think people need to come to consensus, not try to backdoor something one way or the other. I think there need to be discussions about it. Rudman: I think it all needs to be done in the light. He, likely, was referring to the criminal charges against two school board members for texting about the diversity plan before the meeting to vote on it. All of the district diversity council meetings were open to the public. But he says he read something somewhere about how the Carroll school board developed the plan during secret meetings, which isn't true. Hixenbaugh: Rudman says he's not opposed to school diversity programs.
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