After left-wing progressive candidates retook multiple seats that were won by Republicans in 2021, the Cy-Fair ISD is now set to return material relating to climate change and cultural diversity to its curriculum.
According to a report from KHOU-11, the elements were removed by the more conservative board two years ago but are now set to return during the upcoming school year. The vote to reinstate them was 4–3.
Political strategist Vlad Davidiuk is pointing to the situation in Cy-Fair as an example of just how critical down-ballot races like school board elections are. He told KTRH: “A lot of Republicans wound up shooting themselves in the foot and allowing these things to happen because the focus was not on winning these races.”
He went on to say that in future elections, Republicans who want to win these races need to put a hyper-local focus on them. “Republicans need to do a better job driving the message from the community to the community,” he said. “Working to find good candidates early, working to recruit those good candidates early.”
Davidiuk believes that if conservatives can do that, they’ll be able to not just win these seats for one cycle but actually win and hold them long enough to make a real difference on these school boards.