Conspiracy, Censorship & Student Safety?
Can ORR's uncover a school district's willingness to hide the truth?
Open Records Requests (ORR’s) are an important tool for the public when it comes to the oversight of government employees and elected officials. Given that American school districts are government entities and school-board members are elected officials, this is a method that can be used to gain insight into the motives, words, and actions of those individuals and those who work closely with them.
Recently, I had an ORR conducted by my lawyer (even though you don’t need a lawyer to make such a request, as any citizen can do so), in regards to the local school district where I live. The request was made to determine their emails back and forth regarding my name and that of my podcast American Education FM. What was discovered was not surprising, nor was it uncharacteristic of the kinds of people who work within these environments who seek to have influence with one another, and how outside familial-influence also exists when it comes to covering up the potential presence of a lack of student safety, possible student violence, and potentially doing what needs to be done to hide the truth at the expense of others. Having been a whistleblower in this business myself, I fully understand the lengths to which school districts and their supporters will go to (including State Departments of Education), in order to hide the truth from the public.
Before I disclose these emails, please understand that the business of “education,” in particular today, invites a certain kind of person to exist within. Today, the business is filled with the fearful, on both ends of the moral spectrum. On one end, you have those who are afraid of doing the right thing in the face of evil (typically out of fear of retribution), and on the other end of the spectrum you have those who are afraid of getting caught for doing what is unethical or illegal.
There is, however, a third party that exists—the morally-sound who have nothing to lose and do what is right, no matter the cost. As it’s been stated throughout time, this latter group are the people whom evil distastes the most.
In a July 9th, 2024 Talawanda school-board meeting, board member David Bothast aired his grievances with the public and showed his distaste for those who ask questions. Apparently, according to him, if someone has questions they must have ulterior motives? One of the individuals David Bothast references is Scotty King, (the husband of board member Dawn King), who has publicly made mention of making his own ORR’s of district member’s emails and other data.
At the end, you hear board-member Pat Meade reference Scotty King (although not by name) and emails that are apparently in his possession (so says Pat Meade), and that Pat Meade approached Mr. King to view said emails.
(When someone obtains emails through an ORR, they have no obligation to share such emails with anyone, let alone a sitting board member, in particular when actions or communications within said emails may highlight unethical behavior or illegality).
Press play on the video below.
Now, on to my own ORR and what it revealed.
Here are the names of the people who appear in these ORR’d emails. In the town where I live, Oxford, Ohio, and the Talawanda City School District, the individuals involved in these emails include:
Dr. Edward Theroux, Superintendent.
Shaunna Tafelski, Treasurer.
Holli Hansel, Director of Communications & Public Engagement.
Rebecca Howard, School-Board President.
Dawn King; School-Board Member.
Scott King, (Husband of Dawn King; School-Board Member).
David Bothast, School-Board Member.
Brian Revalee, (Husband of School-Board Member David Bothast).
(Later email recipients also include: Board-Members Pat Meade and Chris Otto).
These emails are listed in chronological order.
The first email, sent by David Bothast, School-Board Member, to Rebecca Howard the School-Board President, and Dr. Edward Theroux the Superintendent. Mr. Bothast stated the following on 7/14/2024, 10:40 AM:
“Drs. Howard & Theroux,
In light of a recent development and a podcast produced by Sean Brooks stating his willingness to publicly name and defame (quote: "demolish") (redacted) a public school board meeting on behalf of Scotty and Dawn King, I have a question of the liability to the district surrounding broadcasting livestream YouTube presentations of the meetings. I fear, not only with (redacted) but in potential future meetings with his would place our district at an extreme liability since we would be hosting it on our server and transmitting it through our account. Per Sunshine Laws,
Being BRAVE is not the lack of fear, but the ability to move FORWARD in spite of it.
David M. Bothast, MS.”
I think the first question here is, what do you have to hide? This communication shows a willingness to hid the truth and censor the public within school-board meetings, in particular within the “public comments” portion of each school-board meeting. As school-board meetings across America are typically broadcast live and viewed on YouTube, there appears to be an interest by a sitting school-board member to eliminate this as standard procedure with the district and for public viewing. Why?
If “Being BRAVE is not the lack of fear, but the ability to move FORWARD in spite of it,” as Mr. Bothast states, why the concern and the need to censor people?
An email sent on Jul 15, 2024, at 10:42 AM from David Bothast, board member, confirms an agreement on who to send these emails to:
“As a follow up, I am copying Dr Rebecca Howard, president, so she is aware of my appeal as well as Mrs. Hansel as communications director.
David Bothast
Member, Talawanda Board of Education”
In a following email, that same day (not one hour later), Brian Revalee, (Husband of David Bothast, School-Board Member) sent the following email on July 15, 2024 at 11:21:33 AM EDT, to all school-board members, including Rebecca Howard, Pat Meade, Chris Otto, Dawn King, and his own husband—David Bothast. He stated:
“Dear Talawanda School Board Members & Administration,
l am a parent (redacted) the Talawanda School District. It has come to my attention that Talawanda School Board Member Mrs. Dawn King and her husband, Mr. Scotty King, have been cooperating with local Oxford resident Sean Brooks and, according to Sean Brooks' podcast "American Education FM" episode 632, is collaborating to defame and slander (redacted) but particularly (redacted) Mr. Brooks states he has (redacted) he speaks facts or falsehoods, as long as he uses the word "allegedly" beforehand. This worries me for the mental health and safety (redacted) and all students) as YouTube is global and accessible by all in perpetuity. A livestream restricts the District from appropriately protecting (redacted) and redacting (redacted) name in minutes, as you could in accordance with Sunshine and Open Meeting Laws if you were to transcribe sessions. I understand the choice to livestream in 2020, but the culture and climate has changed and knowingly hosting such a release of personal protected information of minor students on your server, account, and disseminating it to the world undoubtedly puts the Talawanda School District at risk and FERPA liability.
***For the record, we do NOT authorize (redacted)
I am making a plea that you, as a Board, return to written transcriptions of meetings immediately. The threat has been made to slander and abuse (redacted) by Mr Brooks (and he even mentions in his podcast that he coaches the King family directly) and it is well within your ability to return to transcriptions. With modern software that wasn't available in 2020, it is also much easier to do more quickly and efficiently.
Brian Revalee.”
As stated earlier with the first email, I think the first question with this email, too, is; what do you have to hide? This is also an open communication from a parent of a child within the school district, who just so happens to also be the husband of a school-board member. Doesn’t this prove a conflict of interest? What are they fearful will be stated in a school-board meeting from the public? Doesn’t this email correspondence show a heightened-level of interest in removing YouTube from the viewing public as a way for parents and citizens to now, potentially, not observe what is going on within school-board meetings? Isn’t this heightened-level of interest in removing YouTube as a broadcaster of their school-board meetings also a communication from one husband to another, of whom one just so happens to sit on the school board? Isn’t that a conflict of interest or potential undue influence from a board member’s husband to other board members regarding the potential for a future vote on a specified topic; (in this case censorship)? Is this an ethics violation?
Not to mention, is there a school-safety issue they’re attempting to hide from the public? Could this be a school-safety issue having to do with someone that Mr. Bothast and Mr. Revalee know? Are the other members of the school-board aware of this issue? Are they, too, covering something up? If there is in fact a school-safety issue, aren’t they responsible as school-board members and employees of the district to report all safety issues (in particular those that are student related), to the proper legal authorities, while also following their own Codes of Conduct?
That same day, on Mon, Jul 15, 2024 at 11:39 AM, Board-Member David Bothast emailed Dr. Edward Theroux, Superintendent, stating:
“When live-streaming was enacted in 2020, was it a vote or simply a change in format? If simply a change in format, I join Brian in his plea and begging the board to reconsider and return to written transcripts.
David Bothast
Member, Talawanda Board of Education”
This communication by board-member David Bothast, to Superintendent Dr. Edward Theroux, shows that a sitting school-board member and his husband are pleading with the school board and the Superintendent to make a motion to change the format of the board meetings to “written transcripts,” instead of live-video broadcasting on YouTube. Why?
Isn’t this a direct conflict of interest, in particular regarding censorship? Censorship of what exactly? Does this have to do with something related to school-safety, or as stated by Mr. Revalee himself; “mental health and safety and (redacted) all students?” Why are you joining your husband in “pleading and begging the board to reconsider and return to written transcripts of school-board meetings?”
On Jul 15, 2024, at 12:14 PM, Dr. Edward Theroux, the Superintendent, responded to School-Board Member David Bothast by stating:
“It was approved on December 16, 2019 in item 7F Under the Superintendent area. It was a vote and passed. It is on Board Docs if you wish to go back and view it.
As for written transcripts, the written transcripts would not be exact word by word but an overall such as The Board approved the recommendation to ABC and Board member A voted no, Board members b, c, and d voted No yes and Board member f abstained. I hope this makes sense.
There would be summaries of public comment but again, not the whole word by word.
The video does offer the ability for information to be scripted by an individual. I know that is not what you are asking.
You can go back to 2019 or earlier to see how the minutes were written and submitted. I think it si different than what you are asking. Remember: minutes are usually approved the following meeting or month.
I hope this helps.
In Education,
Dr Edward Theroux, Ed.D.
Educating and Preparing Students for Life”
The above email from Superintendent Dr. Edward Theroux is a direct admission that censoring the public, via written transcripts, is available to the board if they choose to make a motion and a vote to do so, instead of the use of YouTube as a means to broadcast their school-board meetings.
According to Superintendent Theroux; “There would be summaries of public comment but again, not the whole word by word.” Therefore, the comments would be edited or redacted.
Apparently they’re interested in keeping what the public says from pubic view. Why? What do they have to hide? What are they fearful the public will find out?
Later that evening, on Jul 15, 2024, at 8:49 PM Dr. Rebecca Howard, Board President, emailed Board Member David Bothast and stated:
“As I recall, it was a vote in January or February of that year. I think returning to transcripts might require a vote. I will be in contact with our lawyer before the next meeting to see if we can legally stop anyone from speaking if they are slandering (or even talking about) a minor by name or inference (regardless of whether the speaker says "allegedly"). I believe such speech would also constitute an "ad hominem attack...directed at a specific individual" which has been ruled by the 6th Circuit Court as not being legally protected speech in public participation.
Brian and David, do I have your permission to share your emails with our lawyer so he can be apprised of the scope of this slander?”
By this point, it should be clear that there is a concerted effort to censor the public from speaking in school-board meetings, in particular regarding what Board President Dr. Rebecca Howard states could be something having to do with a minor? Is this also a school-board President working directly with a fellow board member David Bothast and his husband Brian Revalee (who isn’t affiliated with the district as an employee) to censor the public, while using their positions on the board to do so? Is this an ethics violation for Dr. Rebecca Howard?
On Jul 15, 2024, at 8:58 PM, David Bothast wrote:
“Yes. Thank you, Dr. Howard. Please share with district attorneys.
David Bothast
Member, Talawanda Board of Education”
Shortly after, on 7/15/2024, at 9:02 PM, Brian Revalee, husband of board member David Bothast emailed and replied by stating:
“Dr. Howard,
Yes, you have my permission to share these emails with the District attorney.
Brian Revalee
Mr. Revalee took it upon himself to also CC Holli Hansel, the schools district’s Director of Communications & Public Engagement, while approving that these emails be sent to the district’s attorney. Does Holli Hansel know what this is about? Is she, too, a mandated reporter if violent acts are occurring at the hands of students toward other students?
Based on their own words from the ORR’d emails above, are members of the school board, the Superintendent, the Board President, and the husband of a school-board member, Brian Revalee, hiding something? Are they attempting to hide something having to so with school safety? Student safety? The safety of someone they know, or the safety of other students because of someone they know? Are they hiding the actions of someone they know? Why do they need a lawyer involved? Do people get lawyers involved because of name calling, or do they get lawyers involved because they have something to hide?
Why are they working so hard to enquire about censoring the public from speaking within school-board meetings, only to potentially vote on (via direct unethical-familial influence) reverting back to transcribed public comments within school-board meetings? Are there ethics violations occurring here, from both license holders with the Superintendent and the elected board members?
My ORR was made toward the end of August. I received it back, one week later. One week after that, as of September 9th, 2024, Talawanda City School-Board member David Bothast resigned his position, with one-year left in his elected tenure. He stated the following in his resignation letter that was posted on the district’s website:
“Dear Dr. Howard et. al.,
It is with a heavy heart and profound sadness that I tender my immediate resignation (September 9, 2024) as an elected member of the Talawanda School District Board of Education. This incredibly difficult decision has become unavoidable due to the relentless, uncivilized, and personal attacks against my family and me, fueled by and directly intertwined with attempts to unseat the current superintendent. I refuse to stand by and watch what I feel is the hard work of the board and many community members to restore Talawanda's reputation, integrity, financial stability, and safety undermined by a personal vendetta based in hate and discrimination that also appears to be working to dismantle the district from within.
The costs of this assumed vendetta are immense. Since January 2024, the district has incurred tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees, FOIA requests, and investigations - a significant drain on resources that could have been better utilized to support our students and educators. I cannot be complicit in such wasteful spending, nor the emotional toll it has taken on my family or the entire community. It wasn't long ago that we said good-bye to highly qualified and beloved teachers in our community due to potential financial cuts. This wound is, and will always be, fresh to me. Depleting funds that could have saved these positions because of personal prejudice is not right. With someone so blinded by hate having access to sensitive student information and apparently willing to leverage said information for personal gain, every Talawanda family (and any teacher who crosses her/them) should feel at risk.
I campaigned for this position with the sincere hope of serving as a voice for our community and throughout my tenure, I strived to uphold my commitment. During times of financial emergency, I tirelessly met with teachers, residents, and parents. Even when the levy failed, I continued to advocate for the community's voice through surveys, etc. I lost countless precious Talawanda moments with my own children, approached by frustrated constituents at various events. It became so overwhelming that I began to isolate myself, suffering anxiety and panic attacks when attending school functions. It caused a rift between me, my community, my husband, and even my children.
The mental duress on my family, particularly my young son, has also become unbearable. The vile and bigoted attacks, based on lies and unsubstantiated claims, and fueled by a small but vocal group, have consumed an inordinate amount of my family's time, money, and emotional energy. While our emotional health has suffered, the district's finances and morale are also victims.
To the teachers I tried to support, I apologize for not being able to continue the fight. I leave this position with a heavy heart but a clear conscience. I lived up to the tenets of my campaign. Sadly, there are those who feel called to action by sharing falsehoods, unsubstantiated claims, and simply slandering me and my family to attack anyone who challenges their position (or even appears to do so without real evidence).
One aggressor even suggested I commit suicide. Suicide. Over a school board role. I became a teacher to support and protect children. Now I must protect my own.
I wish the Talawanda School District the best and hope that one day, civility and reason will prevail.
Sincerely,
David Bothast, MS.”
In David Bothast’s resignation letter, he personally mocks sitting board-member Dawn King, her husband Scotty King, and others. While none are specifically named, the implication is direct. Not to mention, why does he openly admit to spending money on legal representation, while also admitting that the district is spending money on similar legal representation? Legal representation for what? Name calling? Does one need legal representation for being called names or is something far more serious going on here?
In my opinion, in combination with David Bothast’s outburst in the July school-board meeting, my ORR-requested emails and the revelations within, and his resignation letter that followed two weeks later, former board-member David Bothast has indicted himself with his own words and actions.
Again, what is this school district hiding from the public?
Based on Ohio Ethics penalties (HERE) for elected officials, and their Fact Sheet (HERE), they state the following:
Conflicts of Interest Restrictions - Use of Authority (R.C. 102.03(D))
Use of Position to Secure Benefit (R.C. 102.03(D)): The conflict of interest law prohibits a public official or employee from using or authorizing the use of his or her public position to get a benefit for the official or employee or for anyone else with whom he or she is closely connected. The law also prohibits the official or employee from using his or her public position to avoid a detriment for the official or closely connected person. This means that a public official or employee cannot act on a matter before his or her public agency if the matter definitely and directly affects:
The official or employee;
One of the official’s or employee’s close family members; or
One of the official’s or employee’s business associates.
Example: The daughter of a school district board member is competing for a district-issued scholarship. The school board member is prohibited from using his position, in any way, to get the scholarship for his daughter.
Conflict of Interest
Violations of R.C. sections 102.03, 102.04 and 102.07 are first-degree misdemeanor criminal offenses, punishable by a fine of up to $1000 and/or a maximum of 6 months in jail. See R.C. sections 102.99(B); 2929.21.
In addition, any person who violates division (F) of section 102.03 may be prohibited from participating in public contracts with any public agency in this state for two years and the court may order a fine equal to the amount of the thing of value given in violation of this section of the Revised Code. See R.C. sections 102.99(B); 2929.21.
Since the Superintendent Dr. Edward Theroux and now former board-member David Bothast, both of whom possess education licenses in the State of Ohio (although David Bothast is a school teacher in Hamilton City School District, while also having been a board member in Talawanda’s district), are they violating their Codes of Conduct related to their teaching and administrative licenses? Based on the Ohio Educator Codes of Conduct HERE, it may be the case.
Based on Ohio law, the Ohio State Board of Education states the following when making a formal report regarding educator or administrative misconduct:
Anyone can make a referral about potential educator misconduct. Schools and districts are required to make certain reports to the State Board under Ohio law. Reports can also come from local children services agencies, law enforcement, local prosecutors, students/families, or community members.
If you think an educator may have engaged in conduct unbecoming to the teaching profession, please select one of the following forms to make a report:
In the article above, from September 15th, the author of The Oxford Free Press, Sean Scott, references David Bothast’s child (not by name) when he published the comments of Scott King, when Sean Scott himself apparently asked Mr. King for comment. Sean Scott does so again when referencing my podcast and asking me for comment, of which I never replied.
Why would Sean Scott publish the above? By publishing these statements isn’t he implying that there’s something to hide regarding the actions of a minor within the school district, specifically David Bothast’s son? Is a local “reporter” now attempting to protect the actions of a minor, a now-resigned board member and the school district as a whole? Is that a good idea on his part? Or, is Mr. Scott himself knowledgeable of any offenses, but not disclosing what they are?
So, the district gets to criticize sitting board member Dawn King, her husband and others for asking questions and raising a critical eye, but they as a school district and a school board aren’t allowed to be criticized?
In fact, school-board member Pat Meade, and co-president of the Talawanda Educators Association Matt Lykins, appear to support the district and are saddened by the resignation of David Bothast. Meade claimed that bullying and name calling toward David Bothast were the reasons for his resignation and that Bothast left to “protect his child.” Protect him from what? People realizing what he’s done to others? Why would Pat Meade reference David Bothast’s son?
The article went on and quoted Pat Meade by saying:
For Meade, he said he views the current situation as a “manufactured circus,” and a cultural change would take community support.
“I think the community has got to stand up and say, ‘We’ve had enough. This is not acceptable to us at Talawanda, and you need to stop it,” Meade said. “Then that’s their choice to be normal, civil members of a community that disagree about issues and don’t personalize things and don’t bring hatred into it.”
Really, Pat Meade? Normal? Civil? “Don’t personalize things and don’t bring hatred into it.”?
You mean like the time when Dawn King was running for school board in 2023 and you said this about Dawn King to one of her friends:
"Dawn King is a f**cking bat shit crazy dumb bitch and I have to do everything in my power to keep her from being elected on the school board."
When a school official calls themselves “transparent,” they aren’t. When a school official says they care about student safety, they don’t. When a school official says they care about civility, and they make the above statements about a female running for school board (who also happens to be a graduate of this same school system), such statements from anyone (let alone school officials), make those people liars.
Why are so-called officials in Talawanda City Schools circling the wagons? Why are they protecting one another? What do they have to protect themselves from?
It sure seems like Mr. Sean Scott at The Oxford Free Press is making things worse for those he’s attempting to protect. If he’s attempting to protect the district and their members from criticism, he’s not doing a very good job. He might do well to ask better questions to the school-board members and their Superintendent, Ed Theroux. He might want to do an open-records-request of his own.
By the way, if you want to listen to the podcast episode in which Mr. Scott is referring to in his above-linked piece, when he cherry picks my comments that he used within, you can give it a listen right HERE.
Speaking of “transparency,” let’s be transparent shall we.
This might be something that the district has been hiding for some time now.
In 2022, I personally filed an ethics complaint against now-resigned school-board member David Bothast for soliciting money from apparent school employees and those he knew, to pay himself back for Super Bowl tickets (asking for approximately $5,000) in January and February of 2022, not one or two months into his elected tenure as a sitting school-board member. This is proven by the Ethics Commission’s documentation that they received from me, and my confirmation of their receipt of my documentation showing David Bothast, in his own words, making these requests on Facebook and within a GoFundMe page, started by him. David Bothast did all of this on the internet, and in plain sight.
Apparently, there wasn’t a single Talawanda school-board member, nor school employee at the time of this solicitation, that told Mr. Bothast his actions might be illegal or unethical. Not one. Does this mean that school-board members and district officials all knew about this and none of them thought it was wrong or potentially illegal? What else are they letting one another get away with? (Dawn King was not on the Talawanda school board at this time).
These actions above are an apparent ethics violation, (regarding financial gain, based on Ohio Ethics penalties HERE for elected officials, and within their Fact Sheet HERE), as any elected official cannot use their position to ask for, nor solicit any amount of money from anyone, for anything.
The Ohio Ethics Law Overview states:
Conflicts of Interest Restrictions - Soliciting or Accepting Things of Value (R.C. 102.03(E))
The conflict of interest law also prohibits a public official or employee from soliciting or accepting things of value that could have a “substantial and improper influence” on the official or employee. In other words, the official or employee cannot solicit or accept “anything of value,” such as a gift, travel expenses, employment, substantial meals, or other things of significant value from anyone if the thing of value could improperly influence the official or employee in the performance of his or her duties. The Commission has explained that these kinds of gifts would improperly influence a public official or employee if they are provided to the official or employee by anyone that is:
Doing or seeking to do business with his or her public agency;
Regulated by his or her public agency; or
Interested in matters before his or her public agency.
The law on this is clear. However, whether the Ethics Commission did anything about this proven formal complaint is anyone’s guess.
Having stated this, is this the only ethics violation to be filed in regard to David Bothast? Did David Bothast resign because he was notified that he was being investigated by the Ohio Ethics Commission? Are there other reasons for his resignation? Is any other school-board member being investigated for any reason, with or without their direct knowledge? How about their Superintendent, Ed Theroux?
It’s long past time for parents, school employees, and concerned local citizens to file ethics violations against school-board members, using the linked documents above and below, as well as holding educator and administrative license-holders accountable for potentially violating their Codes of Conduct.
Read these documents, combine the suspected violations with written proof of the actions of employed individuals (including legal documents, emails, district documentation, police reports etc.) and send those documents, your observations and summaries to the appropriate address linked within, which directly includes; The Department of Education and Workforce, specifically in Ohio.
Send both electronic-copies via email and hard-copies via regular mail to the appropriate addresses at the State level.
Ohio Ethics penalties (Elected officials).
Ohio Ethics Fact Sheet (Elected officials).
All school employees (Teachers, Administrators, Superintendents, and all license holders etc.):
In summary, regarding all of the events mentioned above, I have a feeling we’re going to find out what’s going on here, beyond what should be obvious at this point.
No one leaves an elected position because of “name calling.” No one leaves an elected position because they’re doing the right thing. People willfully leave elected positions on their own accord (or they’re pressured to resign from those within), because they have something to hide, they got caught doing something they shouldn’t have done, or they’ve broken the law. Or, perhaps those around them have broken the law and they’re afraid of getting caught due to ‘guilt by association.’
For the record, I throughly enjoyed the latest school-board meeting on Thursday September 19th, 2024, which can be viewed HERE. Thank you for your open admissions to wasteful spending. Thank you for giving the Superintendent and Treasurer an irresponsible raise, while advocating for a 500K plus football field in the same meeting. Thank you for allowing the ignorant public speakers to embarrass themselves on behalf of a now-resigned school-board member, regarding a subject for which they know nothing about. Finally, thank you to the most vocal school-board members for sounding panicked, on the record, and for exposing themselves further than they already have.
It’s almost as if you have something very serious to hide.
My recommendation, is that you hire new legal council. Any competent legal council would have told you to not speak on subjects for which you may inevitably end up on the wrong side of history. In fact, if they were competent, they would have advised you to keep your mouths shut.
It may not be a matter if the public realizes the full truth in the future as to what you have done and allowed. It may only be a matter of when. I have a feeling this is only a snowflake on the tip of an iceberg.
After all, the only test that matters is the test of time.
Stay tuned, Talawanda City Schools in Oxford, Ohio. There is more truth to come.
(For the record, I am not suicidal, I am not violent toward anyone, nor am I ever in poor health. I have multiple kill-switches in place nation-wide if anything were to happen to me, regarding endless information on this subject).
“For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.” -Luke 8:17
BIO: Dr. Sean M. Brooks is the host of the podcast American Education FM and the author of several books including; The Unmasking of American Schools: The Sanctioned Abuse of Americas Teachers and Students. He’s also on Gab, Truth, X, Bitchute, Rumble and everywhere audio podcasts can be heard.