On Thursday, Harry Jackson, the first black head of the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology's Parent Teacher Association, resigned from his post, citing issues with the PTA's state officials and the implementation of critical race theory teachings at the school.
Jackson, who won his position in May, did so by campaigning against what he called misguided left-wing moves by school leadership and opposed the lowering of admission standards and the implementation of critical race theory based curriculum and professional development, according to The Washington Times.
Thomas Jefferson, a magnet high school in Fairfax County, Virginia, has been ranked as the top high school in the US, according to U.S. News & World Report. The Advanced Placement participation rate at the school is 100 percent.
Jackson has pointed fingers at the "progressive, hard-left" mindset of the Virginia PTA, which attempted to revoke TJHSST's PTA charter after Jackson's election.
The state organization has allegedly attempted to disrupt the work of the TJHSST association and vilify Jackson.
"They were basically calling for a lynching," Jackson told The Washington Times. "They are looking to suppress speech and they are taking a very partisan, progressive, hard-left agenda on all sorts of issues that have nothing to do with education."
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