{"id":53184,"date":"2023-11-02T09:48:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T13:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=53184"},"modified":"2023-11-02T09:48:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T13:48:04","slug":"letter-duanne-scavicchio-and-the-dei-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=53184","title":{"rendered":"Letter: Duanne Scavicchio and the DEI Question"},"content":{"rendered":"

To The Editor<\/strong>,<\/p>\n

\"\"On October 9th<\/sup>, I attended a candidate forum put together by the League of Women Voters and a group of DASD students.\u00a0 The event was informative, and I commend all the candidates from both parties who participated.<\/p>\n

During the forum, each candidate was asked their stance on the district\u2019s DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) programs, including the hiring of a DEI director.\u00a0 Every candidate, including Republican Duanne Scavicchio (Region 5) responded positively. Mr. Scavicchio answered that he works for a company that has \u201ca very strong DEI program.\u201d\u00a0 He added, \u201cIt\u2019s very important in the community and in schools . . . . it\u2019s only going to help our community grow and move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

His answer was surprising, given that Mr. Scavicchio is endorsed by Moms 4 Liberty.\u00a0 Moms 4 Liberty makes no secret of its anti-DEI stance.\u00a0 This organization, both nationally and locally, views DEI efforts as a Trojan horse, infiltrating schools with Critical Race Theory.\u00a0 One of their goals is to eliminate school district DEI efforts.\u00a0 The entire point of an endorsement is to signal to the voter that a candidate shares their goals.<\/p>\n

I find it very hard to believe that Scavicchio presented the same views on DEI to both Moms 4 Liberty and the DASD voters at the forum. Mr. Scavicchio\u2019s personal Facebook page features memes mocking vegetarians, trans-and gender non-conforming individuals, and making fun of Greta Thunberg, known climate activist and person with autism.\u00a0 Does this seem\u00a0like someone who truly supports DEI efforts?<\/p>\n

\u00a0It all begs the question: was Scavicchio dishonest regarding this issue?\u00a0 And whom did he deceive \u2013 Moms 4 Liberty or DASD voters?<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know, and therein lies a very big problem.<\/p>\n

I have asked Mr. Scavicchio to respond to this.\u00a0 To date he has not.\u00a0 \u00a0If this is all a misunderstanding, the onus is on him to clear up and let the public know how he really feels regarding DEI, as voters on either side of the issue are passionate.<\/p>\n

Let me be clear.\u00a0 It is unacceptable and disqualifying for Mr. Scavicchio to have misled either group.\u00a0 No matter what his true feelings are about DEI, his duplicity has already rendered him unfit to serve on any school board or in any office that requires the public trust.\u00a0 No DASD voter from either party can rely on him to say what he means and mean what he says.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Fenn<\/strong><\/p>\n

West Bradford\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To The Editor, On October 9th, I attended a candidate forum put together by the League of Women Voters and a group of DASD students.\u00a0 The event was informative, and I commend all the candidates from both parties who participated. During the forum, each candidate was asked their stance on the district\u2019s DEI (Diversity, Equity, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[15042,15376,15377,5890,15044],"class_list":["post-53184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commentary","tag-dei","tag-downingtown-area-school-ditrict","tag-duanne-scavicchio","tag-letters-2","tag-moms4liberty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53185,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53184\/revisions\/53185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/53178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}