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Debate over Turning Point USA chapter fills public-comment period at Worcester County school board meeting
Summary
Dozens of residents, parents and students used the Worcester County Board of Education's public-comment period on Oct. 21 to urge the board either to allow or to bar a student-formed chapter of Turning Point USA at Stephen Decatur High School.
Dozens of residents, parents and students used the Worcester County Board of Education's public-comment period on Oct. 21 to urge the board either to allow or to bar a student-formed chapter of Turning Point USA (the group's high-school arm is sometimes called "Club America") at Stephen Decatur High School.
Supporters framed the club as a student civic-activity group that teaches debate, public speaking and civic participation. "Engaging in discussions, having conversations, having debates, engaging political discourse'none of that is fascistic, racist, discriminatory, or any of the things that people are trying to accuse this club of being," said Colin McGevers, identified in the meeting as president of a Turning Point chapter at Salisbury University.
Opponents said the club's national founder and organization have published statements they consider hostile to racial,…
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