This Bucks County Dad Took His Child’s School District to Court to Uncover a Secret Book Banning Scheme

Darren Laustsen speaks about his legal battle with Pennridge School District after the far right Moms for Liberty school board started banning books under the guise of weeding out old, obsolete titles

Darren Laustsen has lived in Bucks County for over 35 years. He became involved in local politics after witnessing right wing extremism consume his daughters’ school district. Darren is an outspoken voice in support of public education and against Moms For Liberty. He testified in Harrisburg in support of anti-book banning legislation and took the Pennridge School District to court uncovering a secret book banning operation initiated by school board members. Darren spoke to me about his activism in defense of public education and students’ freedom to read in Pennridge.

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Read Darren’s Articles:

• Why I’m Taking Pennridge School District To Court

• In Pennridge School District, Books Once Shadow Banned Are Now in the Trash Can

• Uncovering the Cover-up: How Republican Pennridge School Board Directors Secretly Banned Books

Also Listen To: 

• EPISODE 2 – The Merchants of Deception: The Dark Money and Front Groups Behind School Privatization, with Maurice Cunningham

• EPISODE 6 – The Right’s Long War On Public Education, With Jennifer Berkshire

• EPISODE 7 – Understanding Backlash Politics And Religious Conservatives Inciting School Board Wars, With PRRI’s Melissa Deckman

• EPISODE 10 – Raising A Transgender Child In An Increasingly Transphobic Country, With Brett Freeman

• EPISODE 11 – Unmasking Moms For Liberty’s Extremism, With Olivia Little And Diana Leygerman

• EPISODE 21 – Understanding the Nation’s Mounting Book Banning Crisis in Public Schools, with PEN America’s Sabrina Baêta

• EPISODE 30 – ‘The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual’, with Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider