"For those of us that grew up in Soviet bloc countries, the ESMC is like déjà vu. We are dumbfounded by a curriculum that consistently elevates Socialism, Marxism, and Communism as the way students are encouraged to become socially responsible.”

— Vera Hartford

Lawyer, parent, political refugee from Communist Czechoslovakia

"We are well familiar with an educational system that proselytizes a specific political dogma, teaching students what, not how, to think. It does not end well. In our first-hand experience, it grooms, conditions and converts impressionable minds to an ideology in service of a political agenda. Intolerance, violence, and loss of freedom inevitably follow."

— [Soviet émigrés petition]