Perry appoints new SBOE leader

Gov. Rick Perry appointed a new leader of the State Board of Education today. Board member Gail Lowe, from Lampasas, will take over as chairwoman of the board after the Texas Senate earlier this year rejected Perry appointee Don McLeroy.
Lawmakers said McLeroy injected his own conservative religious views into education decisions, especially on issues like evolution and the environment.
McLeroy, who was elected to the board, remains a member but will not be the chairman.
State Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, a member of the Senate Nominations Committee, took McLeroy to task about his role on the divided state school board during the public hearing on his confirmation.
In a press release announcing Lowe would be the new board leader, Perry said she had shown exemplary leadership and commitment to education.
"I am confident that through her leadership, we will continue to ensure that Texans receive the educational foundation necessary to be successful in college, the workplace and beyond,” Perry said.
Perry's appointment, though, didn't seem to please critics of the school board.
Kathy Miller, president of the Texas Freedom Network, said Lowe represented more of the same kind of leadership McLeroy provided for the board. The Freedom Network is a nonpartisan group that promotes religious freedom in education.
"Ms. Lowe has marched in lockstep with a faction of board members who believe that their personal beliefs are more important than the experience and expertise of teachers and academics who have dedicated their careers to educating our children and helping them succeed," Miller said.

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Is there any question now as to why Perry needs to be ousted as governor?
These Baptist holier than thou hypocrits such a Ms. Lowe are symptomatic of the reasons this republican run state needs a complete make over!
Just think if Perry had nominated loon, Cynthia Dunbar another idiot that believes that the schools are unconstitutional!!
Go figure, just what is the republican agenda?