Two terms of chaos is enough.

Scott Bowen has brought chaos, division, and stupidity to the CCISD School Board. Taxpayers, parents, teachers, and students deserve better. Prior to Bowen’s election the Board was populated with members of the community whose interests were solely educational. They had a background in education, kids in CCISD, or a skill needed by the district. Bowen had/has none of these. The Trustees put the district’s well being ahead of their political views. Bowen brought his political bullshit into the classroom.

It’s time to take Bowen out. Here is a list of good reasons to end Bowen’s time on the Board. Keep in mind while reading this Bowen always campaigns on “Keeping politics out of CCISD”.

Bowen’s Association with extremist organizations:

• He solicited funding for CCISD elections from Defend Texas Liberty an extremist PAC primarily funded by two West Texas, evangelical, oil billionaires. (They were featured on CNN. Deep in the Pockets of Texas.)
• DTL was disbanded after being caught by The Texas Tribune meeting with a known white supremacist, Nick Fuentes. Fuentes is a holocaust denier. Google him.
• He accepted $2000 from DTL for his campaign
• He solicited help and spoke at meetings held by the True Texas Project an extreme right wing organization that was banned from meeting at the Webster Presbyterian Church. TTP is identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an anti-government “extremist” group. 
• He has personal relationships (Served on the Texas A&M Senate) with the Director of Texans for Strong Borders who was seen chauffeuring [Nick] Fuentes
• He has personal relationship with Cary Cheshire, (Served on the Texas A&M Senate) the executive director of Texans For Strong Borders and a longtime employee of Defend Texas Liberty.

CRT, DEI, Vouchers and more.

• Bowen spearheaded the worthless effort calling for the end of “CRT” in the classroom. CRT or “Critical Race Theory” was never taught in CCISD and was never planned to be taught. It’s a graduate course taught in a few colleges, not k-12. It was a huge waste of effort, time, and money.
• He spearheaded the book ban targeting the Gay community including parents, teachers, and students. (his family members are gay)
• He was caught on camera advocating for school vouchers by sponsoring a resolution for the Texas Republic Party. It passed but not unanimously.
• He was caught on camera testifying against public schools and claiming to representing the district (A formal grievance was filed against him for this)

Recruiting candidates to run against sitting Board Members

• Since being elected he has recruited 5 candidates to run for the board to advance his political agenda. Two won. One is currently sitting on the Board. (Larson)
• He ran for President, Vice President, and Secretary but received just 3 votes on each, and was rejected by the Board. He continues to look for the 4th vote.
• He solicited money from extremist PACs with one goal of taking over School Boards.
• CCISD Voters have resisted the takeover of School Boards by extremist PACs unlike voters in Keller ISD, Katy ISD. They are in turmoil.
• He recruited Christine Parizo to run against the sitting President. She lost by 25 points, called for a recount, claimed voter fraud, called for an investigation by the Texas Attorney General. She lost all claims.
• He recruited Misty Dawson the most unqualified candidate to run for the School Board. She lost, called for a recount, then sued. Eventually she dropped her suit.
• Bowen, as a sitting Trustee, meddled in the lawsuit Dawson brought against her winning opponent.
• He recruited Pete Lauzon to run against the sitting President. Lauzon was mainly funded by Defend Texas Liberty, the PAC associated with the white supremacist. He also lost.
• He has recruited a candidate (Joe Machol) to run against a sitting Board member.
• He has solicited money and support from partisan organizations with unlimited money.

Other issues

• He whines about losing motions by 6-1 on multiple motions. That should tell him something.
• He encouraged extremist to come to the CCISD meetings and speak against public education causing disruption
• They focused on CRT, SEL, WRT, and bashing our LGBTQ friends and families.
• He supported a candidate who attended the Jan 6 riots for State School Board
• He has a disturbing relationship with Steven Hotze who has been indicted on 3 felonies including aggravated assault and organized crime concerning voter fraud.
• He won his reelection by less than 50% with his two opponents taking a combined 52%.
• He used pictures of children in his campaign material without parental permission

It’s time to end Bowen’s career at CCISD and let him start running for State Representative or Congress. These districts are so gerrymandered he will win no matter how much money he takes from white supremacists.