Carroll ISD accepts 'In God We Trust' signs from Christian conservative cell phone provider
The mobile provider has donated $500,000 to conservative school board candidates in Tarrant County.

Author: William Joy (WFAA) | Published: 4:20 PM CDT August 16, 2022

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/carroll-isd-in-god-we-trust-signs-christian-conservative-cell-phone-provider/287-beb36935-9aca-4e2d-a702-381a29585e16



SOUTHLAKE, Texas — A self-proclaimed Christian conservative cell phone company donated new ‘In God We Trust’ signs to be hung in a prominent location at every Carroll ISD school.

On Monday, the district accepted the donation from Patriot Mobile, which is connected to Patriot Mobile Action, a political action committee that spent roughly half a million dollars on school board races in Tarrant County this year.

“A full 15% of Patriot Mobile’s employees live here in Southlake,” chief marketing officer Scott Coburn said at the meeting. “We live here. Our kids attend school here.”

“I’m concerned that we’re creating an environment that’s becoming less welcoming by the day,” Stephanie Williams, a former candidate for Carroll ISD’s board said in an interview Tuesday.

Williams was defeated by board trustee Andrew Yeager, who received tens of thousands of dollars of ads from Patriot Mobile during his campaign.

Recently, at CPAC in Dallas, a convention for the right-wing conservatives, the company’s founder, Glen Story, boasted about money it spent to elect 11 conservatives on the boards of Carroll, Keller, Grapevine-Colleyville and Mansfield school districts.


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Several of the police departments here have "In God We Trust" on their cars.

There is actually a state law in Texas that says that schools must hang up (in a "visible and prominent place") any "In God We Trust" signs that are donated by private parties...

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There is actually a state law in Texas that says that schools must hang up (in a "visible and prominent place") any "In God We Trust" signs that are donated by private parties...

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Texas schools use new law to fill campuses with ‘In God We Trust’ signsOne group has already placed multiple signs in public schools.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/...ns-17379357.php
Steven Santana
Aug. 17, 2022

Texas school districts are allowing Republican groups to place "In God We Trust" signs on their campuses under a new law. 

As kids return to school, a new Texas law that was co-authored by Houston State Rep. Tom Oliverson is allowing groups to place "In God We Trust" signs on multiple campuses. The law states that the signs must be displayed in public schools if they're donated privately to the school district, Houston station KHOU reported.

Similar signs have been donated to Carroll ISD schools and the Yellow Rose of Texas Republican Women group has posted photos to social media of the signs they have donated to Cy-Fair ISD schools.

"We just felt like it was a great opportunity to display our national motto in our public schools,” Oliverson told KHOU. 

A statement from the Yellow Rose of Texas Republican Women to KHOU said the group is "generously donating" the signs to Cy-Fair schools as part of the national motto program created by the passing of Senate Bill 797. 

One parent, Aly Fitzgerald, told KHOU that the signs are a "disgrace" and just an attempt for the Republican group to hijack public education. 

"The point is we are America and not everyone does believe in the same god," Fitzpatrick said. "And telling children that is very confusing."

Last week, the Cy-Fair school board approved a new policy that says students must now get their parents permission to check out a book from the library, building on movements from Republicans to ban books from libraries. 

Cy-Fair ISD released a statement reiterating that the signs were allowed under the new law. -- excerpt, rest at link above --

@mimi2020
@Sparrow

Sounds like we need to donate some signs!