The Gross PAC’s endorsed candidates and favored board-members are putting their school districts in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. We’re compiling them here so you know who they are and how they’re harming public education in York County, PA and beyond.
PA Economic Growth PAC Officer Takes Open Seat on Dallastown Board
York Dispatch — June 3, 2025
A leader of the far-right PAC behind multiple school board takeovers has now been seated directly on the Dallastown board.
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School Board Races Are Heating Up for the November Election
York Dispatch — May 21, 2025
Dozens of candidates — including many backed by outside PACs — are gearing up for a contentious slate of school board races across York County.
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Inside the Pledge Far-Right York County Board Members Had to Sign to Get PAC Endorsement
York Dispatch — March 11, 2025
Candidates endorsed by PA Economic Growth PAC were required to sign a secret pledge aligning with far-right policy demands.
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West Shore’s Board Has Only Itself to Blame
York Dispatch — December 2, 2024
When chaos takes hold, West Shore board members should stop blaming others and take responsibility for their own behavior.
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WGAL Investigates Independence Law Center’s Role in Local School Policies
WGAL — October 8, 2024
WGAL News 8 continues its four-part series on the Independence Law Center, a religious‑rights legal firm advising multiple Susquehanna Valley school boards on COVID-era and other school policies in closed‑door sessions.
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How the Independence Law Center Is Gaining Momentum in Susquehanna Valley School Districts
WGAL — July 16, 2024
Since the start of 2024, nearly a dozen Susquehanna Valley school districts have contacted the Independence Law Center — a religious‑rights firm helping boards shape controversial policies behind closed doors in an 8 On Your Side investigation.
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Bathrooms with a View: Cutting Windows into Student Restrooms Is a New Level of Weird
York Dispatch — October 2, 2024
Installing interior windows to monitor students in bathrooms is a bizarre, dystopian trend school leaders should end.
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Far-Right PAC Met Secretly With School Board Members from Across York County
York Dispatch — May 1, 2024
Documents reveal the PA Economic Growth PAC coordinated talking points and strategy in off-record meetings with elected officials.
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Right-Wing Christian Law Firm Doesn’t Just Write School Policies—It Provides Speeches Too
York Dispatch — April 18, 2024
ADF, a far-right legal group, has been ghostwriting not just policies but board speeches and press responses across York County.
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Veronica Gemma Leads Conservative Overhaul of Pennsylvania School Boards
Epoch Times — May 15, 2024
Gemma, backed by far-right PACs, claims credit for reshaping education boards across Pennsylvania in a nationally publicized video.
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Racial Justice: Central York Students Protesting School Board Book Ban
York Daily Record — September 10, 2021
Students at Central York took a stand against the school board’s attempt to remove anti-racist books from classrooms.
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