Demand DEI Removal from Granbury ISD by Monica Brown

​DEI Discussion with Granbury ISD Board President Courtney Gore - Rough Partial Transcript of Community Meeting, September 29, 2025

Monica Brown - Okay, so I was curious, and I wanted to see what your thoughts are on DEI. How important is it to you that we don't have DEI here in our schools? And I know it's illegal at the state level, or maybe you need to clarify how I'm saying that, because that might be too broad the way I said it, but how important is it to you as a board, and are you aware of where it is, present. Diversity, equity and inclusion?

Courtney Gore - Okay, so maybe we should start with your definition?

Monica Brown - No, I don't want to go there. You did that once before, where you gave us all definitions that were counter related with equity and diversity, and I think that insults the intelligence of the public. I mean diversity, equity, inclusion. That's illegal in the state of Texas, not legal activity. Are you aware of it? How important is it to you? And are you aware of it? So that's my
question.

Courtney Gore - So I'm aware of the legalities around DEI in the state of Texas, as defined by the state and Governor Abbott, which is a completely different definition when we're talking about education.

Monica Brown - Okay, so can you publish that for us on the Granbury ISD website? So we can make that clear.

Courtney Gore - What do you want published?

Monica Brown - Exactly what you're saying, what, what, what you're calling DEI of what you're aware of, so it's very clearly understood.

Courtney Gore - Right, So diversity means we serve more than one race of students. We don't just have Hispanic kids in Granbury ISD. We don't just have

Monica Brown – no - I know that

Courtney Gore - Right? So that, that in education, that's that's diversity and equity in education is making sure that we're providing equal opportunities for learning for all students,

Monica Brown Right - Which is never, that's not been an issue here anyway, right?

Courtney Gore - Right

Monica Brown - Exactly So, that’s not what were talking about, but,

Courtney Gore - okay, that's what I'm saying. I think we have two completely different definitions I think clear, and I don't think,

Monica Brown - I think there are programs that have been very clear about what their motive is and their background.

Folks - do your research.

Communities in Schools links to the Trevor Project (not a healthy support service)

Hood County: United Way and Communities in Schools are steeped in DEI - no matter how many “nice” programs they bring in. Nothing makes DEI legal or a good idea in our county.

We also asked for the meeting time to be later in the evening so more people can attend.

We asked to give Trustees BACK the right to put items on the agenda by themselves.

We asked to put Public Comments BACK in regular meetings on agenda items AND on Public Concerns.

​Note: Courtney Gore said moving all public comments to quarterly was in the favor of the public and was “innovative.” She and other Trustees created a presentation and taught other Trustees how to “Harness Public Input” at a summer Texas Association of School Board Summer conference. Ewww - 1 for the Establishment and 0 for First Amendment Free Speech Rights.

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