Inside Arizona's Scottsdale school board's SECRET dossier on 'wacko and lunatic' parents
Arizona's Scottsdale School Board President Jann-Michael Greenburg maintained a dossier on parents who opposed the mask mandate and Critical Race Theory. He is facing calls to resign after he maintained a Google Drive which contained files labeled 'SUSD Wackos' and 'Anti Mask Lunatics'. Greenburg's access to the Google Drive file was revealed in a screenshot he sent to a parent in a heated email chain. The files contained an extensive database including the online activities of parents in the district.
In the past, we've reported on how a moving speech against CRT by a Black father from Colorado at a school board meeting left fellow parents and board members of the school district convinced that CRT needed to be banned and had no place in its classrooms. Derrick Wilburn, a descendent of the slave trade himself explained how implementing the new doctrine in classrooms would do the opposite of combating racism and instead fan "the flames of what little embers are left. I'm not oppressed and I'm not a victim," he continued, adding that his three children "are not oppressed, either, though they are victims. "I taught my children they are victims of three things: Their own ignorance, their own laziness, and their own poor decision making. That is all," Wilburn said in the viral video.
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Coming back to Scottsdale Arizona, the dossier that Greensburg was maintaining on a Google Drive, the privacy setting of which were set to public included details like Social Security numbers of the parents, financial information, as well as divorce records of parents. AZ Free News reported that he immediately faced calls to resign from his position once this dossier was revealed publicly. Greensburg has claimed no involvement in making the said dossier and the school district pushed the blame on his father Mark who lives with and shares a computer with him. Greensburg swears he has nothing to do with it and promised an investigation into the matter by "forensic IT staff".
The drive is now set to private but Daily Mail received a copy of it. The outlet reported that the drive contains hundreds of screenshots of Facebook posts and conversations in Facebook groups about the Scottsdale school system, most of which highlighted the political sentiments of various parents. Certain files in the drive also included memes mocking parents, PTA leaders, and local elected officials. It also contained a background report on parents including personal details such as criminal records which appeared to have been drawn up by a personal investigator.
The drive also consists of bodycam videos of Greenburg's father Mark riding his motorcycle. One video shows him talking to parents in the parking lot of the school, telling them they're been watched by a PI. "Somewhere around here, we have a private investigator, who's writing down all their plates,' he can be heard saying. "That you've hired?" one of the moms asked. "Yeah, I did. Yeah. I had our law firm do it so that it's protected. So that we can get the information," Mark is heard saying. The drive also mentioned Mark as the owner but it was also linked to Greenburg, according to Independent Newsmedia.
In an interview with the outlet, Greenburg denied having anything to do with the detailed dossier. "I categorically deny having anything to do with any of this. If you are going to claim in a story right now, that I had anything to do with this, I would argue that crosses the line," Greenburg said on the call for which his dad was present as well. "We are going to have forensic IT staff look into this and figure out what that is. You can file with law enforcement, I am not sure even why we are looking at these photos." On being asked if Mark had access to the drive, Greenburg said, "I'm not my father's keeper."
Greenburg who has filed to run for reelection in 2022 is facing calls to resign from his position. "I am calling for the immediate resignation of our board president Jann-Michael Greenburg," Amy Carney, who is running for a seat on the Scottsdale Governing Board next year, told AZ Free News. "We cannot allow anyone in a leadership position to secretly compile personal documents and information on moms and dads who have dared speak out publicly or on social media about their grievances with the district," she said.