Who's Who at the SBOE meeting

The crowd is thinning, but there are all sorts of interesting people here.

Linda Toyota who recently lost an HISD School Board race to Anna Eastman, just spoke suggesting some changes to the Social Studies TEKS. Her parents were in Japanese internment camps, and her father served in the armed forces. She read part of his unit's creed, expressing loyalty and service to the United States.

My friends here said some State Reps testified earlier, and they took up a lot of time - although they liked what the Democratic reps had to say.

State Reps who have testified today (from TFN Insider):

Republicans - Dan Flynn, Wayne Christian

Democrats - Trey Martinez Fischer, Sylvester Turner

UPDATE: Abby Rapoport with the Texas Observer notes that  Democratic State Reps Alma Allen, Ruth McClendon-Jones, and Dawnna Dukes testified, as well. Her reporting on the SBOE is terrific!

There's a whole row of college students in Save Our History t-shirts. Burnt Orange Report blogger, Michael Hurta is with that group!

I see a Sikh, Muslims, and veterans in uniform, in the audience.

They are barely through the first page of testifiers, out of what looks like about a five page list, front and back. We are all wondering when the Board Chair, Gail Lowe, is going to cut off public testimony. 5 PM?