Extremist School Board Candidates are Dismantling PA Schools and Attacking Our Communities.
It’s Gross.
The PA Economic Growth PAC (PAEGP) is the source of money backing up these book banners and haters. Learn who is involved, discover how they operate and help us defeat their agenda.
Students with Panther Anti-Racist Union protest the Central York School Board’s diversity book ban in 2021. Credit: Photo by Jack Panyard, York Dispatch. Fair Use Disclaimer: Used under fair use for political commentary and documenting student activism.
PAEGP-endorsed board members ordered this window to be built in a district middle school bathroom in order to spy on students from the hallway. Credit: York Dispatch. Fair Use Disclaimer: Used under fair use to document discriminatory facilities decisions and their impact on students.
Residents of West Shore School District turned away from board members at a meeting where PAEGP-endorsed board members violated Sunshine Laws to remove their district’s solicitor and replace them with a far-right alternative. Credit: York Dispatch. Fair Use Disclaimer: Used under fair use for commentary/critique on government transparency and public engagement.
Central York student Edha Gupta protests the district’s 2021 book ban targeting diversity resources. Credit: Photo by Bill Kalina, York Dispatch. Fair Use Disclaimer: Used under fair use for commentary/educational purposes.
The unmarked warehouse where PAEGP held school board candidate training in York County. Credit: York Dispatch. Fair Use Disclaimer: Used under fair use for educational and commentary purposes.
PAEGP Board members John Davis, Don Yoder, Kristin Rohrbaugh and Matt DeRose with PA State Representative Mike Jones. Source: PA Economic Growth PAC website. Used under fair use for the purposes of political critique, education and commentary.
Latest Acts of Gross Misconduct:
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2025 Election Results – Important Victories against the Gross PAC and More Work to Do
With the 2025 Municipal Election results now available for York County, we can announce the following regarding candidates endorsed by the Gross PAC (PAEGP): LOST (7 Candidates): Steve Kopelic – Dallastown Area SD Don Yoder – Dallastown Area SD Kelly Brent – West Shore SD Michael Park – York Suburban SD Andrew P. Ruth –…
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Shadows and Solicitors: West Shore’s Legal Coup
In 2024, the conservative majority on the West Shore School Board set out to do what many other far-right school boards in Pennsylvania have done. They wanted to quietly install legal counsel who would back their extremist agenda. But this time, they didn’t just catch public attention—they got sued for it. At the center of…
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Peeping in the Bathroom Window: South Western’s Attacks on LGBT Students
In August 2024, South Western School District’s school board spent $8,700 on bathroom windows. Yet these weren’t normal bathroom windows to the outside. They placed these windows into the walls of only the gender-inclusive restrooms at Emory H. Markle Middle School. Board President Matt Gelazela authorized this action. Gelazela is a conservative and registered Libertarian…
