As the failures mounted—court losses, rescinded policies, wasted taxpayer dollars—Temecula Valley Unified trustees Jen Wiersma and Joseph Komrosky didn’t accept responsibility.

They attacked.

Not the policies or the process or the facts.

They attacked their colleagues.

With no evidence, no consultation, and no normal process, they pushed through a hastily copied CRT resolution on their first night in office. What followed was a year of chaos—lawsuits, court losses, legal fees, national embarrassment, and a fractured community.

The Temecula Valley Unified School District (TVUSD) Board of Trustees is set to convene on Tuesday, June 10, for a meeting heavy with policy revisions, budgetary maneuvers, and controversial legal agreements — continuing what many parents and community observers see as a politicized drift away from student-centered governance.

“What is harmful about the status quo should the preliminary injunction issue?” the court asked, pointing to the lack of evidence that CRT had ever been taught in the district. “Defendants’ appellate counsel conceded at oral argument that there is no evidence that any of the Resolution’s enumerated elements or concepts of CRT have ever been taught in District schools.”

At a critical meeting of the Temecula Valley Unified School District (TVUSD) Board of Education, Trustees Joseph Komrosky and Jen Wiersma voted against two standard measures designed to secure future funding for student infrastructure—despite thorough presentations by district staff and financial experts.

In a decisive legal rebuke, the California Fourth District Court of Appeal has overturned the Temecula Valley Unified School District’s 2022 resolution banning Critical Race Theory (CRT), calling the policy “unconstitutionally vague” and ordering a preliminary injunction to halt its enforcement.

Local school boards should be about student achievement, not partisan politics. The Chino Valley agenda is a case study in what happens when political ideology overrides public responsibility. Let it serve as a red flag to voters, parents, and educators alike: this is not what educational leadership looks like — and we must ensure it never takes hold in Temecula Valley, Murrieta Valley, or anywhere else that values students over spectacle.

It appears Wiersma has a general lack of respect for her fellow TVUSD board members and a clear objective to attempt to boost her political cache by misusing her elected position and misrepresenting the board and its policies for personal gain.