Union leaders say Diane Albert and Hazel Stabler have changed significantly since they joined the board as part of a conservative wave of candidates who focused on mask mandates, critical race theory and other culture war issues.

Leaders of the Wichita teachers union are facing backlash from some members over the group’s endorsements in this year’s school board races.

United Teachers of Wichita has decided not to endorse a candidate in two of the four Board of Education races — districts 1 and 6 — opting instead to label all four candidates in those races as “public school-friendly.”

That includes incumbents Diane Albert and Hazel Stabler, whom the union opposed in 2021, as well as their challengers , Mackenzie Truelove and Amy Warren.

Union president Katie Warren said Albert and S

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