Parents furious as ‘patriotic’ event tied to Charlie Kirk comes to N.J. school. ‘I’m absolutely speechless.’

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon will visit a Monmouth County middle school Friday in one of the first stops on a 50-state tour in partnership with conservative groups that has outraged some parents.

McMahon will headline an event at Cedar Drive Middle School in Colts Neck to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

The “History Rocks!” initiative is part of the Trump administration’s America 250 Civics Education Coalition — a partnership that includes Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA , Moms for Liberty, the America First Policy Institute, the conservative Christian Hillsdale College and other right-leaning groups.

Colts Neck School Board President Angelique Volpe’s early outreach to the U.S. Department of Education helped “position our d