Research assistant for California Teachers Association was paid to 'dig for dirt' on parents' groups who opposed COVID shutdowns across

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A researcher with the California Teachers Association in April 2021 emailed members of a school parents' group to ask for advice

The researcher, Ann Swinburn, said she was investigating 'the various "reopen' groups around the state'

At the time, California schools were closed and lessons were remote: many parents were unhappy at the arrangement and agitating for change

Swinburn's tweets from a now-deleted Twitter account show her suspicion that the parents calling for schools to reopen were being used by right-wing actors

She tweeted that parents 'are used toward a larger goal to disrupt, destabilize, and "burn down" public schools (also see reopen parents)'