When Activism Turns Into Outrage, and CPS Becomes the Toolhttps://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/02/15/when-activism-turns-into-outrage-and-cps-becomes-the-tool-n4949538With a smug look of satisfaction, Nancy Krause stepped up to the microphone at the Calvert County Board of Education meeting this week, turned and faced the crowd full of parents and students, and proudly declared her bold move: she called Child Protective Services on high school kids who attended a Turning Point USA event.
It didn't matter that parents granted permission for their kids to attend an event organized by the students themselves.
Despite that fact, Krause saw danger in every corner and acted like a hero in her own mind.
She bragged about making the call without hesitation or second thoughts, framing the event as a threat to vulnerable teens. She described the food and drinks as lures. Parents stayed home while their kids listened to speakers talk about limited government and American values.
Guests at the event even included board members, but to Krause, that setup screamed neglect. She labeled it all as potential abuse and hit the report button. Her words were loud and clear: Students face critical stages ripe for bad influences, compared to the "good" influences that run rampant throughout American high schools.
By not including guardians, it kills any attempts at transparency. So she, a mandated reporter and community volunteer at the local museum, stepped in to save the day.
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Instead of acting like a responsible adult, Krause dialed up the state, turning the student-led chapter launch into a crisis warranting government eyes on family homes.
Parents rightly took exception, calling it censorship wrapped in concern. Legal experts also chimed in; frivolous CPS reports waste resources and invite penalties in Maryland.
The rest of this exceedingly verbose article is an extended rant about the partisan arrogance of this volunteer museum docent calling CPS on a conference whose ideas she disagreed with and on the parents who gave their teens permission to attend. The article doeas not day what, if anything, CPS did. What CPS
should have done, after doing a cursory check on the conference, which MD and/or Federal requires, is report Nancy Krause to police for her false report and waste of CPS resources. There are enough Lib/Prog ideologues and trained-parent-haters among CPS social workers that that would not happen.
