Tim Thompson engineered a school board takeover by recruiting and financing candidates who run against race, religion and gender identity policies.
Danny Gonzalez, one of three members elected in 2022 who voted to report transgender students to their parents and ban critical race theory, has left the board.
Students and teachers say Temecula’s far-right school board endangers free speech as well as their safety.
Residents with different agendas united this year to remove members who attacked teaching on race and LGBTQ+ topics. Some Black recall supporters say the community has failed for decades to fight racism.