{"id":121048,"date":"2026-02-15T09:07:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T14:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/maryland-woman-says-tpusa-high-school-event-raised-serious-concerns-says-child-protective-services-notified-121048"},"modified":"2026-02-15T09:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T14:07:16","slug":"maryland-woman-says-tpusa-high-school-event-raised-serious-concerns-says-child-protective-services-notified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/maryland-woman-says-tpusa-high-school-event-raised-serious-concerns-says-child-protective-services-notified-121048","title":{"rendered":"Maryland woman says TPUSA high school event raised &#8216;serious concerns,&#8217; says Child Protective Services notified"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A student group affiliated with Turning Point USA is facing criticism for hosting an event at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/maryland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland high school<\/a> in December, with one woman saying that Child Protective Services had been notified.<\/p>\n<p>A local community member, who was identified as Nancy, expressed &#8220;serious concern&#8221; about the December TPUSA-affiliated event at a February 12 board meeting. The woman spoke after a student from the high school who serves as president of the Calvert County Club America.<\/p>\n<p>That student said his group placed restrictions on the event after receiving &#8220;hate&#8221; online, including restricting access for adults they did not know who were not volunteers or parents of attendees. He also stated that all students who attended had parental permission.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have been accused of many things. We have been accused of grooming children \u2026 an allegation that a random unnamed man was president of our group and had certain felony charges. I&#8217;m the president of the group. I&#8217;m 17, I&#8217;m a minor. I can&#8217;t groom children because I am a child. I don&#8217;t have any felony charges or convictions,&#8221; the student said, adding an invitation to discuss any questions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/erika-kirk-welcomes-attendees-first-americafest-since-husbands-death-endorses-jd-vance-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ERIKA KIRK WELCOMES ATTENDEES TO FIRST AMERICAFEST SINCE HUSBAND&#8217;S DEATH, ENDORSES JD VANCE FOR PRESIDENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The student clarified that CCCA is affiliated with TPUSA but is its own 501(c)(3) organization and is not part of the state&#8217;s public school system.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy spoke next, raising her issues with the TPUSA event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While community building opportunities for students are important, this event raises serious concerns related to student safety, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/education\/parents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parental rights<\/a>, and governance oversight,&#8221; the woman stated, claiming that parents and legal guardians were not permitted to attend the event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Excluding parents and guardians from a student-focused event creates a lack of transparency and undermines established best practices for youth safety,&#8221; she continued, going on to say that such events should be subject to supervision and background checks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Students are widely recognized as vulnerable population, they are in critical developmental stages, and especially susceptible to influence,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/defiant-tpusa-leader-wont-quit-despite-chapter-facing-harassment-hostility-after-kirk-assassination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DEFIANT TPUSA LEADER WON&#8217;T QUIT DESPITE CHAPTER FACING HARASSMENT, HOSTILITY AFTER KIRK ASSASSINATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All Board of Education members in this room are mandated reporters under state law, as I am. Based on the circumstances surrounding this event, a report was made to Child Protective Services,&#8221; the woman added as she concluded her remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Controversy over the event comes as TPUSA continues to grow its influence on high school and college campuses across the country <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/we-not-afraid-erika-kirk-vows-tpusa-continue-campus-debates-nationwide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">since the assassination<\/a> of the group&#8217;s founder, Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>His wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/erika-kirk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erika Kirk<\/a>, told Fox News\u2019 Shannon Bream in December that the organization intends to resume its normal presence on college campuses in particular.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/turning-point-usa-holds-americafest-conference-following-charlie-kirk-assassination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TURNING POINT USA HOLDS AMERICAFEST CONFERENCE FOLLOWING CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are not afraid,&#8221; she said, adding that the TPUSA team will continue to host &#8220;Prove Me Wrong&#8221;\u2013style debates as part of its campus outreach.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Kirk was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-event-hospitalized\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>assassinated<\/u><\/a> during an outdoor event on Sept. 10 at Utah Valley University. The gathering marked the first stop on TPUSA\u2019s planned &#8220;American Comeback Tour,&#8221; and at first, nothing appeared out of the ordinary.<\/p>\n<p>The charismatic TPUSA founder rose to prominence through his signature political debates on college campuses. Moments before the fatal shot, he sat beneath a white tent emblazoned with the slogan &#8220;Prove Me Wrong,&#8221; fielding open-mic questions from thousands in attendance.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Amanda Macias contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/maryland-woman-says-tpusa-high-school-event-raised-serious-concerns-says-child-protective-services-notified\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/maryland-woman-says-tpusa-high-school-event-raised-serious-concerns-says-child-protective-services-notified <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A student group affiliated with Turning Point USA is facing criticism for hosting an event at a Maryland high school in December, with one woman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-121048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Maryland woman says TPUSA high school event raised &#039;serious concerns,&#039; 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