Heidi Ganahl has made a similar claim here in Colorado, referring to "furries" in our schools. She cited Arapahoe County as an example of this, although the school district there explicitly denied her claims.
Anyone who actually attends or works at the schools/districts could tell you that it's a load of bull, but are Ganahl's/Jensen's bases careful enough to actually think about the absurdity of the claim and that there's no truth to it? Doesn't seem like that's the case.
I know a number of people, mostly solid Democratic voters, who believed an identical hoax in my hometown. We all need to take a step back sometimes and understand the credulity of the average voter. By extension, we should consider how forgiving they are for equally credulous candidates.
