Posted on 01/18/2017 3:05:23 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
WILLIAMSTON, MICH. - A Williamston teacher’s decision not to show President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration speech to his students prompted strong reactions on social media after a letter to parents was shared by Williamston graduate and current syndicated radio host Steve Gruber.
On his website, Gruber, who also has two children in the school district, posted an email sent to parents Monday by Brett Meteyer, a fourth-grade teacher at Williamston’s Explorer Elementary School. Gruber said he received a copy of the email from another parent in the district.
In the email, Meteyer explained that the President-elect's comments during the election about women, minorities and the disabled, comments Meteyer characterized as inflammatory and derogatory, left him worried Trump might make similar statements following his inauguration.
“Because I am concerned about my students and your children being exposed to language and behavior that is not in concert with the most conservative social and family values, I have decided to show the inauguration of Donald Trump this Friday, but we will not view Mr. Trump's inauguration speech,” Meteyer wrote in the email.
Meteyer also wrote that his attempts to reach out to the Trump team in an effort to preview the speech ahead of time were unsuccessful.
In his letter to parents, Meteyer wrote that he showed students inauguration speeches made by former President George W. Bush in 2005 and Barack Obama in 2009. He ended the email by saying his plans could change if he hears back from the Trump team.
Meteyer didn’t respond to requests for comment Wednesday.
Gruber said he isn’t asking for Meteyer to be fired or threatening to pull his own children from the district. Rather, he said he’d prefer the teacher use Friday’s event as an important lesson for his students.
“He has an opportunity to demonstrate that even when you lose, you come together for peaceful transfer of power. The message to 10-year-olds in his class is that the president is a bad man, and that’s not acceptable,” Gruber said.
Narda Murphy, superintendent of Williamston Community Schools, wrote a letter to families explaining that teachers are expected to teach the curriculum in a balanced manner and “demonstrate good judgment in their communications with families.” The letter also noted that the district won’t comment on specific employee issues.
“Each teacher determines classroom instruction, and we encourage parents to contact them if they have concerns,” she said.
Murphy said the decision to show students the Presidential Inauguration ceremonies is made by individual teachers, not the administration.
Gruber said the district’s statement did little to address concerns, adding that administrators “might as well have issued a blank piece of paper.”
That’s the test to become a school administrator: Who can say the least by using the most words with the most syllables? This teacher sounds like a loser. He expects us to believe that he’s really afraid Donald Trump is going to say something offensive during his speech? I’m glad I’ll be here at home with my five sons in our homeschool celebrating the Inauguration all day and of course watching President Trump’s speech.
Re : Post #10
a haiku:
the empty barrels
will make more noise and less sense
thus, it is written
He should be fired.
This is an example of “good judgment in their communications with families.” ? Sounds like the basis of a removal to me....
well isn’t Meteyer special! Bless his little heart /s
Now if I were a parent, I’d insist the principal reassign my child to another 4th grade teacher. Let Meteyer teach an empty classroom until he understands that personal opinions have no place in a classroom of children.
I’m sure that teacher is the sole source.
I’m willing to be he can’t give you a quote. The MSM made these claims a lot and seldom backed them with anything real. You know: fake news.
I didn’t watch Obama’s entry into the Presidency. I don’t care if the leftist-dolts don’t watch Trump.
The kind of people Americans are forced by law to subject their kids to.
Whatever happened to "To say that you won't respect the results of the election.... That is a direct threat to our democracy. The peaceful transfer of power is one of the things that makes America, America. It is not a joke. Look, some people are sore losers, because , you know, they just gotta keep going."
Hillary Clinton 2016
"Hillary Clinton calls Trump a 'threat to democracy' during NC rally"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP_jTK9cWdI
And at a different rally, she says essentially the same thing.
"That is a direct threat to our democracy. "
We did watch the moon landings. I don’t recall watching any inaugurations either.
He’s a 10 year old, he can youtube it.
Exactly.
The students will hop on line and watch it themselves without the discussing comments from the teacher
Not true that teachers determine their classroom teaching. Sis in law was HS teacher and every week she had to present her lesson plans to the Principle in advance for next week.
This isn’t rocket science. 1,000 conservatives need to show up at the next schoolboard meeting and demand that the leftist shrew, Brett Meteyer, be fired within 24 hours. If the schoolboard refuses, well, Michigan happens to be a home-rule state where the voters can sign a recall petition to fire the entire schoolboard and replace them.
Get to work, Michigan conservatives, and take back your local communities. If you can’t do that, then bend over and take fascism up your worthless butts.
That’ll show him! Hearing of it, Trump will become so triggered, he will quit and go to his safe space in New York City.
I question the legitimacy of this “teacher”.....
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.