Posted on 05/31/2006 5:31:50 PM PDT by DBeers
Port Washington - A first-year assistant principal has been suspended for two days without pay for his role in the use of the "Heterosexual Questionnaire" at Port Washington High School last month.
Principal Duane Woelfel on Monday confirmed reports that Eric Burke, one of two assistant principals at the school, was out of school Monday and will be out again today. Woelfel described the action as an "unpaid leave."
Woelfel would not discuss details of the decision. He is expected to make a formal announcement today on all disciplinary actions he is taking in connection with the questionnaire.
The suspension of Burke, who could not be reached for comment, is the first formal action taken involving the questionnaire. Last Tuesday, social studies teacher Sarah Olson went on an indefinite paid leave. Woelfel described that action as a mutual decision that would remain in effect until he completed an investigation.
A controversy flared last week after news that Olson and communications teacher Julie Grudzinski had directed members of Students for Unity, a club at the school, to spend the full school day on April 25 distributing the questionnaire to hundreds of students and leading discussions about it.
The questionnaire was developed in 1977 by a prominent gay psychologist. Its intended purpose is not for use as a survey, but to sensitize people to questions often faced by non-heterosexuals and to spur discussion.
Some Port High students and parents have praised the use of the questionnaire as a progressive way to build tolerance and reduce harassment of non-heterosexual students. But others have sharply criticized the exercise because the questionnaire asks intensely personal sexuality questions that they believe are not appropriate for the classroom and because parents were not notified that it would be used.
Woelfel said the two teachers consulted Burke before the questionnaire was used.
Burke is a Port Washington High graduate and former physical education teacher and wrestling coach who led the school back to prominence in the sport.
Under Burke, who is no longer the coach, the school's wrestling team won its first North Shore Conference championship in nine years in 2002 and qualified for the state tournament for the first time in 2003.
A couple previous FR posted articles on this:
The survey says what? Sexual-orientation questions cause stir at Port high school
Another update on the "Heterosexual Survey" story...
Thanks for following up on this story. Two days. Wholly crap.
Kinda the way I looked at all wrestlers in high school, come to think of it.
Well that's all I need to hear.
A prominent "gay" psychologist developed a survey with an intended purpose of sensitizing people to the questions faced by those who are disordered to the point they ignore the intended purpose of their own sexual organs (the reality of their heterosexual role) AND to spur discussion intended to what purpose?
A High School club, ANY High School club is given the WHOLE day off from ALL classes. Why is Johnny so dumb?
FROM http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/lessonplans/heterosexual2.htm
Heterosexual Questionnaire*
Please answer the following questions as honestly as possible.
1. What do you think caused your heterosexuality?
2. When and how did you first decide you were heterosexual?
3. Is it possible that your heterosexuality is just a phase you may grow out of?
4. Is it possible that your heterosexuality stems from a fear of others of the same sex?
5. If you have never slept with a member of your own sex, is it possible that you might be gay if you tried it?
6. If heterosexuality is normal, why are so many mental patients heterosexual?
7. Why do you heterosexual people try to seduce others into your lifestyle?
8. Why do you flaunt your heterosexuality? Can't you just be who you are and keep it quiet?
9. The great majority of child molesters are heterosexual. Do you consider it safe to expose your children to heterosexual teachers?
10. With all the societal support that marriage receives, the divorce rate is spiraling. Why are there so few stable relationships among heterosexual people?
11. Why are heterosexual people so promiscuous?
12. Would you want your children to be heterosexual, knowing the problems they would face, such as heartbreak, disease, and divorce?
Wow, two whole days, that'll show him.
Public schools are a mental and physical health hazard to children.
Please note: there are other versions of this "questionaire" some with 16 questions. This version has 12, while the one mentioned in the article only had 10.
Thank you for the information.
nothing gay people do will ever change the fact that they are mentally ill.
And their goal is to spread that disease to others.
We had a woman in town who was just murdered by her foster son. The man (23) was taken in by this woman and her 'partner' when he was 15. It was the partners nephew.
So you ask where is the partner? She was murdered in 1998 by the estranged boyfriend of the girl who's house she was at.
This sort of insanity really is contagious and almost always deadly
Wow , two whole days! The dude probably celebrated by going out, getinng oiled up, then buggered.
Anyone got a copy of the survey?
18. Is Eric Burke a DemocRat?
oops - I meant 13. and 14.
Do not know. It would be interesting to know the answers...
-follow the second link in post # 1 above and you will see a copy on post # 3.
A. I don't know where you get a "gay high school wresting coach" from the story. A stupid high school wresting coach perhaps.
B. When you were in high school you should have mentioned your doubts about their sexual proclivities to some of those wrestlers and they would have been more than happy to disabuse you of your mistaken assumption by kicking your a$$.
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