Posted on 07/28/2011 5:33:47 AM PDT by MichCapCon
According to the parent of a daughter attending summer school in the Grand Blanc Community Schools, students were let out of class early last Thursday so that teachers could participate in the campaign to recall Rep. Paul Scott, R-Grand Blanc.
Petition language was approved last Thursday (July 22) for the attempt to recall Scott, Chairman of the Michigan House Education Committee. The recall campaign is trying to collect more than 9,000 names by Aug. 5 in the hope of getting the recall election placed on the November ballot. Gathering that many valid signatures in such a short time frame is a tall order.
The petition language includes both the so-called pension tax and alleged K-12 cuts as reasons for the recall. A logical place for the recall campaign to start looking for signatures is within Grand Blanc's school community. However, the recall campaign and regular school business aren't supposed to mix.
“Last Thursday at 1:55 my daughter texted (text messaged) me from her summer school class and asked me if I heard about what Representative Scott was trying to do,” said Ken Jones, the parent of a 17-year-old Grand Blanc summer school student. “I asked her what she was talking about and she said that Scott was trying to make it so that all the teachers would get fired. I asked her if her teacher had told her that. She said 'yes,' and then she said that she was going to get out early, at 2:15 (instead of 3 P.M.) so they (the teachers and students) could go and sign petitions.”
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You have school in the middle of July??
Summer school.
I see. I had a kid that loved summer school because he could dick around regular school, flunk out then take the same course in 3 weeks it took 3 months to do during regular school. IOW, a Mommy-approved racket.
Meanwhile, OF COURSE some kid told his parents about the early dismissal. How’s he/she supposed to get home, magic carpet?
I’m guessing the teachers wanted the kids to hang around and create a crowd of supporters.
Manufactured consensus has a long history with progressives.
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