Posted on 07/31/2021 10:14:59 PM PDT by massmike
At Wednesday’s meeting of the Hamilton Southeastern Board of School Trustees, a discussion about the upcoming appointment to the Hamilton East Public Library Board of Trustees sparked enough controversy that the board took a recess and suspended all further public comments for the remainder of the night.
The controversial issue was the upcoming appointment by HSE Board President Janet Pritchett on Aug. 11 to the Library Board.
Lilli Hazard spoke, asking that the board find someone who would promote transparency, who would be open, and who would focus on filling the library with age-appropriate material that aligns with values taught at home. Hazard’s comments were met with applause.
When Barbara Shaub spoke, the meeting took an interesting turn.
“I echo that I, too, am concerned about who is the appointee to the library because I do believe that we have to be careful as far as making books appropriate in the library for children,” Shaub said. She then went on to speak about a book she found in the Fishers Library that day.
Her complaint was about a book titled When Aidan Became a Brother, an award-winning children’s picture book about a transgender boy.
When Pritchett asked Shaub to talk about the appointee, rather than about specific books in the public library, Shaub responded with, “You will not be a dictator. I am a grandmother of 11 children, five in this school district.”
Within seconds, her microphone was muted. Moments later the board called a recess and walked out. A splash screen on the video feed read, “The meeting has ended due to unforeseen circumstances.”
Later, the meeting reconvened and Pritchett said, “We are suspending public comment for the rest of the meeting.”
(Excerpt) Read more at readthereporter.com ...
When Aidan Became a Brother-Read Aloud Book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F2_UR4y0iw
Why is the lede buried in the sixth paragraph?
Title should read: School board interrupts public meeting, mutes dissent after announcing library books promoting transgenderism.
Regards,
These SOBs need to be HUNTED.
Sry.
Not sry.
“Yes, I’d like to order two dozen upper millstones, 250ft of 1” manila rope, and where can I charter a boat to the Mariana Trench?”
Pisspoor writing, again. What state or even country is involved?
Public libraries are leftist hotbeds because of American Library Association guidelines. The librarian is no longer your family friend. Best thing to do is to work to defund the library in your town.
> took a recess and suspended all further public comments for the remainder of the night.
More and more typical of public meetings. When things don’t go according to the pre-determined plan, mics are muted, video feed is cut and the meeting is ended until they can sneak their agenda through when no one is watching.
After clicking on about 4 of their pages, it turns out this is in Indiana, USA.
Sounds like the perfect book to be read by some guy with a beard dressed up like a princess and can roll around on the floor with the 5-year old boys after he is done at the public library.
I’m guessing that the new children’s book “Elephants can’t be birds” will be banned.
My county school board recently had a meeting. About half didn’t show up in person and were supposedly remote.
They limited public attendance even though there are no restrictions in place.
Online public comment was done first delaying those citizens who came in person by a couple hours.
Public comment was reduced from three to two minutes with no prior notice.
These elected employees are just scum.
Hamilton County, Indiana. Just north of Indianapolis. There has been a lot of contentious school board meetings in Hamilton and other suburban counties around Indianapolis lately over CRT, social-emotional learning and the hiring of Diversity/Inclusion directors(all angry, racist Black women)
The remedy is to void any action taken at meetings that violate open meetings provisions of state law.
Here are the applicable Indiana statutes.
https://www.indy.gov/activity/open-door-law
I am A County Supervisor in Arizona. We let everyone talk for their allotted three minutes. At times it is uncomfortable. We have never muted anyone.
I am A County Supervisor in Arizona. We let everyone talk for their allotted three minutes. At times it is uncomfortable. We have never muted anyone.
Be thankful it was revealed at all.
Writing 101 teaches it should be in the first and last paragraphs. It rarely is done these days.
Easy enough to make the offending material disappear.
It is more effective to lobby to close the library and stop funding the leftists
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