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Teachers' Union Sues South Kingstown School Committee , Parent Over Public Records Release
NBC 10WJAR ^ | 8-14-2021 | ASHLEY CULLINANE

Posted on 08/14/2021 5:48:43 AM PDT by blam

CRANSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — There is more fallout from the public records controversy in South Kingstown.

The National Education Association Rhode Island (NEARI) and NEA South Kingstown (NEASK) filed a complaint in Rhode Island Superior Court on Monday to "protect teachers' privacy rights," NEARI Communication Director Stephanie DeSilva Mandeville shared Wednesday.

"This action seeks to temporarily restrain the School Department from releasing any information related to these APRA requests," the union wrote in a statement. "NEARI believes many of these documents are not public records as defined under APRA and/or fall under APRA’s exclusions and therefore are not subject to disclosure."

The South Kingstown School Committee in June decided against suing a woman who filed hundreds of public records requests regarding school curriculum.

Nicole Solas of Wakefield said she filed more than 200 public records requests with the school district after it refused to answer questions about how race and gender are discussed in the classroom.

Solas' questions began when she was told by a principal at Wakefield Elementary School that teachers no longer refer to students as boys and girls, opting to use inclusive gender pronouns instead.

She said that conversation prompted additional questions about how South Kingstown schools discuss what's known as critical race theory.

The list of pending requests include requests such as "All emails to or from Linda Savastano containing the world 'race,'" "All emails to or from Linda Savastano continuing (sp) the word, 'whiteness'," and "All lesson plans in which the concept of 'whiteness' as a social construct is discussed, at all grade levels."

Superintendent Linda Savastano resigned in the wake of the political mailer controversy.

Other requests Solas submitted include questions about choir lyrics, emails from teachers, and lesson materials.


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: crt; race; schools; teachersunions
Teachers Unions in public schools must be abolished!
1 posted on 08/14/2021 5:48:43 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam
teachers no longer refer to students as boys and girls, opting to use inclusive gender pronouns instead.

You mean like:

"youse guys"

"you uns"

"Y'all" (hey, is is the SOUTH Kingston School District!)

or, as my Parris Island Drill Instructors fondly addressed us,

"You Maggots!"

2 posted on 08/14/2021 5:56:20 AM PDT by BwanaNdege (-)
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To: blam

A school’s academic respectability is inversely proportional to the number of NEA members contained within.

Hmmmm, the term “inversely proportional” will be total Greek to any of those idiot NEA types that are pushing non-white path.


3 posted on 08/14/2021 5:59:46 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: blam

“ Teachers Unions in public schools must be abolished!”
**************

Force the unions to strike, stop their pay, then solicit parents to go into the class rooms and teach


4 posted on 08/14/2021 6:27:58 AM PDT by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp, )
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To: snoringbear

Anyone who thinks the country is not following the socialist path to communism is not paying attention.

Our public schools, filled with socialist run Teacher’s Unions have been fulfilling every plank in the Communist Manifesto’s platform since the middle 1950s.

There are only 3 clear choices.
1) Home school if you have the time and ability.

2) Private school if you have the financial resources

3) As a last resort a non-unionized Charter School.

Any other solution which leaves a child in government schools filled with socialist controlled Teacher’s Unions is child abuse and child neglect.


5 posted on 08/14/2021 7:10:29 AM PDT by Wurlitzer (Nothing says "ignorance" like Islam! 969 )
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To: blam

Parents need to warn their children about evil school teachers...daily.


6 posted on 08/14/2021 9:06:35 AM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: blam

Attempting to cover up the coordinated efforts to brainwash our children commie fodder.


7 posted on 08/14/2021 9:22:10 AM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789! )
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