Posted on 02/07/2021 1:31:05 PM PST by Libloather
When my kids were entering middle school, they were required to make a “pinwheel for peace” as their first project that would then be stuck in the school’s front lawn.
When I objected and suggested an alternative project, “windchimes for war” (at the suggestion of another FReeper) I had a parent-school administrator meeting. The kids’ guidance counselor and my ex-wife were both brought in to “manage” me.
I just love being “managed”.
Enjoying the black Super Bowl!
NORTH OGDEN — Parents who previously asked to opt out of Black History Month instruction at Maria Montessori Academy in North Ogden will no longer do so, school Director Micah Hirokawa told the Standard-Examiner in an email Saturday.
The news comes after the school faced backlash for an announcement Friday that it would give parents the option to keep their kids from participating in Black history instruction in response to "a few families" requesting the accommodation. The school appears to have since taken down its Facebook page, where it had posted the statement.
"We regret that after receiving requests, an opt-out form was sent out concerning activities planned during this month of celebration," reads a statement prepared by Hirokawa and the school's board of directors. "We are grateful that families that initially had questions and concerns have willingly come to the table to resolve any differences and at this time no families are opting out of our planned activities and we have removed this option."
Hirokawa declined to specify how many parents initially asked to have their children not included in Black history instruction and didn't specify their reason for doing so. He said in the future, the school plans to handle all parental concerns on an individual basis.
Discussions held with the parents will not result in the school changing its Black History Month curriculum, Hirokawa confirmed to the Standard-Examiner. The academy will base its Black history instruction on state social studies standards, he said.
The majority of students at Maria Montessori Academy, according to state school board data, are white. Of the 322 students enrolled this year, three are Black and 69.6% are white. The head of the Ogden chapter of the NAACP, Betty Sawyer, told the Standard-Examiner that she contacted the school early Saturday about its decision to make Black History Month curriculum optional.
"The Maria Montessori Academy Board of Directors and the School Director have one primary goal — providing a quality and equitable education to all of our students," Hirokawa and the board of directors wrote in Saturday's statement.
That's too bad. Now f*** off.
Not really
They hate Lamanites... /s
One of my black friends is complaining about this. What could be the parents’ motives? Has Black History Month gone totally critical race theory?
Hirokawa?
Just sayin’
“Hirokawa?
Just sayin’”
Yeah - the “horrible treatment” of “asians” in America during WW2 was also mentioned by the local propagandist outlets covering this story.
What had it to do with this story about BHM?
Just the “media” lecturing us about all the evils committed by white people against minorities in America.
Oh indeed.
And ultimately it’s always anti-American.
If it’s a black American against a lily-white Frenchman, the black American will be trashed.
If we are honoring aggrieved people groups who got hosed in history, we need to have an Irish History Month and a Jewish History Month.
How kind of him!
Regards,
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