I note that Black History Month is February, the shortest, coldest, most miserable month of the year, while Pride Month is June.
As you would expect there is outrage over this from BLM and the local media. The parents should insist on a “White History Month”.
that’s excellent.
More parents would have if they realized that their children are not only going to be taught about Dr King and slavery...
Fantastic! Parents have the right to keep their children away from leftist propaganda.
One day when picking my kids up from middle school, I noticed a glass display cabinet housing several pictures and commentary highlighting african American icons. It was February, and I took time to look over the display. These were ALL liberals such as shady sharpton and his justice brothers sidekick jessie, as well as a host of others.
Not a single mention of Clarence Thomas or any other conservative black prominent person of color. Mind you this was a few years back.
When I inquired about the choices for display, no one would answer as to why no Conservatives were represented.
I asked if it was a display of black history or a display of black socialists?
Needless to say, I was given a cold shoulder at every parent teacher conference to follow.
Thank God our daughters had an early private Christian school upbringing to root a foundation.
Liberals in many other states are intentionally NOT informing parents of sexually explicit and pro-homo lessons so that they can’t opt out.
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
Given that the referenced school is taxpayer supported, the state actors running the school are obligated to respect not only the protections that the states have amended the Constitution to expressly protect, but also to respect what legal local majority taxpayers want for their tax dollars.
"14th Amendment, Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States [emphasis added]; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Insights welcome.
I’m officially opting out of black history month until we get a white history month.
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’
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,