Posted on 04/01/2006 11:11:16 AM PST by ncountylee
FRANCISCO - Peace activist Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, is scheduled to speak to students at San Francisco’s Lowell High School this Friday — to the chagrin of at least one parent.
Sheehan is scheduled to speak for approximately 45 minutes at an optional morning assembly that students can attend with their teacher’s permission, according to Lowell Principal Paul Cheng. Sheehan’s visit was arranged by students in the school’s Revolution Youth group, an after-school club.
When parent Matt Mitguard, who has two children at Lowell, heard about the visit, he contacted Cheng to express concern about the school hosting an assembly featuring one point of view on the war and asked if a counter-point speaker could also be asked to participate.
“The left-wing agenda is rammed down your throat here, so kids with a different point of view are not going to speak up,” said Mitguard. “The onus is on the district to provide balance.”
Principal Paul Cheng said he was not opposed to having a speaker that supported the United States’ military action in Iraq come to the school, but also felt confident that students could hear only Sheehan and understand that she represented just one point of view.
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See the above reply about why assemblies are optional.
Students are entitled to form their own school clubs with the permission of their parents and school administration. Lowell has a Revolution Youth Group, Agape Club (christian), and Young Republicans Club. Would you say that the Christians and the Republicans have taken over the school, too?
God is too busy sending hurricanes and tornadoes to destroy all of his God-fearing folks in the Midwest and the South.
I'm glad to hear it.
No. But with the way Public Education is, I'm suprised they're allowed.
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