Posted on 04/12/2006 6:51:45 AM PDT by FerdieMurphy
Many parents are outraged over learning that their kids are being used by school administrators and teachers to further their own political agenda.
Officials with Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland say those students who attend the upcoming pro-illegal immigration rally can get credit for their Student Service Learning hours. However, no credit is being offered for attending rallies that are opposed to open borders or illegal immigration.
The immigration rally scheduled to be held in Montgomery County on Monday is expected to attract thousands, including some children from a local school district.
Every high school student in MCPS must have 60 hours of volunteer or activism service to graduate, according to WTOP radio in Washington, DC. The school district equates volunteer work at a nursing home or hospital with a political protest, say many observers.
Many parents are outraged that children can get credit for attending the rally, saying there is a potential for endangering the students if things get out of hand.
"Frankly, if the Klu Klux Klan was having a rally downtown, would the school system allow that? That's a political event. I would hope not," one parent told WTOP radio.
Brian Edwards, a spokesman for the school district, said any organization with which students volunteer must be approved by the school district. So far the school district only recognizes protests and rallies by so-called pro-immigration groups. He says CASA of Maryland, the group sponsoring the students at the rally, is an approved group, and they will be watching the students who plan to march.
Montgomery County School District isn't the only with administrators and teachers using students to further their political agenda. Other districts across the country have encouraged students to attend anti-war protests or, more recently, pro-immigration protests. In Texas, there are reports that school officials are encouraging students of all ages to protest against the legislation that would crackdown on illegal immigration.
CASA de Maryland is a left-wing organization whose stated goal is obtaining special rights for llegal immigrants including access to social and healthcare services and driver licences for illegal aliens.
Chris Core, talk-show host on Washington's WMAL-AM, noted that CASA de Maryland, the pro-illegal immigration group, has now threatened to follow the kids of the Minutemen to their schools. Core says the natural reaction of any parent toward anyone harassing, threatening, or following his kids would be to go after that person "with a baseball bat."
CASA Executive Director Gustavo Torres says photographing the Minutemen is only "the first step."
"Then we are going to picket their houses and the schools of their kids, and their work...to let people know they are extremists, that they are anti-immigrant," Torres said.
While the Maryland's Montgomery County School District attempt to put a happy face on CASA, the group is in collusion with International ANSWER, a known communist front group. And CASA didn't seem to get much in the way of a background check to get school officials to approve having students participate in CASA's activities.
According to columnist Wes Vernon, who lives in the area, the political climate in Montgomery County ranges from liberal to ultra-liberal. Within the county there is what has been informally dubbed (and not without reason) "the People's Republic of Takoma Park," site of one of CASA's day laborer centers.
Takoma Park — otherwise known as "Berkeley-East," is a "Sanctuary City." Takoma Park law prohibits anyone in the local government, including the police, from cooperating or assisting with federal probes or arrests involving federal immigration laws.
The left-wing agenda that was once winked at in our nation's colleges and universities is filtering into government high schools where unsuspecting, trusting children are being indoctrinated by activist teachers, who can't teach their way out of a paperbag, and school school administrators with a political agenda.
In a NUTshell.
The agenda is clear.
Time to burn some buses.
"Frankly, if the Klu Klux Klan was having a rally downtown, would the school system allow that? That's a political event. I would hope not," one parent told WTOP radio.
Enemies domestic are abetting this invasion and the dire cosequences it will bring...and they are doing it knowingly in an attempt to increase what they perceive is their own political power base.
This was mentioned on the radio last week before the rally. If parents are shocked AFTER the rally, they weren't paying attention.
another day, another reason to home school...
The right is just as much to blame as the left , perhaps even moreso considering Bush wants to give amnesty to the bloody lot .
They don't even TRY to hide their bias, do they?
Montgomery County is filled with government workers. Leftist hell hole. Some of the municipalities there have declared themselves to be nuclear-free zones. When I lived there, it certainly wasn't a crime-free zone.
I wonder if they would be granted the same consideration if they marched with ProtestWarrior.
The school has gone nuts..period.
Reminds me of the mandatory pro bono (oxymoron) requirement imposed at most law schools these days as a condition of graduating. Working for an abortion clinic or gay rights group will qualify for credit. Working for the NRA will not.
Keep talking, people. Every story like this is more Americans disgusted at the illegals.
You got that right. Every time I hear the phrase "public interest," I cringe.
any parent who keeps their kid in that school is a fool.
Outrageous. We need to push back hard against this movement and push back hard against the politicians that are selling out our country.
Those rallies would be if they were sponsored by a recognized group. Students can attend Republican rallies, pro-life demonstrations etc.
The conservative movement would benefit much from better organization and sponsorship of smaller groups by larger ones.
The Left does well at this game because they will band together for larger goals. Conservatives spend much too much time and energy nit-picking.
I have emailed this article to everyone I know.
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