The "PROGRESSIVES" are Destroying America!
Posted on 01/15/2007 10:42:55 AM PST by Coleus
For World War II veteran Sam Stia, a legislative proposal that would cease requiring New Jersey schools to teach about Veterans Day and Memorial Day can be summed up in two words.
"That's wrong," Mr. Stia, 83, said from his Hamilton home, where he flies an American flag at half-staff to honor fallen soldiers. "We're just giving our flag away and our patriotism away."
Mr. Stia and other veterans are steamed about the proposal, which state lawmakers unanimously passed last month. It now awaits action by the governor. It was included as part of a larger measure designed to help control property taxes, mostly by abolishing some laws on school purchasing and public hearings.
Other holidays about which schools no longer would be required to teach include Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, Arbor Day and Commodore Barry Day, which commemorates Revolutionary War hero John Barry.
New Jersey schools must observe the holidays under a 1967 law designed to promote "the development of a higher spirit of patriotism." Florida, Nebraska and Washington are among states with similar laws. New Jersey American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars groups have asked Gov. Jon Corzine to veto the bill so schools still have to teach about Memorial Day and Veterans Day.
"It's not right. They're not going to know the sacrifices that were made so they can enjoy the protections that they have," said Hank Adams, New Jersey VFW adjutant and an Army and Coast Guard veteran. The governor hasn't decided how to proceed. "We're reviewing that bill," Corzine spokesman Anthony Coley said.
The law wouldn't ban schools from holding holiday commemorations, but requiring schools to honor the days guarantees children would learn about veterans, said Ray Zawacki, department adjutant for the American Legion of New Jersey.
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always have time to celebrate Earth Day or something like that, though...
The "PROGRESSIVES" are Destroying America!
Include the beer holiday May 5th.
Queer love day will still be taught, I bet.
If they aren't going to teach it then they shouldn't get those days off either...how would they feel about that?
This is just so wrong on so many counts...........
It'll be part of Feminist Gay Muslim Pride Day
They will have to fire me before I will forsake them. I suspect our entire community (I live in the community I teach in) feel the same way.
BTW that may be hard to do, Tenure goes both ways, and I have been teaching for 25 years.
One other thing, anyone who lives in NJ. GO to the next School Board meeting and let you feelings be known.
I just got off the phone with one of the members of our Board and he is ticked off big time.
And we thought we defeated communism. Just goes to show, it marched on, unimpeaded and unnoticed.
I'm kind of curious and I don't mean to put you on the spot, but what was the rationale behind this, a cost-saving measure? And if so, do you think it likely it will save any money?
You need to get people to call the Governor's office first.
Attendence at the next and future SB meetings will be needed if the Gov signs it so that your district doesn't drop the requirement for including the teaching of these.
With that said - good for you!!!!!!
.............or Cinco de Mayo!
Even the legislature in NJ is not that stupid.
I did read that the git who put this in claimed as an excuse that he did not think the schools were following the spirit of the law in regard to teaching about the holidays.
Now that is brillant logic, do away with it because the schools were not following the spirit of the law.
How about seeing that the law is enforced.
I am so ashamed of being a teacher in NJ right now, you would not believe it.
oh yeah, forgot about that and "coming out day".
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