Posted on 09/03/2009 5:44:24 PM PDT by Tucson_AZ
"I am not permitting parents to opt out students from viewing the president's message..."
Tempe Elementary School District No. 3 in Arizona, is not permitting parents to pull their children out of class during Obama's speech.
"I have directed principals to have students and teachers view the president's message on Tuesday,"
- Superintendent of Schools Dr. Arthur Tate Jr.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Perhaps we need to Advance by taking a day off from work and showing up at school with our kids (if they are still the the government school system) instead of retreating by just keeping them home for the day.
(Besides, what about all the other school days?)
I’m afraid he would know me up close and personal if i had a child in that school system.....
JFK asked (all of us)... “Ask not what your country can do for you, but rather ask what you can do for your country.
OBUMMER asks (of the children)... “Ask what you can do to help me”.
JO NUVARK asks (of the Lord)... “Ask Obummer one last time to answer Your knock on the door of his heart”.
Dr. Arthur W. Tate Jr.
Formerly from MA
That tells you something.
For some reason I think I need to see a picture of “Superintendent of Schools Dr. Arthur Tate Jr.”
Yeah keeping them home also will hurt the school’s funding if they have attendence formula funding. And that is what this tyrant deserves.
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Not permitting? Maybe, like everything else, they want to know exactly what is said before they expose their children to it. What’s wrong with that? In many states, school curriculum must be approved by a board of parents and educators prior to presenting to children. If a script of the speech isn’t released, it may not even meet state educational standards.
Simple. My kid is sick. He/she won’t be coming to school today. Send us a dvd of the speech and we will treat it appropriately.
Home schooled children don’t have to be brain washed by that creep.
Church school children (in Bible-believing churches, that is) don’t have to be brain washed either.
If people don’t see that the government school system is exactly that which prepared this generation for a president such as that monster, and they leave their children in that mess, then what is it from preventing them from waking up now?
A whole lot of people could see how the government schools are being used as far back as 30 years ago or longer!
Get the kids OUT! MASS EXODUS FROM PUBLIC EDUCATION.
tate in action
http://www.rcfp.org/news/mag/28-3/foi-forbidde.html
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/104355
My granddaughters attend school in Glendale, AZ. They just announced they WILL NOT be showing the “speech”. . .
Mr. Tate:
Arthur Tate (480) 730-7102 atate@tempeschools.org
As a career military officer, Dr. Tate served three one-years tours in Vietnam; he was an Associate Professor of Mathematics at West Point, and subsequently served as a Professor of Military Science at two colleges. Upon retiring from the military with the rank of Colonel, he assumed the superintendency of New York Military Academy in Cornwall, NY, before taking superintendent positions with the public school systems in Hillsboro, New Hampshire, and Harvard, Massachusetts. He most recently served as superintendent of Haverhill Public Schools in Haverhill, Massachusetts before moving to Arizona.
Dr. Tate received his Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Florida Atlantic University. He has earned three master's degrees: the first in international relations from Boston college; the second in mathematical statistics from Texas Tech University; and the third in marine affairs from the University of Rhode Island.
Dr. Tate is married and he and his wife have three grown sons. His hobbies include Native American crafts, Tae Kwon Do, jewelry making , and cycling.
http://www.kiwanisnuevo.org/content.aspx?page_id=87&club_id=170868&item_id=39631
Excuse me? “Not permitting?”
I would go friggin’ BALLISTIC!
Had a parent orientation at my son’s school tonight, and the great speech came up. He’s in kindergarten. We live in a very conservative area. One mom asked if she could sit in. I told her the district said we could “opt out.” Another dad piped in and muttered “yeah, and get your name on a list.” At least half of the parents weren’t interested in their 5-year-olds hearing a possibly politically tinged speech from the pres.
Is it on? I thought I saw a thread yesterday where it was off.
Who the hell do you think you are, Tate? If parents don’t want their kids to hear that crap, they have every right to pull ‘em out. What are you going to do about it?
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