Our school told the teachers to allow the talk if it pertained to a subject they had going on in class. Most said they were opting out.
And no questions along the lines the administration first suggested.
Having read the speech and my 6 and 9 year olds already being thoroughly politicized by us, we have ours ready for it
Since we are taking them out for 3 days due to trips in October to the mountains and beach and that doesn’t even count DEER SEASON!!! or DUCK SEASON!!, we decided to have them attend and give a note to the teacher to excuse them or if they couldn’t to call and we would pick them up.
No calls.
Our principal is very conservative and Christian..like us..but she can’t walk on water, she has to live under a school board which is pretty politicized like most are here and they fear being a target of the Godless like in Wilson County TN.
We shall see.
Sounds like wisdom is prevailing in your school. I still say that the root of this whole charade is to push groupthink on the little mushminds. Kids don’t like to be the outcast or the only one not on board. B.O. is counting on the implied pressure that his speech will bring. Since B.O. came on the scene, schoolkids who dare speak up against him are bullied and taunted—even by teachers! I think he is capitalizing on that. Otherwise, why not just PRINT up the speech and pass it out to kids?