Posted on 04/25/2021 3:47:39 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A parent of five children in the Chandler Unified School District in Arizona blasted the district’s "double standard" for hosting a retirement party for the superintendent while canceling prom and limiting attendance at the graduation ceremony for seniors due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"Parents felt like the district just took a page out of the Marie Antoinette playbook there and said, ‘Let the seniors eat cake,’" Jennifer Alvey told "Fox & Friends Weekend" on Sunday.
She noted that seniors will not have a prom and are only allowed to invite two guests to their graduation, "which means most kids can't even include their immediate family in their graduation ceremony, one of the big events of their life."
"But we're also OK with going ahead and having a reception with food, buses, transporting guests in [with] everyone in close quarters on those buses, to celebrate our retiring superintendent," Alvey added.
She then noted that "we would want to celebrate our retiring superintendent, but we also as parents don't understand the double standard, why the district has certain things that are OK for the adults in the district and then the kids' interest in the district are getting entirely overlooked for the seniors."
The Chandler Unified School District (CUSD) in Chandler, Arizona, is hosting a retirement party for Superintendent Dr. Camille Casteel, the Daily Wire reported, noting that "a concerned parent group" told the outlet that a reception will be held and guests are allowed to bring four additional guests. The media outlet also noted that guests will be bused into the party using shuttles.
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Government schools serve the government, not their students. Government schoolteachers work for the government.
IMO, all k-12 schools should be privatized and the Dept of Education disbanded.
Sounds like educators don’t care about the children any more.
The fact that they call themselves “educators” is your first clue.
PREACH IT!!!!
Any more?
Isn’t that presuming they ever did?
And I will bet money the entire school board gets reelected by a landslide
They will if Dominion Voting Systems has anything to say about it.
I think Pres. Trump wanted to get rid of the Commie Dept of Education in his second, stolen term. Boy America has been screwed.
Eff the school district! Host your own prom for the kids and dare the jerks to stop you!
“Educators”, whenever I hear a teacher keep saying this over and over, I know I need to head for the door.
Same with that birdbrain “Dr.” Jill Biteme.
Oh, how droll! How utterly risible! The School Board must still be tittering behind closed doors.
Some more truffles, my Dear?
That’s a terrific idea. Hold the prom off campus and chaperone it yourselves. Have one of your own people posted at the entrance to check for invitations.
I love it.
When parents start with holding their property taxes, maybe someone will get the message.
So...”seniors” are the most “at risk” from getting the Wu-Flu...even if they are still teenagers!
That hypocrisy stinks!
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