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Posted on 01/23/2022 3:45:40 PM PST by lightman
A school board member in the York Suburban School District in Pennsylvania said that he does not work for the parents whose children attend school in the district and that parents do not always know what is best for their children.
Richard Robinson wrote an op-ed in the York Dispatch on Thursday in which he said that school boards are required to offer an opportunity for public comment and, until recently, hardly anyone elected to show up to the meetings. But now, school board meetings have an increased level of participation, he explains.
"This provision gives residents of a school district the chance to vent their spleens about exorbitant taxes or demand subjects be taught properly the way they were during the most frigid period of the Cold War. In the past, more often than not, nobody showed up," Robinson wrote. "Not these days. As social media outlets, national news broadcasts and our local newspapers tell us, school boards are now the new battleground in the fight for America’s future."
"Some members of my community appear to interpret this part of board meetings as the occasion to tell board members why they have the collective intelligence of a village idiot and how the school district ought to be addressing real problems," he continued. "When the board does not fall in line with each and every demand, we are accused of ignoring the thoughtful, unbiased, sincere and righteous ultimatums of our community."
Robinson further claimed in his piece that he does not "work" for taxpayers.
"With all due respect to the men and women who snarl, 'I'm a taxpayer! You work for me!' No, I don't work for you. I was elected by people who voted to represent you," Robinson wrote. "It is not the same thing. You may also be surprised to learn every member of a school board is a taxpayer, too. I come from a long line of taxpaying men and women."
He also said that he did not believe parents always know what is best for their children and suggested that, if parents disagree, they can move their child to another school district.
"'Don’t parents always know what is best for their child?' No, we don't. Nevertheless, if you are offended because I don't believe parents are infallible, you can always sue or take your child out of school. Your choice," Robinson wrote.
The school board member went on to say that parents claiming that "health and safety measures" implemented in school districts are damaging children's mental health to "justify their own social agenda" are "the most offensive and vile of all."
"There are members of this community who tried to draw attention to the warning signs of increasing mental distress among our children long before you ever thought of mental health as a potential cudgel," he wrote. "To listen to your repeated distortions of the facts is nauseating."
Nonprofit parent group Parents Defending Education slammed the essay over its apparent mockery of parents who express concern about their children's education at school board meetings.
"Far too many elected officials have shown over the past two years that the 'consent of the governed' is little more than an inconvenient speed bump on the road to advancing their unpopular agendas," PDE President Nicole Neily said in a statement to Fox News. "Mocking and dismissing the concerns of the community may be cathartic for petty dictators, but it is not a path to electoral success."
What an arrogant POS.
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If they don’t want my opinion then I will pay no taxes. If we all do it they can’t arrest us all.
OK then,
I don’t pay for the schools....
Another tosser that needs tossed.
“No, I don’t work for you. I was elected by people who voted to represent you”
Am I the only one that does not quite understand that statement???
They got around this a long time ago with automatic tax payroll deductions.
Its possible to do a lot of not paying taxes but you have to now change a bunch of things that will make things more difficult for you.
Id still do it probably.
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“Some members of my York Suburban School District appear to interpret board meetings as the occasion to tell board members why they have the collective intelligence of a village idiot and how the school district ought to be addressing real problems,” school board member Richard Robinson wrote, adding “I don’t work for you.”
York Suburban School District
District Offices
1800 Hollywood Drive
York, PA 17403
Phone (717) 885-1210
M-F 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
“Some members of my York Suburban School District appear to interpret board meetings as the occasion to tell board members why they have the collective intelligence of a village idiot and how the school district ought to be addressing real problems,” school board member Richard Robinson wrote, adding “I don’t work for you.”
York Suburban School District
District Offices
1800 Hollywood Drive
York, PA 17403
Phone (717) 885-1210
M-F 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
“No, I don’t work for you. I was elected by people who voted to represent you”
Well, at the very least, this is an abstraction of the new Lib mentality: If you win an election by ONE vote, you can do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING that the majority wants and completely ignore the minority. OK...
It took a China Virus to motivate parents to get involved with their children’s education. Parents were trapped in their houses with their children and got to witness the sewage that teachers were spouting into their children’s ears.
Richard Robinson is getting kinda giddy on his power trip.
Dime a dozen....especially in the NE.
But they’ve also been infiltrating in the South.
Are PA school boards directly elected?
Perhaps the virus caused a lot of families to reevaluate their priorities. I know it’s been a great blessing for me to be close to my whole family.
From your lips to God's ears, my friend.
This @$$hole, Richard Robinson, should be tarred and feathered at a minimum.
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