Some Maine Teachers Traumatizing Students of Deployed Soldiers

WABI- TV Bangor Maine | February 21, 2003 | 6 PM News

[bogeybob]

WABI TV reported Friday that the Maine National Guard Family Assistance Center has received about 30 complaints from children of deployed soldiers concerning Principals, Teachers and Guidance Counselors reportedly demeaning the role of their deployed parent. Some children involved are 7 to 9 years of age.

Here is a letter written to a friend of mine from the Maine Army National Guard:

"Thank you for your interest on this most troubling matter. Our Family Assistance Centers have reported cases from Aroostook County to Southern Maine. We are reluctant to give out specific schools and the individuals involved in the interest of giving the education community a chance to address the problem itself. Also, parents wanted the opportunity to pursue the issue through their local school boards first.

In all, we have over thirty complaints that name schools and individual principals, teachers and guidance counselors. If one considers that these complaints come from just the parents who attended our briefings and only from children who told their parents, we are concerned that the problem may be more widespread than we know.

We are recording the complaints, and I will personally visit these educators to express our concern as a professional organization and ask for their cooperation.

Ultimately, our main concern and first responsibility is the safety of our children during these uncertain times. Maine has a core of dedicated and professional educators, but we will challenge any individual who places our children at risk due to their own political ideologies."

[PhilDragoo]

wabi@wabi.tv

I am outraged that some vicious, cowardly teachers are harrassing and humiliating the children of Maine National Guardsmen.

Please continue to expose this crime, and to see to the dismissal of the teachers responsible.

My mother taught public school for thirty years--at a time when patriotism was the norm.

What a sewer the public schools have become.

Tenure or not, this conduct is beyond unprofessional--it is seditious, and it is child abuse.

Phil Dragoo
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[NonValueAdded]

Continuing with my obsession for the day ...

Maine Governor John E. Baldacci
Contact the Governor

Office of the Governor
1 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0001

Email Governor Baldacci

Phone: (207) 287-3531
(207) 287-6548 (TTY)

[fella]

"The people controlling the agenda of the teachers unions are using the children in their control to try to control the parents. Failing that, they settle for control of the next generation of adults."

This is the absolute best reasoning to home school your children before it is to late.

[bogeybob]

WABI TV used the word...not I. I am reporting on the lead story on a station that covers 2/3 of Maine. I also have a copy of a letter written by the MNG and posted it. Nothing smells other than the educators involved.

A full scale investigation is required.

[Madame Dufarge]

What is up with this?

I wish I knew.

The only thing I can figure is that such a huge percentage of Mainers are either employed by the state or local government (private industry being in a death spiral), union members or welfare recipients that they don't want to upset their rice bowl.

It's hideous that it's come to this. And I don't see it changing in the near future.

[bogeybob]

I will report any local news that I hear. I hope someone picks this up at the national level. This needs to be exposed.

[DoughtyOne]

Exactly!

[SpookBrat]

This is terrible.

[Madame Dufarge]

For real.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Some Maine Teachers Traumatizing Students of Deployed Soldiers

Give me names. I'll Freep those SOBs like there's no tomorrow.

[snippy_about_it]

I sent mine, grrrr. I told the Gov about the canteen and basically that our troops did not need this to be concerned with and I expected reassurances from the Governor this was going to be addressed and apologies made.

Yep, I was snippy about it!

Thanks to both of you. Let's stop the madness fellow freepers!

[Freedom2specul8]

Bookmarked to read later..THAT IS DOWNRIGHT BEYOND REPULSIVE IF TRUE..AND IF TRUE..FIRE THEIR BEHINDS...

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Damn straight, I'm a tad irked myself!

[Madame Dufarge]

Unbelievable!

Wait, this is Maine - no it's not.

[Indy Pendance]

This make my blood boil!!!!!!!!!!!

[SheLion]

Wait, this is Maine - no it's not.

We KNOW what Maine has turned INTO!

[snippy_about_it]

Tell them how you really feel. Heck, I'm so mad lately I don't even care about my name and address going out to all these folks. Let me at 'em. We assure our troops we've got their back and I mean it! Time to stand up!

[Mustang]

Re: your above #28.

Do you recall the "Woodstock" 1969 movie where it was announced from the stage: "Don't eat the brown acid"...

Well, those dried up hippie prunes who did, migrated to Maine....to "Chill Out"...and became teachers and social justice nitwits. (not to mention doing a whole'lot of inbreeding and gene depletion)...

Mustang sends w/Best FReegards.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

I emailed Drudge and Fox and asked them to
check it.

[Exit148]

A Maniac BUMP!

Are there any right-wing journalists in Main that can be made aware of this?

How about talk radio? Letters to the Editor? These teachers should be put to shame!