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."

[DoughtyOne]

Good. Thanks.

[nfldgirl]

Maybe O'Reilly will get hold of this story and expose those responsible...he'd get it out nationally for sure...so would Hannity...hope they're lurking.

[appalachian_dweller]

>> I will personally kick the ass of any teacher I hear saying anything negative to the children of our servicemembers. <<

Roger that. I REALLY HOPE this is not as bad as this. VERY DISTURBING!!!

[bogeybob]

Will be looking inside the Maine Teachers Association Monday for evidence of a coordinated effort. There may be a bulletin board coordinator at work here. I have contacts in union leadership that I am working. The distances between reports suggests some level of central coordination.

[ohioWfan]

Not sure how GODS AND GENERALS turns out on film, as I'm still waiting for Lord of the Rings (The Two Towers) to show up. But it was a GREAT book!

And it's a GREAT film, too! (We saw it yesterday). Whenever it shows up, see it!

Looks like they could use a Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain up there in Maine about now, doesn't it?

[tutstar]

Pingggggggggg.........

[Mustang]

Mega Bravo Zulu's!!

Best read all day.

Mustang sends w/Best FReegards.

[8mmMauser]

So familiar.... Two facets in total conflict: My aunt recently died at age 103, a self proclaimed patriotic American. She was bright, brilliant, vibrant, active to the day she died, an unshakable Democrat. We had two disputes. First when I was a dumb college student, I was at the Democratic Convention in LA when they nominated a John Kennedy. I came to her telling her I met this Kennedy guy. She was furious because he was Catholic.

Later, I married a Polish Catholic and even became a Republican. She had no more communications with me for 33 years. No room for reconciliation. No room for reason.

[metesky]

Sent Baldy a link to this thread.
;O)

[Inspectorette]

Bump!

[goody2shooz]

Ping!

[Mo1]

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.

Principals, Teachers and Guidance Counselors???

There best be an investigation on this and if this is true .. FIRE THEM!!!!

[Madame Dufarge]

Just sent the link to the morning talk show guys at WVOM and suggested they contact the Maine Army National Guard for an on-air interview.

[Lokibob]

bump

[Tribune7]

School vouchers solves this problem.

[edwin hubble]

What you are looking for is the NEA (leftist national teachers' union) affilliate, Maine Education Association.

web site: www.maine.nea.org/

Nothing obvious on foriegn policy,
but lots about pay and union contracts:

"Fair compensation with a secure retirement, certification and authorization, working conditions, and employee rights are not guarantees. They are benefits earned not from the work of your chief negotiator, but rather through the collective strength of your local association focused through your chief negotiator. "

[Antoninus]

Bump. Forwarded to my email list.

[illumini]

COMMMIES! -KILL THEM!

[NonValueAdded]

OUTSTANDING, Madame Dufarge.

[PatrioticAmerican]

Liberals are sick scum! Lawsuit time and criminal prosecution for child abuse.