I just got an email reply back from my son’s first grade teacher:
“Yes, first grade is planning on watching this. We will tie it into our Civics unit for Social Studies, in which we are learning about being responsible.”
Well, I am debating on whether to yank my son out for that day or to ask for permission to sit in class. If my request is denied, I will pull him out for that day anyway.
I called my kids’ (I have 3 of ‘em) elementary school principal today. She said the kids in 4th grade and under are not being shown the speech at all, and the 5th graders who have government as part of thier curriculum will be taking permission notes home to be signed by thier parents if they wish to watch the speech. If they elect not to watch, they’ll be given other work to do. She was really cool about the whole thing, (she’s a moderate and there are only a few teachers there who are liberals) which helps to confirm that my kids’ school is NOT being overrun by marxists. I think it also helps that we live in a politically conservative area. Thanks for posting the article!