NEA Slapped With Warning for Violating Religious Rights of Members

Local control is a myth. The NEA rakes in over $240 million a year (tax free). Often you will find every candidate in a school board election is an NEA member or related to an NEA member. Any town which opposes the NEA can be rolled over in short order. If that isn't enough, there is a plethora of state and federal laws which determine how and what is taught. They there is the ACLU, the ADL, the NCJW, FLAG and others who step in to push the homosexual agenda in schools while suing every time someone utters the word "God."

Government schools are training camps, muscle and source of billions of dollars for the liberal agenda. They ain't letting them go without a fight.

You are absolutely right about how things are. I was speaking more about what I would like to see. I've tried to do something about our little local problems, but when I contact enough people, the administration gets wind of it and pack the board meetings with teachers.

Of our 5 person school board, 3 are NEA members from other districts, and 2 have wives who work for the superintendents office (so they are bought and paid for.)

Our superintendent is like a drunk teenager with her daddy's credit card, only the bill comes to us. There is no feedback mechanism. So we've decided to vote with our feet. The ship may sink, but it doesn't mean we have to drown.

The current system has too many problems to fix. Time to chuck it and get a new one where local control is possible.

This is absolutly true and I realize that they will pretty much do what they want but what can WE ALL DO ABOUT IT? Don't say that there isn't because I have always found that where there's a will there is always a way. I'm willing to try to change it if I can get some help from anyone else who is willing. I'll do what I can if you or anyone else will try to help too. This is something that would be worth while to pursue I know a lot of people like to complain but don't ever try to pursue a better solution and a single person can't make a change against these kinds of odds. My child doesn't attend school yet so I still have some time. Is there anyone else who would like to help? This is an issue that will effect the generation that will be running our country in another 20-30 years I'd hate to see them be set up for failure. I don't know where to start but it seems that there is a pool of knowledge here if I can tap into it. Oh well, just call me a dreamer!

I "fought the good fight" when my older kids were in public school. They graduated from public high school. Been there, done that.

I homeschool now. We are responsible not only for our children's "political world view" but also their spiritual and moral world view. (As if the two don't overlap. Yeah. Right.) That being the case, I could not leave the rest of my children in public school. I don't consider children to be foot soldiers in the war to protect others. My first mandate is to protect them.

I wish you well. At the moment, my "fight" mainly consists of my power in the voting booth. Not much more.

Ok, well, here's my advice. My best piece of advice is to find out what your rights are in regards to your child. One parent can make a difference armed with your knowledge of the law. For example:

My older kids didn't do health in high school (sex ed), but instead we chose to do that course by correspondence (a right in Texas). Well, lo and behold, my kids' 9th grade biology text went into the birds and the bees. Fine, right? Well, no. An astute parent would have picked up on the photographs of various contraceptive devices in that chapter. Hmmmmm. I knew where that little chapter was going, so I wrote very aggressive letters to the teacher, principal, vice principal, and superintendent explaining that parents had the right to opt their kids out of sex ed classes, and if that chapter was taught without sending letters home, I would be calling an attorney. Guess what? The principal decided to leave that topic to the health classes (and, of course, my kids did health by correspondence! hehe)

A friend and I got hold of copies of the Texas state sex ed curriculum, and armed with other coalitions of parents fought to make sure that curriculum would not be used in our district. It was awful.

And, no, most of my battles weren't about sex ed. :) Unfortunately, fighting those types of fights is a full-time job, and was taking a toll on my mental and physical health. I prefer to spend my energies on my own children and family. I realize that that is where God wants me to be. I can't change much when most other parents don't even know what their kids' textbooks look like.

There aren't enough conservatives to win the battle for schools against the liberals. Inroads are made on the "voter" level with relatively large blocks of conservative voters, but changes dont' filter down (due to NEA power), because many of those same voters will not do anything in the local school and school district for fear of "upsetting", "embarrassing", or "humiliating" their kids. Too bad. The liberals can have their kids. They won't get mine.

Thanks for the good advice. I absolutly agree on the point that they keep there kids but they can't have my mine! I also guess the worst problem I have is that I live in CT! The Leiberman state, (That guy is such a scumbag!) or you could also call it,(This is my favorite) The Uptight state. I guess I will have to figure out where to school my child because it certainly won't be in a public school if they can't change the BS that they are pushing on our kids today. I hope that we can make some changes in the future. Thanks again for the good advice. Endeavor to persevere!

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