Political Indoctrination at my Public School

This is also true. Besides, homeschooling makes public schools look bad because the homeschooled kids get a superior education.

A friend of ours got wind of a teacher at our local high school teaching the horrors of gun ownership. This friend approached the teacher and requested time to address the class and give another point of view. He had to take time away from his job to do this. It's a rare parent that will do what this one did. Parents are being indoctrinated themselves and they don't know it!!

We had it a bit easier in Indiana, where there's an *official misconduct* statute that applies to elected officials and public employees, and the state's attorney general has ruled that teachers are public employees within the meaning of that act.

A teacher who not only used her classroom as her own pulpit for pronouncing her own views on gun control, but demanded that her students inform on any family members found herself facing just such charges, since the state law requires only that the illegal act be initiated, not necessarily completed. Accordingly, it was pointed out that her actions constited either an attempt by the individual teacher to deprive citizens of their second amendment civil rights, or that it was a school board policy that she was following- in which case, the school board was also complicit, in that they'd have also been conspiring to deprive citizens of their rights, *under color of law, custom or regulation*- a federal felony, and also grounds for both charges of perjury of thweir oaths to support and defend the constitution and a civil racketeering lawsuit under the state RICO law that would have named the school corporation as a racketeer-influenced corrupt organization...and provided for triple damages to the plaintiffs, as well as time-and-a-half legal fees for their attorney, a not-inconsiderable sum at the usual rate of $295/hour.

Not surprisingly, the school board backed away from their Quisling employee, who quit her job and relocated rather than face the music. My own happiest moments of the incident were when her husband wanted to know what the big deal was, and found to his horror that had anyone been physically harmed as a result of his wife's actions, she could have been facing life imprisonment or the death penalty, and that there was a *zero tolerance* policy toward her felny conduct...and if he didn't want to see their life savings and home equity go to pay her defense lawyer, he'd better get the little woman under control, and fast.

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Indiana Code, I.C. 35-44-1-2

Sec. 2.
A public servant who:
(1) knowingly or intentionally performs an act that he is forbidden by law to perform;

(2) performs an act he is not authorized by law to perform, with intent to obtain any property for himself;

(3) knowingly or intentionally solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept from his appointee or employee any property other than what he is authorized by law to accept as a condition of continued employment;

(4) knowingly or intentionally acquires or divests himself of a pecuniary interest in any property, transaction, or enterprise or aids another person to do so based on information obtained by virtue of his office that official action that has not been made public is contemplated;

(5) knowingly or intentionally fails to deliver public records and property in his custody to his successor in office when that successor qualifies; or

(6) knowingly or intentionally violates IC 36-6-4-17(b);

commits official misconduct, a Class A misdemeanor.

As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.4. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.54; Acts 1980, P.L.73, SEC.2; P.L.34-1992, SEC.2.

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IC 35-45-6

Chapter 6. Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations

IC 35-45-6-1

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter:

"Documentary material" means any document, drawing, photograph, recording, or other tangible item containing compiled data from which information can be either obtained or translated into a usable form.

"Enterprise" means:
(1) a sole proprietorship, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, business trust, or governmental entity; or
(2) a union, an association, or a group, whether a legal entity or merely associated in fact.

"Pattern of racketeering activity" means engaging in at least two (2) incidents of racketeering activity that have the same or similar intent, result, accomplice, victim, or method of commission, or that are otherwise interrelated by distinguishing characteristics that are not isolated incidents. However, the incidents are a pattern of racketeering activity only if at least one (1) of the incidents occurred after August 31, 1980, and if the last of the incidents occurred within five (5) years after a prior incident of racketeering activity.
"Racketeering activity" means to commit, to attempt to commit, to conspire to commit a violation of, or aiding and abetting in a violation of any of the following: (1) A provision of IC 23-2-1, or of a rule or order issued under IC 23-2-1.
(2) A violation of IC 35-45-9.
(3) A violation of IC 35-47.
(4) A violation of IC 35-49-3.
(5) Murder (IC 35-42-1-1).
(6) Battery as a Class C felony (IC 35-42-2-1).
(7) Kidnapping (IC 35-42-3-2).
(8) Child exploitation (IC 35-42-4-4).
(9) Robbery (IC 35-42-5-1).
(10) Carjacking (IC 35-42-5-2).
(11) Arson (IC 35-43-1-1).
(12) Burglary (IC 35-43-2-1).
(13) Theft (IC 35-43-4-2).
(14) Receiving stolen property (IC 35-43-4-2).
(15) Forgery (IC 35-43-5-2).
(16) Fraud (IC 35-43-5-4(1) through IC 35-43-5-4(9)).
(17) Bribery (IC 35-44-1-1).
(18) Official misconduct (IC 35-44-1-2).
(19) Conflict of interest (IC 35-44-1-3).
(20) Perjury (IC 35-44-2-1).
(21) Obstruction of justice (IC 35-44-3-4).
(22) Intimidation (IC 35-45-2-1).
(23) Promoting prostitution (IC 35-45-4-4).
(24) Promoting professional gambling (IC 35-45-5-4).
(25) Dealing in or manufacturing cocaine, a narcotic drug, or methamphetamine (IC 35-48-4-1).
(26) Dealing in a schedule I, II, or III controlled substance (IC 35-48-4-2).
(27) Dealing in a schedule IV controlled substance (IC 35-48-4-3).
(28) Dealing in a schedule V controlled substance (IC 35-48-4-4).
(29) Dealing in marijuana, hash oil, or hashish (IC 35-48-4-10).
(30) Money laundering (IC 35-45-15-5). As added by Acts 1980, P.L.199, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.190-1984, SEC.1; P.L.180-1991, SEC.10; P.L.230-1993, SEC.4; P.L.8-1993, SEC.511; P.L.112-1998, SEC.1; P.L.17-2001, SEC.16.
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Title 18, U.S. Code, U.S. Criminal Codes Section 242:
Deprivation of rights under color of law

Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.

"...massive purge of all leftists..."

That's exactly what's required. Us geezers aren't going to be the decisive cohort, however.

That will be the young. That's why it's critical to support youngsters in their conflicts with wrongful authority.

That includes their conflicts with the re-education camps.

If you can't homeschool, you can still home-educate.

Explicit or implicit socialist doctrine now governs almost all relations between the individual and 'social' institutions, including so-called 'public' schools.

It's not that difficult to teach children why they should despise socialism, especially when it bears the features of familiar and disliked authority figures.

You may be onto a good idea. It would be quite effective, I would think, if there were a web site that was for this sole purpose or posting this stuff all across this nation.

We've got a local radio talk show host who frequently gives examples of such out-of-control public servants on his show, who I suspect would be quite glad both to offer such items as he becomes aware of for such notice, as well as mining that resource for any that he may have overlooked. Likewise I'm on pretty good terms with the editor/publisher of a national news wireservice who frequently runs such horror stories or makes mention of them in his daily columns. Keep me informed as to this possible project, and I'll see if I can interest them as well.

-archy-/-

Thank God there are a few young people out there not afraid to speak out about what's going on at their schools. Lets hope a few others will listen.

loose = lose

That is just incredible. What a wonderful tool(law) to turn to and use in your state. If only all were like this. Do parents actually use it?

I have felt that it's not as intense in areas that are more politically conservative and/or ethnically homogenous.

I agree with you. There are some freepers here that can attest to this fact. However, they still need to be watchful.

UGH, I loath government schools and their unabashed left wing indoctrination.

Thanks, I will keep you posted if anything further develops. Did you see my post #37? Hopefully I will hear back from Steve. I could direct him to you too.

For your enjoyment:

Santa Monica High School web site: http://www.smmusd.org/

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PERSONNEL COMMISSION

SMMUSD Home

The Personnel Commission meets once a month at a regularly scheduled public meeting generally at 5:00 p.m. in the Boardroom.

Name	Address	Contact	Term Expires
Kenneth Feingold Vice Chair	1651 16^th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404	(310) 450-8338 Email Now	December 2002
Celia Carroll Chair	1651 16^th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404	(310) 450-8338 Email Now	December 2003
Russell Barnard	1651 16^th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404	(310) 450-8338 Email Now	December 2004

The Personnel Commission is the mainstay of the merit system (a method of personnel management designed to promote the efficiency and economy of the workforce and the good of the public by providing for the selection and retention of employees, inservice promotional opportunities, and other related matters, on the basis of merit and fitness). It is an independent body composed of three persons appointed for three-year staggered terms. Commissioners are lay persons who must be known adherents of the merit principle. The Personnel Commission is responsible for maintaining a merit system for classified employees of the school system and for fostering the advancement of a career service for such employees.

The Personnel Commission classifies positions, recommends salaries, hears appeals of disciplinary and dismissal matters, and protests involving examinations, selection or appointment procedures, and prescribes rules related to a variety of personnel practices.

leftists out bump

How could the enlightened allow the Islamic “Leader” onto to campus to share his religious beliefs with the students?

The ACLU should now be called on to sue the Admins of SMHS for allowing the separation of church and state to be breeched.

(I am so old, I remember the nativity scenes on Ocean Ave north of the Santa Monica Pier each Christmas!)

Will the alternative viewpoints be allowed any such latitude, say in hosting a leader of the Christian faith “to explain the splendors of Christianity”?

No of course not.

Everything Liberals accuse Bush of doing and being: “A Dictator” by removing our constitutional rights are being allowed to occur at Santa Monica HS.

“Teachers have a reasonability [b]to educate[/b] their students about all our freedoms, not just the ones, they like, and to do so in an impartial manner.”- Pretty inflammatory right wing statement to make to a school system despising multiculturalism and diversity of thought and cultures. Examine the graph “Cumulative GPA by Ethnicity”

You’ll see the school has failed ( with the exception of Asians) in their primary mission to educate the minority population.

The whites are doing well and the school is among the best of the worst High Schools in the US. California ranks at the bottom 2/3rds of US educational systems in the US.

But just as nothing changed after 8 years with Clinton nothing has changed at this “enlightened” High School either.

Also see “Key Findings: Student Perceptions” Only 41% of the students surveyed agreed with statement “I believe teachers care about me.”

In an effort to hide their failure to educate the minority population the admnis at SAMOHI are using their political beliefs of victimization to “teach” the kids how to obtain welfare.

They will need it.