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Grampa Dave has reported on the bogeybob thread that the story is national now, and has been carried by the WSJ.

This story is now a big time story. The WSJ website has it as a lead story. Thanks to Eva for this find: BY JAMES TARANTO Tuesday, February 25, 2003 3:18 p.m. EST Great Moments in Public Education

Bloggers Joe Katzman and Trent Telenko pick up on a disturbing report from WABI-TV in Bangor, Maine (video is here), that children of Maine National Guardsmen who've been deployed to the Gulf have found themselves facing schoolyard taunts--not from fellow students but from "antiwar" teachers. Here's a quote from the WABI report:

Alan Grover, WABI-TV: "What the kids are facing is hearing that their mother or father is a bad person for taking part in the confrontation with Iraq; comments that are coming from teachers. That's according to officers with the Guard's Family Assistance Program who've been traveling throughout the state this week. The officers report that such incidents are relatively few in number but that they've occurred in practically every region of the state."

Maj. Andrew Gibson: "Some kids have even reported that . . . teachers have said things to them, specifically, about the . . . unethical nature of their parent going off to fight."

Most of the children involved, WABI reports, are between seven and nine years old.

462 posted on 02/25/2003 2:59 PM CST by Grampa Dave (Stamp out Freepathons! Stop being a Freep Loader! Become a monthly donor!)
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