Janet Turney-Giles and Gina Patterson, president and executive director of the VSBA, said in a memo to all school board members that the decision to end the membership, effective June 30, 2022, was “made in response to a persistent pattern of dysfunction within the NSBA organization and among those charged with its governance.” “The VSBA board of directors no longer has faith in NSBA’s ability to effectively represent the interests of our state association and its members,” …The board said in an executive summary that it has directed the executive director to work with other state associations to create a new national organization “to meet the federal advocacy and other needs of its member school boards in a manner that values community ownership through local school board governance and engagement of students, families, and other community stakeholders.”
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Leaked Audio Reveals How California Teachers Recruit Kids Into LGBTQ Clubs – Epoch Times
A leaked audio recording revealed California teachers mocking parents over concerns about homosexual and transgender indoctrination at school, said a source who attended a recent teachers union conference in Palm Springs. The recording, obtained by The Epoch Times, captured two seventh-grade teachers, Kelly Baraki and Lori Caldeira from Buena Vista Middle School in Salinas, Calif., telling other teachers how to recruit students into LGBTQ clubs, also known as “Gay-Straight Alliance” (GSA) clubs, at school. “It was horrifying to listen to not just one teacher but really all of the teachers in all of these seminars, excoriating parents,” said the source, who goes by the pseudonym Rebecca Murphy.
GOP Introduce ‘Parents Bill of Rights Act’ to Counter Officials Who ‘Dictate’ School Curriculum – Epoch Times
A group of leading Republicans on Wednesday introduced a “parents’ bill of rights,” saying that Democrats have recently started to take power away from parents and hand over more control to politicians and teachers unions to “dictate what our children should be taught in classrooms.” …A fact sheet released by McCarthy outlines five rights that should be guaranteed to parents that make up the main principles of the legislation. These include the right to know what is being taught in public schools and to see reading material, the right to be heard, the right to see school budgets and spending, the right to protect their child’s privacy, and the right to be updated on any violent activity at school.
Rob Schmitt: The Radical Left remains baffled and speechless over the election night shellacking
MEDIA REFUSES TO ACCEPT REALITY: The Left is “annoying, offensive, out of touch – that’s the honest truth of the matter. These people have forgotten what’s like to be a real person,” says Rob Schmitt – via Newsmax’s Rob Schmitt Tonight. The 10 minute video in this post is preceded by a list of highlights that Schmitt spoke about
Parents Warn of Their Children Being Subjected to Transgender Indoctrination – Epoch Times
[This post was updated 10-25-21 to include an 11 minute video of Ben Shapiro’s show, Debunked; therein, he debunked transgender ideology.] A study conducted by the American Academy of Pediatrics released in May 2020 showed nearly 10 percent of high school students in just one school district identified as gender-diverse. That 10 percent figure is far higher than past estimates, such as a 2017 government survey of U.S. high school students, in which only 1.8 percent said they identified as transgender. …While each of the three families in this story come from different backgrounds and live in different states, each of their newly self-identified transgender children have some things very much in common. They are all in the same age group, they are all socially awkward, and all have been diagnosed with some form of social or psychological disorder.
Agenda Weekly Brief – October 3-9 By Curtis Bowers: The Covid Conspiracy
In this issue of Agenda Weekly with Curtis Bowers, he spoke on the Covid conspiracy, using video clips of key players in the scam. Included are two other features of this weeks issue, a Tucker Carlson video about the DOJ being weaponized against parents; and a medical conference wherein Covid related matters were discussed. I also copied and pasted pare of Bowers’ blog which is part of his weekly message.
California Parents Blast School Boards for Linking Criticism of CRT With Domestic Terrorism – Epoch Times
The National School Boards Association (NSBA), which denies CRT is being taught in K-12 schools, in a Sept. 29 letter (pdf) said parents at local school board meetings opposed to CRT and mask mandates are contributing to a “growing number of threats of violence and acts of intimidation occurring across the nation” and asked President Joe Biden’s administration to address the issue. The NSBA letter states: “As these acts of malice, violence, and threats against public school officials have increased, the classification of these heinous actions could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes.”
Critical Race Theory Feud on Full Display at School Board Meeting: Epoch Times
…He said that he had attended the equity training three times: March 2020, fall 2020, and spring 2021. He and other teachers were told early in the activity that “cultural competence was eventually going to be part of our evaluation process.” “To me, that meant ‘accept it. Or this could affect how we grade you and your job performance.’ It seems like it will lead to firing if they need to.” …“What we’re doing is we’re shining the light on what this board is doing. This board has had a secret enemies list. And the enemies list is designed to intimidate and to punish people who stand up against critical race theory and who stand up against this transgender madness that’s going on,” Black told The Epoch Times. “So anyway, I gave my speech. And when I gave the speech, everybody just went crazy. And the board retreated.”
Hidden Dangers of Children’s Yoga: Investigative Report: Doreen Virtue
“Yoga is not just stretching, and it is not just exercise – it is pagan worship that does not belong in Christian lives. Yoga corporations have infiltrated elementary schools, resulting in mandatory yoga classes which teach Hindu religious practices. In this investigative report that was a year in creating, Doreen Virtue and former yoga instructor Jessica Smith interview Jennifer Sedlock about her lawsuit against her child’s school district over the yoga crisis.
Biden’s Call Upon Congress To Restrict Gun Ownership Is Wrongheaded, Erroneous
President Biden just called on Congress to limit gun ownership, citing the Parkland School shootings as the basis of his rationale; a year ago, I covered that topic via several brief videos wherein Andrew Pollack, father of one of the Parkland shooting victims, investigated the matter, discovering that the real cause of the shootings was very lenient disciplinary strategies, imported to the Parkland school from the Chicago school districts by the Obama administration. Mr Pollack has spoken nationally on the matter, he even appeared at the RNC this past October, emphasizing his support for former president Trump because of his policies