I was sent this screenshot from a fellow conservative activist who received it from a friend whose child is enrolled in Elk City Public Schools.
Beyond being COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE on its face, moreover, its' hopefully a wake-up call FOR PARENTS about how many ways schools are contacting your children without YOU as the parent knowing about it.
First, let's tackle the Genders and Sexualities Alliance (GSA).
The following can be found on their "Mission" page:
Our overall strategy for fighting for educational justice is to work with grassroots, youth-led groups and GSAs, empowering them to educate their schools and communities, advocate for just policies that protect LGBTQ youth from harassment and violence, and organize in coalition with other youth groups across identity lines to address broader issues of oppression.
All of our work with students focuses on leadership development and activism that prioritizes building alliances not only across sexual orientation and gender identity lines, but also across race, ethnicity, and class lines, and our resources and trainings are designed to facilitate coalition building.
In a post made to the Edmond Public Schools website, Superintendent Dr. Grunewald addressed what she characterized as "negative and sometimes false comments" made by parents at the 11.1.21 Board Meeting. On the playground we used to say, "It takes one to know one." Dr. Grunewald's response to parents in this missive is either deliberately false, or - worse - uninformed by reality. Here's how we know.
I have to say, I'm more than mildly happy to read that parents have finally discovered the disgusting books being foisted upon their children in public schools and metropolitan libraries all across the nation - including Oklahoma - yes, "of all places" - but I have to say, I'm more than mildly frustrated that we've been trying to alert parents to this phenomena for over 10 years and not gotten much traction.
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The following is a guest post by Jean Thomson. She has included a list of schools using the program. Additional comments have been added by the editor at the end of the post.
Last month, State Superintendent Hofmeister (who referred to the recent Governor-requested, first ever audit of the OSDE as "yet another attack on public education") happily announced she had gifted Teach For America over four million dollars to fill empty teaching positions. What she NEGLECTED to say however, was major.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dr. Everett Piper Joins the Board of Reclaim Oklahoma Parent Empowerment (ROPE2.0)
What in the world is going on at the Oklahoma State Department of Education - again?
July 12th, the Oklahoma State School Board voted to accept the rules written to uphold HB1775, the bill that prohibits the teaching of divisive subjects often linked to Critical Theory, or Critical Race Training.
Because the Communists know that destruction of the family leads to destruction of society.
This book is a must-read for EVERY liberty-minded American concerned about why the world around them appears to be falling apart before their eyes. There are reasons for the tyranny we're experiencing and once we know the cause of the disease, we can fight the disease.
As I scanned the news this morning, I came across the following videos I would like to share.
I say 'canned' response because a friend who also sent an email via the contact form, received virtually the same email as I, though with a twist. Attached to her email was the following photograph:
Truly, what have we come to when Oklahoma educators are angry because a bill including the above prohibitions was passed during the 2021 Legislative Session?
Yes, it's true. Here in Oklahoma.
According to the MLS, "the Metropolitan Library System is committed to highlighting LGBTQ2S+ reading or listening recommendations and other resources, along with offering programs that amplify LGBTQ2S+ voices and stories".
Mom, "How was school today?"
Kid, "Fine."
Mom, "What did you learn today?"
Kid, "Nothing much..."
How in the world do you find out exactly what is going on in your child's school?
This year, Senator Nathan Dahm has authored a bill - SB503 - to mandate that public schools in Oklahoma teach the following:
a. the content of the United States naturalization test, with an emphasis on the specific content of the test and the ideas and concepts it references. The United States naturalization test shall be made available in physical and electronic online formats as an optional assessment tool for teachers,
b. the Declaration of Independence,
c. the United States Constitution including the Bill of Rights,
d. substantive selections from the Federalist Papers,
e. the Emancipation Proclamation,
f. the Articles of Confederation,
g. the Gettysburg Address, and
h. George Washington’s Farewell Address
Good questions!
Let's start with the first:
Critical Race Theory is an ideal developed from Marxist theory that essentially asks human beings to see the world through a lens that sees people as either oppressed or oppressors based on their race and identity. This gets even more complicated when attempting to determine how oppressed one is - a factor determined by something called intersectionality. For example, if we are comparing three individuals - a black woman, a white man and a gay, black woman - the gay black woman is the most oppressed and the white man is the most oppressive.
