Posted on 11/14/2014 12:08:48 PM PST by massmike
For years, boys and girls at South Arbor Charter Academy have been inspired by Heroes Hall – a corridor featuring murals that honored the Space Shuttle Columbia astronauts, Mother Teresa, Betsy Ross and Albert Einstein.
But many parents are furious after the principal had the murals replaced with paintings honoring President Obama, J.K. Rowling and Oprah.
“This is no longer a hall of heroes,” parent Craig Bergman told me. “Now we have a hall of celebrities.”
So what the heck is going on here? Why did the South Arbor Charter Academy remove a mural memorializing the fallen Columbia astronauts and replace it with one honoring President Obama?
School spokesperson Jennifer Hoff said it was part of an intentional shift from “historical heroes” to “modern-day heroes.”
Bergman told me the principal appointed a blue-ribbon panel of four staffers to select who the new heroes should be.
“There was no parental involvement,” he said. “The principal of the school hand-picked and self-appointed (the group). Once they gave her their final decisions, she solely approved the list.”
And judging from who they selected – it’s pretty clear the new and improved Heroes Hall is not – ahem – fair and balanced.
“Previously, it was very well-balanced and respected a lot of different thoughts,” Bergman said. “Instead, it’s become more of a political issue. There’s definitely a certain genre of pictures here.”
How about the Navy SEALs who got Usama bin Laden? What about the firefighters and police officers who died on 9-/11 or those who defended our consulate in Benghazi?
Those are true American heroes.
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Salute her honesty. Today, celebrity is as close to heroism as most people know.
Hall of Zeroes
It seems fitting that Obama is thought of in the same terms as JK Rowling and Oafrah.
J.K. Rowling and Oprah might have fans, but in no way are Rowling and Oprah “heroes.” One is a writer of juvenile fiction, the other is a daytime talk show host.
Actually I believe Blowprah was one of the most significant factors in selling a guy from Kenya by way of Chicago to the American electorate. So she’s “infamous”.
If this is a charter school, is there a board of directors to whom parents could express their views and recommend a new inclusive process with parent involvement to select murals?
All my heroes are one percenters.
Fox news heroically closes article to comments.
Will they have one of Putin spanking obama?
They had to throw in Maya Angelou. If not, Obama would be the only millionaire in this list of billionaires. He only edges out Angelou by a 2.2 million to avoid being last on the list. Here’s the net worth of those now on the mural;
Steve Jobs (d) - 8.3 billion
Walt Disney (d) - 5 billion
Oprah - 2.9 billion
J.K. Rowling - 1 billion
President Obama - 12.2 million
Maya Angelou (d) - 10 million
Charter schools are public schools but a little more freedom. Still sucks..
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