Posted on 09/28/2017 7:05:53 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Officials at Cambridge Public Schools are distancing the district from a letter penned by a school librarian rejecting books donated by first lady Melania Trump.
In the blog post, published Tuesday on the Horn Book, Liz Phipps Soeiro, a library media specialist at the districts Cambridgeport School, began by thanking the first lady for the 10 Dr. Seuss books sent to her school for its high standards of excellence. But she went on to explain why they would not be keeping the gifted titles.
Cities like Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit are suffering through expansion, privatization, and school choice with no interest in outcomes of children, their families, their teachers, and their schools, she wrote. Are those kids any less deserving of books simply because of circumstances beyond their control? Why not go out of your way to gift books to underfunded and underprivileged communities that continue to be marginalized and maligned by policies put in place by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos?
The school district said in a statement Thursday that while it supports its employees right to voice their personal opinions, Phipps Soeiros letter wasnt an official school position.
The opinions expressed in the Horn Book editorial were those of the writer, and not a statement on behalf of Cambridge Public Schools, the district said. This was not a formal acceptance or rejection of donated books, but a statement of opinion on the meaning of the donation.
In the post, the elementary school librarian also called the choice of Dr. Seuss a tired and worn ambassador for childrens literature, adding that the authors illustrations are steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures, and harmful stereotypes.(continued)
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She has a hard-on about Betsy DeVos and Trump. That’s it. The children will have to suffer because she hates Trump more than she loves the children.
It’s similar to the libs forcing Eric and Lara Trump to distance themselves from St. Jude’s. They hate Trump more than they care about dying children.
I agree. This is a terrible thing to say about the Obamas.
They are such a nice couple.
/S
All bow down...stupid cow.
Thank you for that amazing story!
The Big Guy sure does work in mysterious ways, does He not?
The Grinch, as I remember, was blue. No racism there.
She’s just value signalling and showing how superior she is.
Fire her.
.............lol.....................
When I first read the first sentence of the article I knew...............!
Dr. Suess was from a town in Massachusetts. They have a museum and sculpture garden in his honor. They’re trying to attract tourists. They will be real happy about this woman’s comments.
This dumb chick has an inflated sense of self-importance. She’s an elementary school library assistant, a radical liberal and an overall jackass. She thinks she’s hot stuff, but she’s nothing more than an over-blown wind bag.
She’s getting a LOT of press with this story.
...”Someone needs to be FIRED!”...
Yes! Why is it so hard to fire these people who obviously break the rules set up for the education of the young. She is not the boss of the educational system she works for and she should go. She also should remove the tattoos from her legs. Not a good example for a librarian to present to the kids. Speaks loudly about her values.
Then Saint Obama pic on her blackboard says it all.
Off topic: Thanks for the Dr. Seuss pic.
Fire the cretin librarian loser. She is full of hate. Do you want haters to have access to vulnerable children? That is child abuse.
The BBC sure didn’t do her any favors by using that picture.....
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