Posted on 06/15/2007 1:04:49 PM PDT by lowbridge
At the April meeting of the Rockingham County (NC) Board of Education, the board voted 8-4 to mandate Standard Mode Of Dress (school uniforms) at Reidsville Middle and Reidsville High schools starting in the 2007-2008 school year. However, the vote was made on the basis of a survey that was fraudulently conducted. The board voted to impose the uniforms anyway.
There have been 3 meetings of the board in which parents and students have made it clear that they DO NOT WANT the uniforms. The board is refusing to acknowledge this opposition. In protest of this refusal to recognize public sentiment against the uniforms, I intend to wear a full Jedi Knight costume to the meeting of the Rockingham County Board of Education at 6 p.m. on July 9th, 2007.
This video is a segment from Star Talk on WGSR Star 39 in Reidsville, North Carolina early in the evening of June 14th, 2007, in which host Mark Childrey interviewed me (by phone) about my planned protest, and during which an invitation was extended to other opponents of S.M.O.D. to likewise come in outrageous attire to protest both the uniforms and the board's indifference toward its constituents.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgDJ3ewZCS0
The folks elected the school board to do THEIR bidding. Not to ignore them untill the next election.
Going by your line of logic, George Bush was elected. Let him run things (ie: illegal immigration amnesty).
The board voted 7-3 (and 2 abstentions) to completely rescind their vote in April to implement the school uniforms. It's now entirely off the table.
In addition to the Jedi costume, one student came dressed in prison stripes and dozens of other parents and students wore black armbands to protest the uniforms.
I agree with what one of the board members who had changed her mind said: this was a tremendous experience for the young people to have gone through, because they learned a LOT about how government works and how they too have a role to play in it.
So, we won. "The Force was with us" :-)
Afterwards, did you celebrate your victory at the Mos Eisley Cantina? ;-)
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