Posted on 10/13/2008 10:35:20 AM PDT by markedmannerf
Public school officials in Chicago, Illinois, are recommending approval of a "gay-friendly" high school because harassment and violence are causing gay students to skip class and drop out at alarming rates.
The School for Social Justice Pride Campus, which officials say will not be exclusive to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, is aimed at being safe and welcoming for any student looking for another school option, said Josh Edelman, executive officer in the Chicago Public Schools' Office of New Schools.
"It is not going to be a 'gay high school,' but yes, in a way, it is meant to target kids who feel they have been victims of bullying for their sexual orientation or perceived orientation," Edelman said.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan announced his recommendation Wednesday. Officials said Pride Campus would be separate physically but be attached administratively to the School for Social Justice.
School officials said the standards and curriculum for the school would be in line with other schools in the district. The school would also offer counseling for students, though because of federal laws, officials cannot ask students about their sexual orientation. The curriculum would not rely on, but would incorporate lessons about, sexual identity in history and literature classes, officials said.
"It's about creating another option for kids," Edelman said. "When it comes down to it, though, it is all about having a choice and providing high-quality options for students, whether they are gay or not."
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That is really SWEET NEWS!
How ‘bout Fat Friendly, Ugly Friendly, etc etc? WTF?
So, they gonna have Lenin’s picture in the school auditorium?
“Mr. and Mrs. Jones, I’m sorry, but we will have to send your son to Gay School.”
are they going to be using tax money?
should be building a school to reeducate these kids that being a homo is unhealthy, unnatural and not normal.
I guess the gay liberals don’t get along with all the other liberals.
Mascot suggestions?
How about John Wayne Gacey High School?
Only the Messiah BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA can tell you what school to send your kids. its part of the reprograming education act of 2009.
Chicago - the San Francisco of the midwest!
It is not going to be a ‘gay high school’....
And bears don’t crap in the woods....
Right. Can't have school vouchers but "Gay School" funded by taxpayers is perfectly ok.........sigh.
No, Clay Aiken 's.
What Chicago really needs is a FReeper friendly high school.
so when a kid shows the slightest indication of same sex curiosity (most do at some point btw) they are immeditely branded and shipped off to a concentration school where they will be groomed to be what the gay folks want them to be.
sarc/off
Sounds good, and the football team can be the "Poofters". Assuming that effeminate boys and lesbian girls are actually interested in sports....
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