Mountain: It was inevitable (Newton Gay School Superintendents)

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[PURPLE SHARK]

Newton TAB (Feb. 22, 2013) - Today Superintendent Jeffrey Young announced the hiring of the first transgender principal in Newton. Mr. Young declared that his selection came "after a nationwide search for the best possible principal" and that "his/her sexual orientation had nothing to do with his selection." Nevertheless, transgender groups across America applauded his choice, since this also represents the first transgender principal in the nation. Retiring Mayor David Cohen was thrilled with Young's selection and cited it as yet "another example of Newton's commitment to tolerance and diversity."

After a two-year nationwide search which involved soliciting, researching, and interviewing dozens of candidates for the position of principal for both Newton high schools, Superintendent Jeffrey Young has chosen two openly gay principals. By all indications, Newton is the first city in the nation to hire gay principals for both of its high schools. Yet Mr. Young wants us to believe that A) these two educators were the most qualified available candidates for the job and B) it is only a mere coincidence that they are both gay.

Do you believe him?

Newton gay activists and educators have for over a decade tried to impose their agenda on our school system. In 1998 they found an enthusiastic leader in the new superintendent, Mr. Young, who for reasons that the public can only speculate, embarked upon a mission of making the Newton Public Schools the gay standard bearer in public education. He's never offered any justification or explanation for his peculiar obsession. And woe to anyone in the school department or School Committee who dares to question his motives.

The high school gay organizations can boast of being the first in the state. Annual gay days are commonplace. Elementary education is interspersed with examples of the gay lifestyle. Alternative families, meaning gay families, are highlighted in elementary classrooms. Pictures of two mommies adorn the hallways; stories of two daddies are common on reading lists. It's even becoming increasing rare to find a straight male elementary school teacher.

Several years ago, a Burr school first grade teacher who chose to out himself to his class of 6-year-olds was lauded as a hero by Mr. Young, who then went into hiding when Good Morning America came calling.

Our schools have been praised in Joey Magazine, a publication for gay teenagers, while Mr. Young has received numerous accolades in Bay Windows, the Boston gay weekly. Teachers have long since formed a group called ANGLE - the Association of Newton Gay and Lesbian Educators.

Parents, students and teachers across the city readily agree that gay teachers are becoming so numerous in the school system it's almost a given that retiring teachers are replaced with gay teachers.

All of this might make perfect sense in those few places in America where gays are in the majority, or at least a sizeable minority. It would be logical, for example, for a Key West or Provincetown superintendent to go out of his way to hire gay principals and teachers. But it does not make any sense in Newton. The demographics are roughly the same here as they were 20 years ago. And with the exception of Mr. Young's school department, there has been no significant migration of gays into our city from across America.

Meanwhile, Mr. Young still smugly refuses to acknowledge that a major part of his legacy has been the implementation of the gay agenda and the continuous hiring of gay staff.

Consider the case of Jennifer Price and Thomas Gwin, the finalists for the job of principal of Newton North.

Miss Price is a 34-year-old former teacher in the Maynard Public Schools. She also served for a time as a housemaster at Lincoln-Sudbury High School. For the past few years, she has been working towards a doctorate in education at Harvard.

Mr. Gwin is a lifelong Newton resident who taught in the Newton schools for over 26 years, first as a science teacher at Day Middle, then for 15 years as head of the science department at Newton North. He has been the principal at Winchester High School since 2003, where (not coincidentally) former Newton North principal Jim Marini is the superintendent of schools.

Suffice it to say, by the time Jenny Price entered elementary school Tom Gwin wasalready teaching elementary school. In Newton.

But despite his impressive credentials, Mr. Gwin was passed over in favor of Miss Price, who, in addition to her modest academic credentials, held that one trump card that Mr. Gwin could not - she is a gay female. And in the world of Jeffrey Young this is an important prerequisite for a top administrative position. Knowing Mr. Young, he could hardly be expected to pass up the opportunity to hire the first openly gay female high school principal in the state, a milestone that will surely earn him the everlasting affection of gay organizations nationwide. And in the lingo of Miss Price's Generation X (or is it Y?), this is like, yah know, totally ahhsome!

Yet it was such a blatant act of bias and discrimination against Mr. Gwin, who was willing to give up the highly coveted position of principal of Winchester High in order to return to his original home of Newton North. Mr. Young's message is loud and clear- straight white males need not apply.

Yes, it's true that the search committee handed Mr. Young the final four candidates. And I will not contradict members of the committee - some of whom are personal friends - that they did not know that either of the two selected principals was gay. But Mr. Young soon found out, since all it really took was a few extra clicks on the computer to fully research them.

So given Mr. Young's unusual track record exemplified by his unorthodox preference for gay educators, it is more than reasonable to conclude that he chose these two high school principals preciselybecause they are gay. Now, in addition to gay elementary and middle school principals, Mr. Young has secured the highest academic rung of the Newton schools with not one, but two gay high school principals.

But it's only a coincidence, you see. Just ask him. And within about seven years, when Mr. Young hires the first transgender principal in America, rest assured, this person will undoubtedly be the best qualified for the job.

Tom Mountain can be reached at tmount117@hotmail.com. He will be discussing this column on Wednesday evening at 8:30 on Newton Talk on NewTV.

[Squantos]

Agree.....these kids now have an mentally aflicted amputee for a principal.......I'm just guessing it was a "he" to a "it" conversion as I didn't see such stated in the article.

[A. Pole]

The problem is that many of Newton residents are quite rich and they send their children to the private schools. They just experiment on children from less affluent families.

[A. Pole]

I'm just guessing it was a "he" to a "it" conversion as I didn't see such stated in the article.

Kids say "shehe" or "shit".

[DBeers]

now it makes sense -- LOL Unfortunately sexual ambiguity promulgated by the left is not that far off from what is cited by the satire in the article...

[VOA]

These principals should enjoy their tenure.
The day may come when a new demographic of student makes them "expendable".

The leading edge of that sort of thing is going on in Minnesota...
with the Islamics dictating art class cirriculum at a school under
public school oversight:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1583373/posts
and, with BARF ALERT applied, here's the source news article:
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/local/13891898.htm

[A. Pole]

That part is satire.

The Newton reality is not very different and maybe worse.

[VeniVidiVici]

Look at the year in the dateline. That part is satire. No transgender principal was hired; it was a commentary related to the two openly gay principals.

LOL! Given it's Newton I jumped right on it! Fooled me.

[Criminal Number 18F]

It was just last week we learned of Newton hiring a male and female gay principals. Now they've gone and hired a transgendered principal!

First, check the date; he's using the transgender thing as a rhetorical device. Second: gay, transgender... what's the difference? I mean, there's "gay," and there's "so gay I had my body surgically mutilated." They're both riding the same train, one just goes a couple of stops further down the line.

I know what the "transgender" people say, but every other delusional disorder is treated by trying to clear the delusion, not shaping the sufferer's reality to comport with his delusion.

Hey, I think I'm Napoleon trapped in the twenty-first century. Think Medicaid will pay for my charger and sword?

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[Criminal Number 18F]

This person should not be in contact with children.

Bingo. But children are what they want. Remember NAMBLA was founded in Massachusetts and promoted by many of the same folks that smile on Young's school district.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[TenaciousZ]

Fooled me.

Me too! I had to go back and reread it simply because I wasn't following the writer's logic. It's telling that the premise is so plausible.

[little jeremiah]

I agree 200%.

[gidget7]

"after a nationwide search for the best possible principal" and that "his/her sexual orientation had nothing to do with his selection."


Nationwide search is true, but the rest is a flat out lie.

I can't help but wonder why this has not seen it's way to the federal SC yet. Surely there has to be some federal laws violated, even if it is only the peoples wishes or more importantly their constitutional rights being ignored by the state. After all, MA residents ARE being prevented from speaking about this stuff in many cases, and in other cases related, certainly their right to vote on issues like these per the state constitution. I am all for states rights, but in this case it's a states tyranny over it's residents.

[gidget7]

Yes, this IS after all MA, and just a footnote to this article, there is a bill before the legislature, (in committee but not for long I'm sure) to decriminalize bestiality. How about a show of hands for who is surprised at that? Anyone?

Didn't think so.

[connectthedots]

Mr. Gwin has a slam dunk civil rights complaint against the school district.

[Tangaray]

Why hasn't anyone mentioned that Newton is a majority Jewish town; is there a connection? I'd like to hear Alouette's explanation of the connection between jewishness and homosexuality. I know she's disgusted by it!

[mountn man]

Today Superintendent Jeffrey Young announced the hiring of the first transgender principal in Newton. Mr. Young declared that his selection came "after a nationwide search for the best possible principal" and that "his/her sexual orientation had nothing to do with his selection."

So tell me, if his sexual orientation had nothing to do with selection, why did he feel he needed to make an issue of it at a news conference?????

[mountn man]

Deep down, he hates kids and is also fighting his own homosexual desires and fears...just my guess

Are you sure he's "fighting" his homosexual desires?

[PURPLE SHARK]

Maybe the time is now. Did Young cross the line?

[Lancey Howard]

Massachusetts deserves everything it gets. Decent, civilized, traditional Republican families really should think about getting out of that place as soon as possible. If there are still any such families there, I mean.