Posted on 09/06/2009 9:16:11 PM PDT by goodnesswins
Parents Not Welcome at President's School Speech By: Michael Noyes | 2009-09-04 BOZEMAN – Parents of students in Bozeman schools may not be welcome if they want to watch the President’s address to students on Tuesday morning with their child.
Bozeman Public Schools Superintendent Kirk Miller said the president’s address falls under the school’s policies on guest speakers. That policy states that, “Unless the principal approves otherwise, the teacher will not allow non-class members to hear the speaker.” The rest of the story is here: http://www.montanapolicy.org/main/story.php?story_id=15
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Of course, the schools could always keep the visiting adults in one area, say the cafeteria or auditorium or gym, where they could watch the speech, and then school officials could make sure they leave the building. That would reduce any security risks.
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Un-stinkin'-real.
Just who's working for whom here?
Whose taxes are paying for whose wages and whose kids does this petty little demagogue think that he's controlling here?
And here's another clueless public school representative who probably can't figure out why homeschooling is on the increase.
The only situations I am aware of when a school can deny a parent or guardian access to a child is when there is a lawful reason such as a restraining order, or parental custody issue involved, or the person simply is not a relative with sufficient reason to be in contact with the child.
Exactly why would any parent be prohibited from seeing any guest speaker the school is using the parent's money to speak to the parent's children to hire?
You know what would freeze over before I'd agree to that.
I figured all districts require parents to check in, and give them a visitors pass. Many have staff at the front door to prevent outsiders from sneaking in. Maybe not in their case...
I agree! This is not acceptable. What’ll they do if a parent shows up? Call the cops? Have them arrested?
I know I would be livid if this was going on in my school district.
No one would keep me out either. Our middle school use to demand parents call ahead of time so they knew to expect us. Ha! I never did.
My youngest daughter is now a senior in high school and is going to the public school, as her brother and sister did for their senior years, to pick up some AP courses.
I asked her if she heard whether or not they’d be watching obama’s speech Tues. and she asked, *What speech?*.
I haven’t heard anything in our community about it. Even though it is geared for younger grades, there are no secrets around here, so I’m sure she would have heard about it if it was being shown. I’ll have to keep my ears open.
Our town is pretty small. Everyone knows everyone else and if some stranger tried to get into the school (you have to buzz in), they’d know it. They recognize everyone on their security cameras.
FWIW, they didn’t want to put one it because there’s really no need for it, but were forced to by state mandate.
Judging from his resume, I’d suspect he is one of those guys whose educational background overrides common sense. (Educators know what’s best for our kids) I assumed montana’s schools would be ran with a conservative slant.
Our children are all grown up and out on their own, so we rely on our younger neighbors to keep us up to date.
They tell us the local schools here are focused on returning student orientation and aren’t planning any live viewing of the speech.
Wake the eff up, America! The communists are here.
I think the buzzer is a great idea... For a lot of reasons.
Bozeman is a university town.
For those who missed it, Obama violated protocol by going directly to the school principals. This bypasses at least two levels of elected of local elected government, the State School Superintendents and School Boards. We are truly under a totalitarian regime.
That’ll do it! Same as Flagstaff, Arizona.
I agree! This is not acceptable. What’ll they do if a parent shows up? Call the cops? Have them arrested?
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Look what happened to David Parker.
The Demos win the urban centers (minorities), the capital cities (government workers) and the university towns (academics). And virtually nothing else.
That and the morons moving from the east coast!
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