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Across Massachusetts – and across America – thousands of schoolchildren are given sexually graphic, psychologically intrusive surveys by the public schools without parents’ knowledge. These surveys also ask youth to reveal their criminal activity, personal family matters, and other intimate issues. This is done in the public middle schools and high schools during school hours. At best, parents are told about the surveys in vague terms, but are rarely allowed read them beforehand. The surveys are “officially” anonymous and voluntary. But they are administered by the teacher in a classroom and (according to teachers we’ve talked to) there is often...

Another hectic week in the General Assembly is completed, and several important pro-family pieces of legislation are moving through the process. These bills will now move onto the Senate side as crossover approaches next week. At some point during the Senate debate we will need concerned citizens to contact their Senators to express support for the following bills. Stay tuned for further details. Student Survey Bill Delegate Tim Hugo's (R-40, Centreville) HB 1242 passed the House of Delegates this week by a vote of 93-4. This is legislation that will forbid school boards from surveying school children under 9th grade...

December 12, 2002 Dear Parents/Guardians: We have been asked to complete an IMPACT AID SURVEY form for the District. This survey is needed to identify those children whose parents/guardians are employed on federal property, or are members of the uniformed armed services on December 17, 2002. This information is confidential. Please call the office by December 16th if you are employed at one of the facilities below: . . . (lists approved federal facilities in the Pittsburgh region) Postal employees or FBI employees are *not to be listed.*