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Rerun
I can only relate a few observations / experiences with our small rural district in Ohio. Keep in mind this was 20 + years ago. One, is at least in these smaller districts, the boards are clueless. They are ordinary working people trying to help out. The Superintendent sets the agenda & runs the show. Board meetings are a joke. The Superintendent leads his 5 sheep in. After the ceremonial call to order, he takes over & runs the meeting. Telling the board what needs voted on & what outcome is needed. Often referencing " as I was saying " referencing private discussions which are supposedly illegal. Once everything is officially rubber stamped the meeting is quickly adjourned to " executive session " which you , the parent\ check writer are not invited. If by some chance some trouble making resident has a question & wishes to address it, they must 1st apply for a 3 minute speaking permit in advance with the Superintreceipt stating what you intend to ask,/ discuss. The superintendent can approve or deny it .My issue with that is under Ohio law the board can not meet individually or discuss school business outside that public meeting. Thus a school employee ( superintendent) decides if I can address my elected representives. In our case we inadvertantly learned long after the fact that 2 of ours had been called in for private 1 on 1 interviews with the guidance counselor. This was done in 1st grade. When we demanded records or evaluations of what was discussed none were available. It was "just routine". To "get to know them." The high school guidance counsellor. The kids thought nothing of it. Said it was just talking about what Mom & Dad did. What time they worked. What do you talk about at dinner. You go shopping with them, what do they usually buy. What do you do over summer. Stuff a 1st grader would think nothing of discussing. We also found out 1 of them was being pulled from math class occasionally & sent with a small group of 4 or 5 others to meet with this same mysterious counsellor from the high school. The Superintentdant described this as just a routine meeting meant to help improve students self esteem. But when these questions were in writing he flat out denied it. Our child & one other who' s parents we met with described bizzare activities like talking into mirrors & repeating chants such as I am great, I am good. My wife sent a certified return receipt letter to the Superintent , board & principal that no such meetings were ever again to take place without our written consent, hurriedly got up to speed on homeschooling , yanked them out & never looked back. As best we could learn these were activities done to obtain grant money from the D.A.R.E. program. But we continued to enjoy the privaledge of funding a school so bad we considered unusable. This was 1999. I can' t even imagine what goes on today, but rest assured these Superintendents are well trained at deception, easing fears, & whom to glad hand in the community to gain favor.

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BrandonA
Sad to hear that kids as young as kindergarten are having left wing ideology crammed down their throats. If they are starting that young I can only imagine what your district is teaching high school kids.

Unfortunately, it seems that left wing ideas are forced upon kids and if you speak out against it you're just a racist, xenophobic, antigay etc etc......

While unrelated to the school topic you brought up, here in BG Ohio there was a local police officer who just lost his job because the media found out he posts on a conservative forum with what they view as "extreme ideas".

Whether it be in the school or in everyday life the country as a whole is trying to force their left wing bs upon all of us.

I don't have kids yet but I'm thankful the district we are in is still overwhelmingly conservative.

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BrandonA
Our local school has avoided the woke ideology but we also have graduating classes of about 120-130.

It seems my parents did the right thing by encouraging me to learn history. Reading history books is the best way to teach children. They can form political opinions from there but at least they'll be educated on the FACTS when they do form an opinion.

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Home Schooler
My wife decided to home school our children back in about 1990. Our daughter had 2 years of public INDOCTRINATION!!! And our son never stepped foot into the world of public INDOCTRINATION. My daughter runs her own successful business to this day and my son became a very accomplished diesel mechanic and has actually built several injection pumps over the years for some Grand National level tractors and trucks under the Performance Fuel Systems pioneer Mark Massey. Both of my children are quite successful in their respective trades. My hats off to my wife who put them through the paces at least 6 hours a day until they both graduated with honors through the Abeka Academy of Pensacola Florida. I highly recommend this Cristian based program for anyone considering homeschooling their own children or grandchildren. I wasn't on board at first, but my wife knocked it out of the park with our children's education. May God Bless the children of our quickly failing nation and the world.