Posted by
mrsbooks on Monday, June 09, 2008 10:00:00 PM
It's a shame that public schools have gone toward liberal ideology and teaching, just like other government-run arenas in the U.S. I find it frustrating as a parent that without school vouchers, my choices of where to educate my children are limited to homeschooling or public education. Since I'm not a parent willing to have my kids home all day needing direction and teaching, my husband and I unfortunately opted for public ed. We're blessed because our local elementary school is rather conservative.
But I worry about sending my children off to the intermediate school, middle school, or high school. Granted, my husband and I have a few years to go before that decision needs to be made. Yet, at this time, it's obvious that the upper levels of my local school district are losing control. From a middle school fiasco to a principal making the decision to agree with the students that time should be taken out of the school day for remembering the unfortunates of our world--including persecution of the transgendered and homosexual--was essential, I think my local school board, parents, and community are losing sight of what it means for students to go to public school. Leftist ideologies are part of the norm, and parental rights/control are losing the battle.
Until my husband and I need to cross the bridge of secondary ed for our children, I've started an email campaign to all members of the school board. I feel strongly that they need to know that not everyone in my local community feels that it's right for principals to make controversial decisions to hold a school-wide moment of silence program that stands for promoting homosexual ideology; for middle school teachers to be negligent about what goes on in their classrooms; and for the general direction of where my local public school is going.
I don't want this American institution to be damned like a lot of the other public institutions in this land. It would be nice for parents to continue having choices for their children's educations without feeling that they aren't doing their best by sending their kids to the local public school.