Written by Carolyn Rogerson<\/p>\n
No place for hate sounds like a good motto for a kinder, gentler world. A good thing to teach children. Perhaps just another way of expressing the golden rule, \u201cDo Unto Others as You Would Have Others Do Unto You\u201d. To parents, grandparents, and all concerned folks:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The \u201cNo Place for Hate\u201d program pledge isn\u2019t just a student\u2019s promise to be kind. A\u00a0 participating school district is committing itself to a strict set of rules and classroom time devoted to participation, in order to be a registered NPFH member school. If you are not familiar with the 56 page ADL \u201cNo Place for Hate\u201d Coordinator Handbook and Resource Guide, I\u00a0 suggest you take a look at <\/span>adl.org<\/span>. It opened my eyes to how the movement intends to instruct grades K-12 students with an ideology intended to quickly move from kindness to social justice and beyond. Along the way, there appear to be suggestions on how to supplant parents, guardians, and family with a school-based indoctrination system. ADL requires schools to register and report on progress and infractions. Please, don\u2019t take my word for it. <\/span>adl.org<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Read the Welcome and Getting Started introductions. Note the \u201cAdditional Expectations\u201d. Go to \u201cActivity Planning Recommendations\u201d, page 19, read, \u201cMove On From Kindness. Schools\u00a0 Need to Foster Social Justice\u201d. Then please read, \u201cLet\u2019s Get It Right: Using Correct Pronouns and Names.\u201d Page 24, 8th paragraph instructs teachers to hide information from parents and guardians. Teachers may distribute a \u201cget to know you survey\u201d. This is where the questions of gender, pronouns, and names are innocuously placed among the \u201cwhat did you do last summer\u201d inquiries. Teachers are then instructed to ask the student, \u201cwhether it is alright to use that name and pronoun in communications home to parents\/family members and in parent-teacher meetings\u201d. Since when are teachers to deny parents\/guardians important information regarding the mental, emotional and physical welfare of their own children? Children struggling with gender confusion, identity dysphoria, and bullying are extremely vulnerable. How many teachers have the necessary education to be a positive asset in dealing with these very complex situations? How many children will become victims of predators (teachers, coaches,\u00a0 counselors) who will take advantage of their vulnerability? Parents must assert their rights to educate and protect their children against such shady indoctrination.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n While presenting the \u201cNo Place for Hate\u201d program, the Equity Committees have said implementing the ADL instruction does not take away time from Academic studies. However,\u00a0 reading through ADL\u2019s requirements, you will learn that self-assessment surveys and subsequent classroom discussions are to take place. Time is to be devoted every morning for discussion and updates; journals are to be kept recording any in-school and outside-of-school incidents that go against the NPfH pledge and teachings. Three instruction books are suggested for grades K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 at about $47.00 each. Is this where you want your education tax dollars and Schools Foundation donations to go? Project assignments associated with NPfH are to be scheduled in each grade throughout the school year. Related art projects are to be created in all grades and \u201cprominently displayed around school campus\u201d.\u00a0 All this sounds fairly time-consuming to me.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Are you happy with this addition to your school district\u2019s curriculum? Make your opinions heard at the next school board meeting and every one after, until you are satisfied that neither ADL or any other politically motivated group is influencing your children against your values. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Written by Carolyn Rogerson No place for hate sounds like a good motto for a kinder, gentler world. A good thing to teach children. Perhaps just another way of expressing the golden rule, \u201cDo Unto Others as You Would Have Others Do Unto You\u201d. To parents, grandparents, and all concerned folks:\u00a0 The \u201cNo Place for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n