I remember how it was -- JR
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
A Liberal School Is Cancelling ALL HOLIDAYS For An Absolutely Insane Reason!
East Lansing Public Schools will prohibit future Halloween and Valentine’s Day celebrations. Meanwhile, the district has already canceled Christmas and winter celebrations.
The district says the cancellations are the product of equity and inclusion issues. It is just odd because the holidays have nothing to do with any religious or ethnic background but the social and economic disparities of class welfare.
East Lansing Public Schools elementary principals sent a joint letter to parents and students notifying them that parties and observances of the holidays will no longer be allowed.
The letter states:
“The celebration of Halloween and Valentine’s Day are two traditions that have given us pause for some time, especially as we grow in our understanding of equity and inclusion and look closely at the unintended consequences of celebrating these days in schools.”
While academics fall by the wayside, educators are now turning their attention toward the school calendar in an effort to snuff out inequity, the public schools continue to set their sights on issues that unite children and, at the same time, celebrate their diversity as the progressive train careens down the track.
According to the Lansing State Journal, East Lansing Public Schools elementary principals banded together to send a joint letter to parents announcing that students will no longer be celebrating Halloween and Valentine’s Day in the classrooms. The decision to cancel the festivities stems from the fact that some children’s costumes and gifts aren’t as expensive or elaborate as those worn by their classmates.
Assistant Superintendent Glenn Mitcham said, “It’s not uncommon to see students crying on Halloween “because they don’t have the same kind of costumes that other kids have or they didn’t bring the same amazing valentines that other kids do, We’re striving hard at East Lansing Public Schools to be a district that is equitable and inclusive for all families.”
The move to nix Halloween parties was made in response to parents’ concerns over their children’s feelings of fear or inadequacy over costumes, the letter suggests.
The elementary principals wrote, “Each year, along with the fun of Halloween parties and parades, we also have students whose families do not celebrate or feel comfortable with their children participating in Halloween festivities, We have young children who become overwhelmed and sometimes frightened of the costumes and others who come to school with no costume at all.”
East Lansing Public Schools
From calling the decision a cancelation of certain holidays, Mitcham refrained, saying that some elements may be included in the curriculum. As an example, he advised that a math class utilize a pumpkin to learn about the circumference. Costumes, parades, and parties, on the other hand, will not be on the agenda.
The elementary principals wrote, “While this may be a disappointment and/or an adjustment for some of our students/families at first, we promise to continue to offer alternative days throughout the school year that are full of fun and learning, for everyone.”
As for Valentine’s Day, the principals agreed that exchanging gifts often leads to “drama and teasing” among the older children. The schools announced they will hold “alternative” holidays during the year which will celebrate students’ academic achievements and behavioral goals. The letter did not explain how or when these festivities would take place.
The principals added, “Meanwhile, some families and students “do not feel comfortable with the idea of boys and girls exchanging valentines or participating in a celebration that focuses on ‘love.’ ”
East Lansing Public Schools
Schools are against students “focusing on love” but are introducing young children to graphic sex acts and birth control. They don’t want children to feel different based on their Halloween costumes but have no problem painting their white pupils as inherently racist and privileged.
Parents are more concerned about students getting their feelings hurt over a costume or card than the political propaganda being used to mold their children into social justice warriors. If families don’t start objecting to the radical curriculum their children are being taught, scary costumes are going to be the least of their worries.
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UK: Ministers could limit student numbers on lower-earning arts degrees
The government is considering new plans to limit the number of students studying creative arts and other degrees with lower salary returns as part of its spending review negotiations, the Guardian has learned.
With outstanding student loans reaching £140bn last year, the Treasury is understood to be keen to reduce the number of students in England studying courses producing lower salaries and therefore less likely to pay back their loans.
Sources say the Department for Education’s (DfE) review of post-18 education, promised alongside the spending review, is considering ways to limit numbers. There is speculation that they could use new minimum A-level grade requirements to raise the entry bar for some courses and therefore reduce numbers, especially in newer universities.
One source close to the government said: “They would like to control numbers in specific subjects. The Treasury is particularly obsessed with negative return in creative arts subjects.”
The universities regulator has already confirmed it will be cutting its funding for arts subjects by 50% – a move slammed as “catastrophic” by artists and musicians.
The fresh speculation has drawn an angry response from national university bosses. Prof Steve West, the president of the vice-chancellors’ group Universities UK and vice-chancellor of the University of the West of England, said: “Trying to pick off any subject areas would be arbitrary and inevitably fuelled by prejudice.”
He warned: “It would be a brave and foolish government to tell today’s GCSE students that there will be fewer opportunities at university for them than their older brothers and sisters had.”
Anne Carlisle, the vice-chancellor of Falmouth University, which specialises in creative courses, said restricting numbers of students would lead to fewer people working in the creative industries: “How amazing that this government should think they could do workforce planning like this.”
She said: “I think part of the problem is that this particular government appears to have fewer members who really engage in cultural and creative events. It feels like creative disciplines have been collectively forgotten by a group of people who are now coming up with simplistic assumptions about their worth.”
The government should give up its “crude segmentation” of science and technology and arts and design, when in reality the disciplines work together to solve complex problems, she said.
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Loudoun County Student Found Guilty of Bathroom Sexual Assault
The Loudoun County student accused of sexually assaulting a ninth-grade girl in a bathroom on May 28 was found guilty on all charges Monday.
The student, described as a biological male who was wearing a skirt at the time of the incident, sexually assaulted the victim in a girl's restroom at Stone Bridge High School. A judge concluded that the evidence presented was enough to convict the accused but will wait on the sentencing until the student is tried for a separate alleged assault at a different high school earlier this month.
"We are relieved that justice was served today for the Smith’s daughter," the victim's attorney, Bill Stanley of the Stanley Law Group, said in a statement. "This horrible incident has deeply affected the Smith family, and they are grateful for today’s outcome."
The Loudoun County Sheriff's Department said in an Oct. 13 statement that the boy in question had been charged with two counts of forcible sodomy back in July.
The victim’s father, Scott Smith, accused the school district of trying to cover up his daughter's assault to continue pushing transgender policies during a June 22 school board meeting. He was arrested and ultimately charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest following an altercation with a woman who said she doubted the validity of his daughter's rape.
At this board meeting, the superintendent said that "the predator transgender student or person simply does not exist," and, to his knowledge, "we don’t have any record of assaults occurring in our restrooms," according to The Daily Wire, which first reported the assault.
However, in an email dated May 28, the same day as the assault, the superintendent alerted school board members that an assault had been reported.
Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin has called for the resignations of the county's school board members after the email showed the school board had knowledge of the sexual assault, saying: "people who have not resigned, I don't understand how they can possibly go into their next school board meeting. How can they go into their next school board meeting and be expected to sit there and represent our kids' future when they covered this up?"
Stanley said in his statement that "The Smith family stands stronger than ever in moving forward to ensure that those responsible in the Loudoun County School system are held accountable, so that this may never happen again to anyone else’s child."
The family filed a lawsuit against the Loudoun County School District earlier this month.
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