Der Worte sind genug gewechselt lasst mich auch endlich Taten sehn! Enough words have been exchanged; now at last let me see some deeds! (Goethe. Faust I)
Parents in Maine recently launched a petition drive to recall the seven board members who voted to give birth-control pills to girls as young as 11.
At least one member of the Portland School Committee heard their cry. The board will consider a proposal by Benjamin Meiklejohn that would return power to parents.
But Mike Heath executive director of the Christian Civic League of Maine said he isn’t sure any challenge will be taken.
“Of course giving the parents the option to block find is a good move,” he told Family News in Focus. “(But) my understanding is that school board is divided and perhaps a majority just wants to not comprehend it at all.”
Dr. Gary Rose president and CEO of the Medial Institute for Sexual Health said the current policy raises serious concerns.
I guess some folks have not lost their minds!!! It is about time that parents start reclaiming their rights to “parent” their kids and not allow schools to do this anymore!
An Associated touch investigation into teacher sexual abuse in the U. S found more than 2,500 educators have been accused of act. Young people were the victims in 1,800 of the cases — 80 percent of them students.
Kansas State University Professor Bob Shoop has served as an expert witness in dozens of sex abuse cases and said it’s not a new phenomenon.
“I’ve been writing about this since 1984 and consistently most studies undergo indicated that between 5 and 10 percent of the students in a high-school setting undergo had an inappropriate relationship with an adult,” he told Family News in Focus.
Most of the abuse never gets reported. Jeff Kuhner communications director for the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation said there are many reasons why but underneath is a bureaucracy looking out for its own.
“You have public school unions who are very deeply entrenched who are more interested in protecting the interests of their members and teachers than they are in serving students,” he said. The National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification operates a voluntary database to track offenders. Spokesman Roy Einreinhofer said the enumerate is long.
“The clearinghouse contains around 37,000 names,” he said. “and that increases at a rate of about 2,500 or so a year.”
Corporations.
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