by Ed Sperry, Col. USAF, (ret), Stevensville
Your school board needs attention. You may be over 60 and have left concerns about schools to those with school age kids. Mistake! You pay taxes, you own the school and you care about what the kids are learning. Don’t let others decide what is taught. There are many influences at work on our school curricula. We want the basics such as reading, writing and math and what used to be called civics. Our schools are no place for sexual identity issues, assuring equity (scale down to the dumbest), attacks on religion, indoctrination against our noble history. I name but a few of what is on the current national curriculum menu.
I’m not saying our schools have all kinds of issues such as these. I’m saying you and I don’t know! Boards and curricula tend to be opaque.
In Stevensville and perhaps other valley schools the May 2nd school election will determine who sits on this vital board. If there are problems they will be the ones that have to have the guts to fix it. They should also address school safety in light of recent school invasions. There will surely be resistance to many changes that may be needed. Afterall, the teachers union is well entrenched. School elections are usually ignored by many voters. We must not let this be decided by a few activists.
hsabin says
Judge Sperry – Great comment and you are correct. Oldsters MUST remain engaged in what kids learn today. I taught remedial reading at the COLLEGE LEVEL for years which shows what the schools are achieving. IF GOMEZ doesn’t know what is going on in the schools he is part of the problem with education today isn’t he?
Gomez says
Please give SPECIFIC, concrete examples of these so called “sins” in our local Montana schools that you’d like to address. Not vague, Fox News talking points, but examples of actual policies in actual local schools that you think need to be addressed.
Gomez says
“Our schools are no place for sexual identity issues, assuring equity (scale down to the dumbest), attacks on religion, indoctrination against our noble history.”
Please give SPECIFIC, concrete examples of these so called “sins” in our local schools that you’d like to address. Not vague, Fox News talking points, but actual examples of policies in our local schools that you think need to be addressed. Thanks in advance.
Bridget Dolan says
They can’t.
Gregory Allen Carver says
Hard to put any stock in comments that only argument is the quote ” vague Fox News”.
Gomez says
OK, let’s do it this way. Please give SPECIFIC, concrete examples of policies in our local schools that you’d like to address. Provide actual examples of sexual identity issues, assuring equity, attacks on religion, or indoctrination against our history in our Bitterroot schools that you find offensive and believe need to be changed..