Do we Know whether Springfield Public Schools is allowing or supporting this?
Fred
"To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men"
-Abraham Lincoln
Please help us get this information into the hands of as many people as
possible by forwarding it to your entire e-mail list of family and friends.
If your child's school allows "Day of Silence" propaganda, keep your child at
home April 17
April 7, 2009
Dear Jim,
The Day of Silence, which is sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight
Education Network (GLSEN), fast approaches. This year it will take place in
most public schools on April 17. On this day, thousands of public high schools
and increasing numbers of middle schools will allow students to remain silent
throughout an entire day-even during instructional time-to promote GLSEN's
socio-political goals and its controversial, unproven, and destructive theories
on the nature and morality of homosexuality.
Parents must actively oppose this hijacking of the classroom for political
purposes. Please join the national effort to restore to public education a
proper understanding of the role of government-subsidized schools. You can help
de-politicize the learning environment by calling your child out of school if
your child's school allows students to remain silent during instructional time
on the Day of Silence.
Parents should no longer passively countenance the political usurpation of
public school classrooms through student silence.
If students will be permitted to remain silent, parents can express their
opposition most effectively by calling their children out of school on the Day
of Silence and sending letters of explanation to their administrators, their
children’s teachers, and all school board members. One reason this is effective
is that most school districts lose money for each student absence.
School administrators err when they allow the classroom to be disrupted and
politicized by granting students permission to remain silent throughout an
entire day.
Visit this website for complete information on opposing the Day of Silence.
Take Action!
1. Call your local schools and ask whether they permit students or teachers to
remain silent in the classroom on “Day of Silence.” IMPORTANT: Do not ask any
administrator, school board member, or teacher if the school sponsors,
endorses, or supports DOS. Schools do not technically sponsor the Day of
Silence. Technically, it is students, often students in the gay-straight
alliance, who sponsor it. Many administrators will tell you that they do not
sponsor the DOS when, in fact, they do permit students and sometimes even
teachers to remain silent during instructional time. Also ask administrators
whether they permit teachers to create lesson plans to accommodate student
silence.
2. Find out what date the event is planned for your school. (The national date
in 2009 is April 17, but some schools observe DOS on a different date).
3. Inform the school of your intention to keep your children home on that date
and explain why. (A sample letter is available.)
For more information or questions, visit Day of Silence Walkout.
Thank you for caring enough to get involved. If you feel our efforts are worthy
of support, would you consider making a small tax-deductible contribution to
help us continue?
Sincerely,
Donald E. Wildmon,
Founder and Chairman
American Family Association
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