[This so-called Million Mom March is getting more and more
political by the hour. Only the Clintonistas would have been so
bold as to offer this new way to get people to attend. --MS]
Maryland School Spent Taxpayer Money,
Offered Credit, to Promote Million Mom March
5/13/00 By Susan Jones, CNS Morning Editor
Some of the people taking part in this weekend's marches for and
against gun control will be Maryland high school students -
marching for credit that will count toward their graduation
requirements.
The idea of a public school system endorsing political activism
has some parents upset.
"Advocating for various sides of issues is part of the learning
process," Montgomery County schools spokesperson Kate Harrison
told the Washington Times. "It's part of the learning process.
It's part of the democratic process."
If that's so, why did county school officials distribute a flier
endorsing only the Million Mom March (which is expected to
attract far less than a million people)?
School officials admit that the PTA fliers sent home with
students endorsed only the Million Mom March. Those fliers did
not mention the Second Amendment Sisters rally, school officials
explained, because that pro-gun group did not contact the county,
as the "Million Mom" people did.
As proof of its organizational prowess, the Million Mom
organizers specifically asked Montgomery County schools to let
students attending the march count that time toward their
"student service learning" requirement.
Even though the Second Amendment Sisters didn't request it, time
spent at that march will also count toward the graduation credit.
Montgomery County schools require students to perform 75 hours of
community service before receiving their diplomas.
"We don't recruit kids," Kristine Leary, the "service learning"
official who agreed to give students credit for taking part in
this weekend's marches. "We just provide information on an
opportunity," she told the Washington Times.
But some parents were offended by the school system's endorsement
of the Million Mom March. "Schools should not be in politics,"
parent Terry McCoy told the Times.
However, the national PTA and some of its local chapters do
support gun control in general and the Million Mom March in
particular.
Joan Carol, the principal of North Bethesda Middle School in
Montgomery County, told the Washington Times she "had no idea"
some parents might find the Million Mom March objectionable.
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