For many years we as parents didn’t really pay much attention. But all that has definitely changed. We are all very much on high alert in our School districts. The radar is out and parents are watching what the schools and teachers are teaching, and we may have Covid to thank for that.
Kids’ classroom work was all done at home and we could see firsthand some of the things being taught and how it was going. And I do believe to an extent the boldness and brazenness of progressives in the school have also helped cause a great education awakening in involvement.
Do you know the full extent of what’s being taught and pushed in you’re school?
They might be sneaky about some topics but in some school districts, they are right out in your face with things that just don’t have a place to be taught in public schools. Or dare I say pushed in public schools.
Take for instance the Monadnock Regional High School located in Swanzey. Someone inside the school has a bent on pushing LGBTQ everywhere you turn inside the school. Classrooms have signs on the doors with a rainbow and the words “safe space.”
There are several posters plastered on a hallway towards the back of the school where the public probably won’t walk through. And as if that wasn’t enough -remember prom king and queen? Well, how about prom queen and queen?
I really wish that was a joke but it’s not. A queen’s court where the prom queen and queen were crowned. That’s what they had this year.
Funny thing though, in the effort to try to go overboard and make someone feel comfortable they are literally making way more people uncomfortable and feeling excluded. I thought we had laws against that?
Following the same sort of standards, I wonder if there would be any complaints if a student, or better yet, teacher hung up the Christian flag on all of the classroom doors with a note saying safe space to pray?
My bet is that it wouldn’t even make the five-minute mark.
We really aren’t that picky. We just want the focus to be on, oh I don’t know – reading, writing, arithmetic, history, and science. Such radical ideas I know, I know!
However, we, as concerned parents, chose to abandon the schools in favor of homeschooling to avoid this sort of crap. It sounded like a solid idea and I did it with my kids for several years. But now we should not wonder why things are the way they are.
Homeschooling options are great if you can make it work. Remember not everyone can. Whether home school, private school, or public school, we should not abandon the schools in our community. If you homeschool your kids or they attend a private school, that’s great! Please consider still being involved in and attending school board meetings because it’s still your tax dollars and it’s still your community.
What kind of community would you like to see?
If you live in the Monadnock Regional School District (MRSD) please attend the school board meetings to voice concerns that the focus is on the actual education of the children. If you cannot attend please share your thoughts via email.
Lisa Witte – superintendent
lwitte@mrsd.org
Jeremy Rathburn – assistant superintendent
jrathbun@mrsd.org
