Pro-Obama

It may be too soon to tell for sure, but Monday was the day by which I wanted to hear about (or see) some changes in the way certain Merrimack High School teachers were favoring President Obama in class…and I have.

Not everyone has reported back yet but everything points to an effort at demonstrating some nonpartisan behavior. Where there previously was just Obama, I am told there is now Obama and Romney. Where this treatment was not possible, the pro-Obama messaging has, for the moment, been removed. That was all I was looking for. Some balance, and if that was not possible the absence of obvious bias, particularly in the instruction.

Will this first effort translate into more balanced classroom conversation lead by teachers with that previously obvious bias?

I have received a number of reports of teachers in the Merrimack High School actively promoting a specific presidential candidate. This appears to take several forms. I have reports of posters, temporary messages encouraging students to assist a single campaign–with contact info, and then the typical teacher injecting their own preferences into the class discussion on an almost daily basis, also known as biased propagandizing and political indoctrination on the taxpayer dime.

Let me be clear. All these offenses, and there appear to be several and many, promote President Obama’s re-election with little or no effort to provide any kind of ongoing or daily balance for or toward his opponent. As class leaders, role models, and public servants, this is unethical, and very likely illegal.

This has been going on for weeks and I just want it to stop.

So how do we go about making it stop?

Developing….Political Bias in Merrimack High School…Evolves

Developing…Merrimack High School Teachers Indoctrinating Students?