University Schools, a K-12 charter school in Greeley, will not be participating in Obama’s indoctrination of school children.  

University is part of Greeley Evans District 6.  The district isn’t saying no.  It’s leaving the decision up to individual teachers.  The administration’s official statement on Obama’s really bad idea is below:

Principals:

Over the last day or two, we’ve had a few parents and community members call schools and the district office asking if we were planning a mass broadcast of a presidential message to students in all District 6 classrooms on Tuesday, September 8.

While there will be an Internet webcast of a presidential message on education on September 8 at 10 a.m., we have not been mandated as a district to broadcast this into all schools and have all student participate, and we have no plans to do so.

 

Schools will have a regular day on Tuesday, following their regular schedules and curriculum. Individual teachers may, at their discretion, choose to show the webcast in their classrooms if it is appropriate for the curriculum of the class (for example, a high school class studying U.S. government and current events). The message being webcast, as we understand it, is to urge students to work hard, set education goals, and take responsibility for their learning. If you care to learn more about the president’s upcoming webcast, please see the U.S. Department of Education’s website, www.ed.gov

 

For those classrooms that do choose to watch the webcast, students (or their parents) who do not wish to participate should be allowed to opt out; students who opt out should be given an alternative learning activity during the webcast.

So the district isn’t mandating but if teachers believe watching Obama’s ”creepy” speech is appropriate then teachers an their students may do so.   Call your child’s teachers and find out his or her intention. 

For the record, I’m not completely opposed to the speech.  I would let my kids watch Obama…if I could lead the discussion about Obama’s narcassism and the cult of personality immediately afterwards.  Actually that could be fun.

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