A Maryland school board has fought back against political indoctrination in our schools. May other school boards profit from their example.
FNC: “A Maryland school board has moved to adopt a new policy on political symbols that could ban items like the rainbow pride flag in public school classrooms after members said teachers were ‘bullied’ into displaying pride flags that were recently donated by an LGBTQ group.
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The Carroll County school board has voted to develop a new flag policy that may only allow the U.S. flag, Maryland state flag and Carroll County flags to be displayed in classrooms. The vote last week came after a collection of small rainbow Pride flags was donated to Carroll County Public Schools by the Westminster chapter of PFLAG, a national LGBTQ group, and schools staff members were encouraged to display them as support for the LGBTQ community.”
A school board leading by example
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Caitlin Edmondson, a Carroll County parent, told press that, “The pride flags that are being forced upon teachers do not solely represent the gay community. They also represent gender identity and transgender ideology,” she said. “As a parent of a 6-year-old in CCPS, it is very concerning that anyone would think it is OK to push these agendas on our youngest and most vulnerable.”
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Superintendent Steven Lockard said during a recent board meeting that, “Our students are a captive audience and as such need to be protected from all political agendas, both from the right and the left. I also respect the rights of teachers to work in a non-hostile work environment, deliver an effective lesson and support all kids in the best way that they can, but we require that they do it in a politically neutral way that creates a safe space for every student in our schools. However, many teachers have reached out to me saying that they’ve been pressured or bullied to put flags in their classroom, and that’s a problem that needs to be addressed.” He wasn’t the only school board leader upset. “These flags were shoved down teachers’ throats to put on their desk – that’s not inclusive,” added school board President Kenneth Kiler. “That’s not the way it ought to be.”
“What this does is open up a gateway for other flags to come into our schools that other people will not like,” said school board member Tara Battaglia. “We’ve already banned the Confederate flag, and that was done a couple of years ago. … The premise behind the Pride flag was social advocacy … which is political.”
The local group Concerned Parents of Carroll County said in a statement, “We support the board’s decision to revisit the flag policy and fully back the recommendations by its members to restrict the use of flags/symbols to the U.S., Maryland state and county flags,” the group said. “The coordinated effort by our school system to make every classroom a billboard for political and social justices causes was a step too far that disrupted the learning environment and divided our community. Teachers and parents alike want a returned focus on providing an academic education to our students.”
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Glad that school district put a foot down on the flags allowed in class. The teachers did have a choice to not take the given flags. The group needs to hear the answer “NO” and understand that people have a choice to say no.
The LGBTQ must some how recruit for the future and they need to stay away from students and schools !
There is no way the LGBTQ can reproduce membership among themselves because they can not stand the opposite sex so they try to get children to accept their way of life at an early age ! It is heart warming to see School Boards stand up to them and not allow them to get a foot hold in the schools .