Most school districts in the San Antonio area have forbidden teachers to show the President's speech to students in their classrooms next Tuesday morning, September 8. Only Edgewood ISD has had the courage to considers this an educational event and not a political one. We believe that political decisions should be made by elected representatives. Therefore, we urge citizens to contact their elected representatives, members of the various school boards, to express their dismay over the banning of the President's speech. The board members work for US, the voters, and the school administrators, who made these decisions, work for them. We should remind our elected representatives that they are the ones who are supposed to make political decisions that are subject to approval or disapproval by US, the voters. They should not abandon this responsibility to the superintendents, who are, after all, just the people they hire to run the schools. Here are links to the board web pages of some of the largest districts in the SA area:
San Antonio ISD: http://www.saisd.net/main/
(put the burden on teachers, allowing to show the speech but only if they have parent permission, and they have to provide an alternative lesson to any student withouth permission)
Northside ISD: http://www.nisd.net/genera
(banned all teachers from showing the speech)
North East ISD: http://www.neisd.net/regs/
(banned all teachers from showing the speech)
Judson ISD: http://www.judsonisd.org/d
Scherz Cibolo Universal City ISD: http://www.scuc.txed.net/b
Harlandale ISD: http://www.harlandale.net/
(the superintendent's statement is a broken link)
Edgewood ISD: http://www.eisd.net/201410
South San Antonio ISD: http://www.southsanisd.net
Fort Sam Houston ISD: http://www.fshisd.net/site
Comal ISD: http://www.comalisd.org/Bo
New Braunfels ISD: http://fc.newbraunfels.txe
Boerne ISD: http://www.boerne-isd.net/
If your own children are prevented from viewing the speech live at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, watch it with them after school at http://www.whitehouse.gov.
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