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AFA of PA ACTION ALERT
September 8, 2009
Today’s Speech to America’s School Children
It seems President Obama has changed course on his speech. Click here to read the text.
But still parents do not trust Obama and his administration. One reason can be found in Farmington, Utah where last week parents found out that their children were subjected to a pro-Obama Hollywood propaganda video. “In the clip, a parade of entertainers vow to flush their toilets less, buy hybrid vehicles, end poverty and world hunger, and commit to "service" for "change." Actress Demi Moore leads the glitterati in a collective promise "to be a servant to our president." Musician Anthony Kiedis pledges ‘to be of service to Barack Obama.’” Click here to read Michele Malkin’s complete article.
Additionally, Matt Barber of Liberty Counsel discovered the actions of the administration and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan are against the law! Duncan sent a letter to school principals, sidestepping school boards and superintendents, “encouraging” them to stop regular class time so classes could tune into Obama’s live speech on Tuesday. The US Department of Education provided lesson plans, sample activities and questions that teachers could use to promote the event. The letter went on to encourage teachers to “build background knowledge about the president by reading books about Barack Obama.”
However, Federal law specifically forbids Obama, Duncan or any officer from exercising “any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system.” 20 U.S.C. § 3403.
There has been outrage among parents, but also school boards and superintendents are not happy that the President has chosen to ignore their authority. Some parents have kept their kids home today. Many schools are taping the speech for review by the school board and administrators before showing it to the students. Some will seek parental permission before showing it at all.
Action Steps:
1.) Check your school district’s website to see if they are providing parents with information about the president’s speech. Click here and then on your county and finally on ‘School District” on the left side bar on this page. Let the school know your opinion on the President speaking to America’s school children.
2.) President Obama’s speech is supposed to be streamed live here.
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