Parents of students at a school in Northern France have expressed anger at a suggestion by a teacher that would see the students visit a makeshift migrant camp in Calais as part of an upcoming class trip. A philosophy teacher at a high school in Valenciennes sent an email to her students regarding the trip to
Miami School Board Rejects Recognizing ‘LGBTQ History Month’
The Miami-Dade School Board overwhelmingly voted to reject recognizing October as âLGBTQ History Month.â After listening to three hours of heated debate, the board voted 8-1 Wednesday evening to strike down the measure that would also have included teaching 12th graders about Supreme Court cases Obergefell v. Hodges (inventing the constitutional right to gay marriage)
TX School District Confirms Fourth Student Killed by Fentanyl: ‘A Precious Child’
Officials with Hays Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) in Texas said Wednesday they lost another student to a fentanyl overdose. Four students have now died of fentanyl or suspected fentanyl overdoses in the past few months, according to the school district, KVUE reported. In a letter to the CISD family posted Wednesday, school officials said an
U.S. Customs Officer Under Probe for Showing Porn During School Presentation
Authorities in South Texas say they are investigating a federal customs officer who inadvertently showed pornographic content during a school presentation this week. The incident took place this week at Sharyland North Junior High in McAllen, Texas, where a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer was making a presentation to minors. According to CBP Public…
Leftists Crushed in School Boards Across Florida
Florida flipped multiple major school boards from liberal to conservative Tuesday evening, continuing a nationwide trend of parents taking back control of public schools. Florida school board elections have been a major political battleground this cycle, with big names like Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Rep. Byron Donalds (R) making endorsements and joining the campaign…
Colorado School District Directs Staff to Address Children by Chosen Gender
Coloradoâs Thompson School District is the latest to make national waves over its policies in handling confused children, urging schools to ârespectfullyâ accept a childâs chosen gender, regardless of a medical or mental health diagnosis. The district, which covers Loveland, Colorado, has a five page guidance detailing how teachers, staff, and schools should handle students who…
Parents Demand Resignations, Pull Donations After All-Girls School Announces Plan to Admit M2F Trans Students
Parents, donors, and alumni of Harpeth Hall, an all-girls school in Nashville, Tennessee, are pulling donations and calling for the resignations of several school officials who they believe have been âenablers of political activism and division.â The call from parents, alumni, and donors comes shortly after the all-girls school announced that they would be allowing…
All-Girls’ School Ditches Policy that Would Have Allowed Boys to Attend After Pushback
Harpeth Hall, a private all-girlsâ school in Nashville, Tennessee, has backed off a policy that would have allowed boys who identify as girls to attend the school after pushback from the community. The all-girlsâ school announced that they would âpauseâ the adoption of a framework that would have allowed boys who identify as girls to…
Man Goes on Stabbing Spree in Chinese Kindergarten, the Latest in Primary School Assault Wave
Police officers in southeast Chinaâs Jiangxi province arrested a 48-year-old man on Wednesday on suspicion of perpetrating a fatal stabbing at a private kindergarten in Jiangxiâs Anfu county that day that killed three people and injured six others, Chinaâs state-run Global Times reported. The newspaper cited an original report by Chinaâs official state press agency,…
Report: California School District Spending $20K on ‘Woke Kindergarten’ Which Aims to ‘Disrupt Whiteness’
A California school district is reportedly spending tens of thousands of dollars on an organization called âWoke Kindergarten,â which focuses on âsupporting children, families, educators and organizations in their commitment to abolitionist early education and pro-black and queer and trans liberation.â According to reports, the Golden Stateâs Hayward Unified School District recently contacted the organization for a…
Parent Who Criticized CRT at Illinois School Board Meeting Speaks Out
People talk before the start of a rally against “critical race theory” (CRT) being taught in schools, at the Loudoun County Government center in Leesburg, Va., on June 12, 2021. (Andrew Cballlero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) âCritical race theoryâ (CRT) and ideologies related to it have become embedded in U.S. school systems. The doctrine that America […]
VA School District to Appeal Ruling Reinstating Gym Coach Who Refused to Use Trans Pronouns
The Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) plans to appeal a judgeâs reinstatement of a high school gym coach who refused to address trans students by their preferred pronouns. The Virginia school district put gym teacher Byron âTannerâ Cross on leave after he cited his Christian faith in opposition to the proposed Policy 8040, which would…
Report: Unvaccinated Students âNumberedâ with Sharpie and Tracked at High School Prom
Unvaccinated students attending the Exeter, New Hampshire, high school prom were ânumberedâ with a sharpie pen and then tracked throughout the evening, a New Hampshire parental rights advocate reported. Ann Marie Banfield, who writes at the blog Granite Grok, reported New Hampshire Rep. Melissa Litchfield, who represents the Brentwood district, posted to Facebook Tuesday that…
North Carolina Student Denied High School Diploma After Wearing Mexican Flag over Graduation Gown
A student at Asheboro High School in Asheboro, North Carolina, was denied his diploma on Thursday after wearing a Mexican flag over his graduation gown at the commencement ceremony. âI just gotta represent â I did it for my family. They came over here to give me a better future,â explained Ever Lopez of why he showed…
Fauci: Unvaccinated Students ‘Should Wear a Mask’ in School in the Fall
On Fridayâs broadcast of CNNâs âSituation Room,â White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci stated that kids should be back in in-person school in the fall, but unvaccinated students âshould wear a mask.â Host Wolf Blitzer asked, âYouâve said that elementary school kids, young kids probably wonât get vaccinated until the end of this year.…
Iran: U.S. âTerrorist Regimeâ Responsible for Afghanistan School Massacre
Iranâs Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated terrorist organization, issued a statement on Monday describing the bombing attack on a girlsâ school in Kabul, Afghanistan, as part of a âplot by Americansâ to bring âterrorism, war, and insecurity to Afghanistan.â Saturdayâs bombing in Kabul targeted young girls emerging from a school with multiple explosive…
Report: School Boards Emerge as the Next Political Battleground
As far-left Democrats continue to disagree with Republicans on reopening schools, local school boards are viewed as the next big political battleground. Schools, as Axios reports, have usually been a very nonpartisan, middle-of-the-road institution. Recently, especially since the start of the Chinese coronavirus, they have been in the center of the political landscape. Far-left Democrats and…
Anti-Critical Race Theory School Curriculum Candidates Win Big in Texas Town With 70 Percent of Vote
Voters in Southlake, Texas, a suburb of the Dallas/Fort Worth area, gave school board and city council candidates who oppose putting critical race theory in public school curriculums 70 percent of the vote in an election on Saturday. The election comes nine months after the Carroll Independent School District introduced a proposal to install so-called…
VIDEO: Driver Allegedly Smashes School Bus Window, Runs over Bus Driver in NYC
Police are searching for a man who allegedly smashed a school bus window then intentionally ran over a school bus driver in a road rage incident in New York City. WABC reported that the incident took place around 5:00 p.m. Friday in the East New York section of Brooklyn. A video of the incident showed…
Arizona School Board Plans Superintendent Retirement Party, Cancels Student Prom Citing Pandemic
The school board of the Chandler Unified School District (CUSD) in Arizona is planning to hold a retirement event for its outgoing superintendent but has already cancelled and restricted student end-of-year activities citing the coronavirus pandemic. According to a report at the Daily Wire, the school board will host a farewell reception for Dr. Camille…
Issa: Newsom Has ‘Statewide Edicts’ on Closures, But Is ‘Hands-Off’ on School Re-Openings
On Wednesdayâs broadcast of the Fox News Channelâs âFox & Friends,â Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) criticized California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) for having statewide rules on business restrictions, but being âhands-offâ when it comes to school re-openings. Issa stated, âOne of the important things to understand in California is, our governor has statewide edicts, one after…
Brooks: Biden Hasn’t Had Many Errors Other Than ‘One Little Error’ on School Re-Opening
On Fridayâs âPBS NewsHour,â New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Joe Biden has had a âprofessional organizationâ and hasnât had many mistakes other than âone little errorâ on âwhen schools are going to re-open.â Brooks said, âHeâs amazingly done very well at holding the Democratic Party together, which was not natural. I think heâs…
Baylor U. Students Demand School Remove Statue of Namesake Judge Baylor
Students at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, are demanding the school remove a statue of Judge Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor â the namesake and co-founder of the university â from campus. Student protesters took a photo in front of the Judge Baylor statue, holding Black Lives Matter signs and dressed in all black clothing on…
New York City School Asks Parents to Rank Their âWhitenessâ
The principal of a public school in New York City has sent out literature that asked parents to âreflectâ on their âwhitenessâ with a ranked list of âWhite Identities,â the New York Post confirmed Tuesday. Parents whose children attend the East Side Community School reportedly viewed a ranked list of âThe 8 White Identities,â ranging from…
Biden Says Adminâs One Day Per Week School Plan Was âMistake In Communicationâ
President Joe Biden says it was a âmistake in communicationâ when White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that schools would be considered âopenâ if they held in-person classes one day per week Feb. 9. Psaki said at the time that the Biden administrationâs goal was to have âmostâ K-8 schools âopenâ within the first…
GOP Rep. Wenstrup: CDC Backpedaling on School Re-Openings Due to ‘Pressure from Above’
On Mondayâs broadcast of the Fox News Channelâs âFox & Friends,â Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) accused the Biden administration of caving to teachersâ unions on re-opening schools and stated that CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky is walking back her prior advice on re-opening schools due to âpressure from above.â Wenstrup said [relevant remarks begin around…
CNN’s Cuomo on NYC School Closure: ‘Why Close the Schools?’ ‘What’s Magic’ about a 3% Positivity Rate?
On Thursdayâs broadcast of CNNâs âCuomo Primetime,â host Chris Cuomo criticized New York Cityâs closure of schools by wondering, âThe rate in the city is 3%. Whatâs magic about 3%? The rate in the schools is .17%. Why close the schools? Why not close everything else before you close the schools?â Cuomo said, âI am…
How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Practice and Medical School
The National Virtual Medical Orchestra plays “Nessun Dorma” by Giacomo Puccini, sung by Tracey Welborn, registered nurse and tenor. The orchestra performs its Christmas concert December 17, presented by Carnegie Hall. Tracey Welborn, RN, did not expect he’d be singing “Nessun Dorma” â the well-known aria from Puccini’s opera Turandot â with a national orchestra made…