Time to Reconsider Government Schools
by Stephen Frank - January 16, 2020
First, we need to be clear. Public schools do not exist. These are government schools, run by the government, which in turn are run by special interests like unions, Planned Parenthood, the ACLU and more. Public schools are run by parents, teachers, administrators. Our government schools do not allow parents control of the curriculum, even when the classes abuse parental rights and prerogatives.
That brings me to SB 673 by Senator Morrell. A few days ago the bill was heard at a hearing in the Senate and immediately voted down. Why was this bill so important to parents, freedom of choice and religious freedom?
From WhatMatters, 1/16/20. : https://calmatters.org/newsletter/newsom-to-get-a-supreme-court-pick-while-lawmakers-fight-over-sex-education-and-corporate-taxes/
“Scores of Christian ministers, parents and grandparents packed a Senate hearing Wednesday urging passage of legislation that would have given parents greater power to shield grammar school children against what they fear is inappropriately explicit sex education.
The Democratic-controlled Senate Education Committee rejected the bill by Republican Sen. Mike Morrell of Rancho Cucamonga.
Under the bill, public schools would have required parents’ signatures specifically opting into sex education for children kindergarten-6th grade.
Senate staff analysis: “Comprehensive sexual health education in lower grades has always been, and remains, optional.”
Supporters: California Catholic Conference, California Family Council, Islamic Shura Council of Southern California and California Right to Life Committee.
Opponents: California Medical Association, PTA, ACLU, California Federation of Teachers and Planned Parenthood.”
The California government schools MANDATED sex education starts in kindergarten. Many school districts, like the Oak Park District in Ventura County tried to hide this from the parents by announcing it at the last moment and making it difficult for parents to see the curriculum. It should be noted that government schools teach sex-ed in EVERY class, from biology to English, math and history. While there is a main curriculum for sex-ed, it flows into all the classes, making it impossible for parents to take their children out of the class for lessons that could only be described as pornographic.
In some grade levels they teach kids about how to reach Planned Parenthood in many schools Planned Parenthood actually “teaches” the class), how to avoid pregnancy, not by abstinence but by “other” sexual activities graphically described.
There are two problems. First, government schools keep information to a minimum from parents. They wait till the last minute to inform parents about curriculum and classes that emotionally abuse the children. Abused? Government schools use curriculum to challenge and oppose what children learn from parents and their Faith. Government schools work hard to normalize what many religious institutions, oppose. Indeed, what the Bible warns against. How confused are the kids when on Sunday they learn about morals and values. Then on Monday told by their teacher what they learned in Church and by their parents is wrong and immoral.
Second, government schools use one sided curriculum to indoctrinate the students—against the wishes or knowledge of the parents. State law is clear—parents are allowed to opt out their kids from such classes. That is the wrong attitude. The law, and what Sen. Morrell wanted was a change in the law, so parents had to opt-in to the curriculum,. Even then this sexual expression of government values is pervasive in almost all our classes—sometimes as a lesson, other times at part of a lesson.
The bottom line is that parents that want quality education for their children need to rethink government schools. Can they be trusted? Are they safe? Do they provide education or indoctrination? Do government schools promote or depress vigorous thought and debate?
As parents we have the first responsibility to our children and their future. We pay the penalty for poor schools, bigoted classrooms. Promotion of hedonistic sexual mores are paid for by parents raising their childrens, childrens, handling the promotion of disrespect and abuse of those who disagree with them.
Failed government schools can no longer be ignored. Parents, and the community need to speak up, vote against those who have harmed our kids. At the end of the day, we need to decide the community we want our children to learn in. That is our responsibility. It is time to rethink our support of government schools. They have failed us and our children.
Stephen Frank is Senior Contributing Editor of California Political Review. Read California news that is incisive, hard-hitting, and solution-oriented with a free subscription to Steve’s daily emails at http://eepurl.com/UAspv
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