Texas parents denied access to their children's curriculum and textbooks...

Click on link below to view the article from The Texas Tribune:

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/06/28/texas-attorney-general-fort-worth-human-sexuality/

From the article:

Paxton claimed in the letter that district officials were repeatedly denying parents access to the curriculum or textbooks, which he said are in use in 22 schools across the district. He said children who asked to take their textbooks home or take a photo of the curriculum were denied.


Paxton cited state and federal laws that give parents access to "all written records of a school district concerning the parent's child" and "the right to inspect and review the education records of their children."

And

"We are disappointed Superintendent Kent Scribner's administration continues to violate the trust of parents, but we are grateful Attorney General Ken Paxton is standing up to defend parental rights in the Fort Worth ISD," said Zeb Pent, spokesperson for Stand for Fort Worth late Thursday.

Public schools should provide an environment and curriculum where all families feel comfortable including families of faith with traditional values.

Superintendent Quatrone’s Motion to Dismiss has been DENIED…

Link to “Decision on Motion to Dismiss” that I received today:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1thaxMYfOoimtRspFK8Kz1PTXxQhlc4Fe/view?usp=sharing

Mr. Quatrone was unsuccessful in getting any allegations of ethics violations against him dismissed.

As for his Board members, it was a mixed bag with some moving forward.

Past posts on the subject:

http://lodioverhaul.blogspot.com/2018/02/ethics-complaint-against-leto-cardone.html

http://lodioverhaul.blogspot.com/2018/04/response-to-motion-to-dismiss-by.html

NJEA member explains things well as a Star-Ledger Guest Columnist…

Link to column on nj.com:

https://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2018/06/im_an_njea_member_but_supreme_courts_unions_ruling.html

From the column:

“In 2016 -- the most recent year for which this data is available -- the NJEA gave their top leadership a 42 percent pay raise. On average, the fourteen officers identified as NJEA leaders earned more than $530,000 -- up from $379,000 the year before.”

And

“While the NJEA has been funneling teachers' dues into their salaries and political campaigns, they have run our Health & Welfare Benefits Fund into the ground. The fund --which is supposed to pay for benefits for active and retired teachers -- is now at least $151 million in the red, funded at just 29 percent of its obligations. Instead of dumping millions into campaign coffers and giving themselves healthy pay raises, the leadership of my union should have been finding a way to fund our health benefits.”