Bush comes to Wisconsin High School, dictates what kids wear

[WI_DEM]

Bush is coming to a Richland County HS today and his campaign has dictated that the students cannot wear any pro-Kerry clothing or buttons or protest in any manner or they will risk expulsion.

http://www.dailykos.com/

[skylarmae]

1. why is this being allowed? Where are these Kerry parents

to object to this. What recourse have we?

[RevolutionStartsNow]

2. What? Is this from the campaign or the school?

I would keep my kid home in protest. Or is that "protesting in any manner"?

This is so so wrong.

[aden_nak]

3. So I shouldn't Fex-Ex them some "Bush Is A Fucktard" shirts?

[maine_raptor]

4. Expulsion????

For the free exercise of the First Amendment.

Has anybody informed the School Board that this MIGHT be a bit of an overkill?

Or don't they bother to teach Civics in that system anymore?

Maybe the School Board ought to audit a class or two.

[Droopy]

13. That seems a little steep to me also

At the most I can see removing kids that start heckling Bush and just keeping them away from the proceedings for the duration. That's it. Anything more is excessive.

[Bluzmann57]

5. Did the young men have to get haircuts

and dress up in grey suits? Did the young ladies have to wear knee high socks and knee length skirts? Personally if my kid attended that school, I'd encourage him or her to wear anti bush stuff and scream at the top of their lungs. Then when they got kicked out, I'd take it to the media and sue the school district for a ton of money. The taxpayers who are funding the school may then wake up to the facism of the bush gang.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

11. Maybe they will listen to Toby Keith and the Country Nazi Mafia....

"sing" about how great Bush is and they will have a marching band and Swastika Flag Team too!

:puke:

:wtf:???

[displacedtexan]

27. Do bangs have to be 1/2 inch above the eyebrows?

What a crock!

[GeorgeBushytail]

6. Contact info for the school and district. Let 'em have it!!!

Richland Center High School
23200 Hornet High Rd
Richland Center, WI 53581

Phone: [phone]
http://www.richland.k12.wi.us/HS/index.htm

The principal's name is: John Cler [e-mail]

email the district at: [e-mail]

I've already called and said I'm bringing a load of Kerry t-shirts to hand out on Thursday.

From kos:
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A friend with a child in the Richland County,WI high school where George Bush appears today reports the following. Students were told they could not wear any pro-Kerry clothing or buttons or protest in any manner, at the risk of expulsion. After a parent inquired, an alternative activity will be provided, probably a movie being shown in an auditorium. (The school secretary reportedly said that students had the choice of just staying home if they didn't want to attend the Bush rally, but the principal subsequently offered an alternative.)

If Bush comes to a high school, how dare his campaign dictate what students can wear?
This is out of control.
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[capriccio]

21. Right on! nt

[MsTryska]

28. Watch the movie be "Stolen Honor". nt

nt

[GeorgeBushytail]

36. Superintendent of Schools contact info

Rachel Schultz
608-647-6106

[rog]

43. Another thing that's going on, re: this visit

I sent this item about the school ban to a friend of mine who lives out that way and got this response:

(Name removed) told me that someone has removed all the Kerry Edwards signs along Hwy 14 west of Mazomanie and through Spring Green and on the road that Bush will take from Spring Green to Richland Center. I am not sure why they bothered with the Mazomanie to Spring Green signs since I think Bush will be approaching Spring Green from the other side coming from Onolaska. A bunch of folks from Mazo are going to go to Spring Green and demonstrate along the road, but it's pretty ad hoc, since Bush's route was not released until this morning. I wish I didn't have to work today, I would have liked to have gone to Spring Green and given the weasel the number one sign the way (name removed) did when Bush visited Janesville.

.rog.

[kostya]

48. E-mail sent to school and contact info to friends

suggest everyone pass this one around and inundate them. Let them know that taxpayers don't pay to have their kids' rights suspended. Geez, what kind of nazi school is this anyway? - K

:wtf:

[Streetdoc270]

7. they should wear

A plain black hooded jacket

[progressivebydesign]

12. absolutely... a subtle, yet effective statement.

I suspect a lot of black hoodies are going to be sold now.

[Z_I_Peevey]

15. That is a most excellent idea. eom

[gardenista]

8. Expulsion? I wonder if attendance is mandatory? nt

[FightingIrish]

9. Maybe they will get to hear him read a story.

[AnIndependentTexan]

10. sorry about posting a duplicate didn't see this post here

I should have looked better, but this it a outrage. What happen to Americans having freedom of choice?

[tkmorris]

34. I hate to digress from the topic but

I just have to point out that the freedoms we are so outraged to see being diluted by this administration have long been witheld from our children in the public school system. What they can say, what they can wear, their right to privacy, you name it, schools have dictated it.

I once yanked my son out of a Florida panhandle high school because it decreed one year that students were required to have clear backpacks. No bags of any kind, including girl's purses, were allowed unless they were made of absolutely transparent plastic. Can you just imagine a 10'th grade girl with severe esteem issues being required to advertise when she had her menstrual cycle?

[Weembo]

14. Amen to wearing the plain black hoodie

[Bunny]

16. I didn't read the article. Is this a public school?

Can this be legal? Expel a kid for wearing a Kerry t-shirt? Bushland Uber Alles, for christ sake!

[AnIndependentTexan]

18. look at GeorgeBushytail post which is number 6 in posting

[vireo]

17. Janesville (WI) schools forbid campaign events such as this.

This is an example of why that is probably a good policy.

[ciaobox]

19. Can they wear Black Hoodies?

LOL

[RevolutionStartsNow]

22. That's it

Black "MOSH" Hoodies. The administration won't even get it.

[prayin4rain]

20. Huh? A public school?

:wtf:

I am just dumbfounded. Huh? What?

[Davis_X_Machina]

23. Tinker v. DesMoines is dead.

Welcome to the One-Party State.

¿como se dice 'PRI' en ingles?

[RevolutionStartsNow]

24. we only need one contact at this school

one pro-Kerry kid (hell just a pro-free speech kid!), with a cell phone or IM can get the word out to the rest of the kids.

anyone have ideas on how to find just one kid there?

[yellowcanine]

25. Are they allowed to wear pro * stuff? If so, this is outragious. Why

can Bush hold campaign events at high schools anyway? Shouldn't those kids be concentrating on their schoolwork?

[MooPie]

26. This needs to be blasted to the news.

This is outrageous! This is out and out fascism and makes me furious. And this is not the first time either. Remember the graduation ceremony in Ohio (I believe) where students we told that if they protested they would not graduate? What has happened to our nation? What country am I living in? Why isn't the press all over this? Arrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhhh.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

31. Just realized that this is TODAY

But you can bet other schools are following suit.

I hope some kids protested.

[vireo]

29. Of course, it could have been worse than expulsion.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=152x511

"Then he came back and said, 'If you protest, it won't be me taking you out. It will be a sniper,' " Sachs said. "He said it in such a serious tone it scared the crap out of me."

[George W. Dunce]

30. Seven more fucking days

until this incredible bullshit ends. Not a moment to soon.

[seabeyond]

32. what was on those t shirts of the teachers that were obscene

civil liberties. all the kerry fans can wear one of those then the principle can explain to students and parents what was obscene about those words, cause i for one would like to know and as a parent, expulsion, go for it, i would fight it for my child, letting them have some days out of school

[je11]

33. They need a "Billioaire for Bush" shirt

http://billionairesforbush.com/index.php

[WI_DEM]

35. that would be great

[Rjnerd]

37. Song to teach the kids

http://www.annefeeney.com/Pages/jailforjustice.html


Since it fits into the four paragraph limit.

HAVE YOU BEEN TO JAIL FOR JUSTICE?

© 1998 Anne Feeney (BMI)

Was it Cesar Chavez? Maybe it was Dorothy Day
Some will say Dr. King or Gandhi set them on their way
No matter who your mentors are it's pretty plain to see
That, if you've been to jail for justice, you're in good company

Have you been to jail for justice? I want to shake your hand
Cause sitting in and lyin' down are ways to take a stand
Have you sung a song for freedom? or marched that picket line?
Have you been to jail for justice? Then you're a friend of mine

You law abiding citizens, come listen to this song
'Cause laws were made by people, and people can be wrong
Once unions were against the law, but slavery was fine
Women were denied the vote and children worked the mine
The more you study history the less you can deny it
A rotten law stays on the books til folks with guts defy it

The law's supposed to serve us, and so are the police
And when the system fails, it's up to us to speak our peace
We must be ever vigilant for justice to prevail
So get courage from your convictions
Let them haul you off to jail!

[GeorgeBushytail]

38. Here's a video and local paper article about prepping for *

The video link is under the pic of Joe Schulz:

http://nbc15.madison.com/global/story.asp?s=2478516&nt_adsect=edit

"Principal John Cler says it will be a learning experience for the kids. "Early on when they approached us about holding the event here in the high school, we were interested in making sure we got the most educational benefit that we could out of it."

Cler says about 60% of the 550 students wanted to attend the Bush rally. The rest will be in study hall."

Email principal John Cler and tell him what you think of the "learning experience": [e-mail]

[Nay]

51. Principal: "It will be a learning experience for the kids" YEP, sure will,

the kids will learn what a bunch of fascist bastards can do to the freedoms they thought they had. And when they see adults herded into "protest cages," they'll realize that it is BULLSHIT when the school administration says they only restrict kids because they are kids.

[Jack_Dawson]

39. Ed Schultz discussing now

www.klsd1360.com

[Patiod]

40. I actually think meeting the President isn't bad for HS kids

Sorry to disagree that this isn't appropriate for HS kids - I think it's very appropriate for HS kids to see WHOEVER is campaigning.

I went to a Clinton (Hillary + Bill)/Gore (Tipper + Al) rally at Norristown high school near me back in 2000, and I think it was wonderful for the students to hear them - all four did a good job focusing on education-related issues and addressing the student population. The kids seemed really excited, too.

As I recall, students needed to QUALIFY to get there (grades at a certain level, no discipline problems, etc.). Don't know what they did with the pro-Bush kids, but I imagine everyone attending was told to respect the office and keep their traps shut. But I don't recall any rules about not wearing Bushwear. I don't recall seeing anyone in anything printed (except "Norristown" shirts), so maybe they just said "nothing with a pro- or anti- Clinton message".

<low posts, but not a troll - just think it's a good exercise in civics, as long as "respect for the office" is balanced reasonably with the kids' right to free speech>

[HuskerDem]

41. Good for them to witness the boozing bozo in person yes

But being told they cannot quietly express their feelings with a Kerry/Edwards shirt is WRONG.

When I went to go see Clinton speak in '99 there were students there with Bush t's on. I thought it was tacky, but nobody bothered them and they behaved themselves.

Bush is a coward. He's totally unable to deal with having his bubble cracked. He lives in a fantasy world where everyone loves him and any intrusion into that fantasy is met with violence. Perhaps it's PTSD from his ugly, traumatic coronation.

[CAcyclist]

44. Reread this thread a little more carefully

before you post, because you are off-topic

[Patiod]

45. I did - some people felt a Presidental visit was inappropriate

for a public HS

[CAcyclist]

50. You replied to the OM

that wasn't the point of the original message.

[CAcyclist]

42. My letter to the principal

Dear Principal John Cler,

Every American citizen has the power to help preserve democracy in America or further its' destruction. Do you feel proud of your decision to accede to the Bush campaign's suppressive demands?

I think the threat of expulsion if any student wears any pro-Kerry clothing or buttons says, yes, you do.

Why?

Under Bush, we Democrats and non-Bush supporters are a disenfranchised people. Because of enablers like you, the Bush administration does not hear us , they do not see us and they work actively against our interests and our wishes. We pay taxes but have no representation.

Shame on you, Mr. Cler. Shame on you.

[Supersedeas]

46. only your LOYALTY will be televised!!!

[Lilli]

47. Sieg Heil n/t

[dansolo]

49. They should turn their backs on him (n/t)

[mitchum]

52. A goddamn coward afraid of schoolchildren!