Keep in mind, this is one of the most conservative red parts of New Mexico where Halliburton trucks practically outnumber personal vehicles.
BREAKING NEWS: Gay-Straight Alliance club allowed to form
By Cory Frolik The Daily Times
Article Launched: 10/11/2007 07:32:55 PM MDT
FARMINGTON — The Farmington Municipal Schools Board of Education was not prepared to get rid of all high school extracurricular clubs just to prevent the formation of the controversial Gay-Straight Alliance club.
In an unanimous decision Thursday night, the board voted in favor of upholding its existing policies regarding non-curricular clubs, effectively allowing the Gay-Straight Alliance club to meet.
Despite pressure from outraged parents, the board decided that the loss of such clubs and the loss of public use of the district's high school facilities was too great to forfeit.
However, the board did direct Farmington Schools Superintendent Janel Ryan to tighten the existing policy to include more parental say in what clubs their children can join. The board instructed Ryan to add to the policy that permission slips will be required and that parents can opt their children out of certain clubs preemptively.
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