TWO Florida Counties BAN Obama's Education Speech OUTRIGHT -- email addresses provided to complain!!

[nashville_brook]

sorry if this has already been posted -- this is the first story I've seen about school districts just BANNING the President's speech.

oh, and here's CONTACT INFO complete with EMAIL ADDRESSES!!!! WOOHOO!

District Office Hours Monday – Friday 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
[phone]

http://lake.k12.fl.us/16511033164838940/site/default.asp

Board Members:

Name: Larry Metz
Position:
District: District 1
[e-mail]

Name: Rosanne Brandeburg
Position:
District: District 2
[e-mail]

Name: Cindy Barrow
Position: Vice Chairperson
District: District 3
[e-mail]

Name: Debbie Stivender
Position:
District: District 4
[e-mail]

Name: Kyleen Fischer
Position: Chairperson
District: District 5
[e-mail]



Lake, Osceola school chiefs ban Obama address from classes

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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/orl-bk-no-obama-in-lake-schools-090509,0,323211.story

Lake County School Superintendent Susan Moxley has banned broadcast of President Barack Obama's live nationwide address to schoolchildren on Tuesday. In an e-mail to principals and School Board members, Moxley said parents can find the video online and watch it at home with their children if they want.

In the e-mail, Moxley pointed to a district policy that says cooperation with federal agencies "shall not be at the expense of district level or local school programs." Moxley's memo stated: "Since schools are in the process of conducting diagnostic reading and baseline assessments and have structured schedules or current lesson plans, viewing the live broadcast would not be within the guidelines outlined in this policy and the bandwidth capacity of the district will not support both activities."...

It's the second Central Florida district to ban the president's address to students, in which he is expected to encourage children to stay in school and strive for achievement.

...

"It is a positive action that we are collectively focusing on the well-being of our students. If parents have concerns or questions, please contact your school principal."

[FreakinDJ]

1. Forget them - Email State Superintendent of Schools

These people need an Unemployment Check


Office of the Commissioner
Turlington Building, Suite 1514
325 West Gaines Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
For questions & comments regarding education issues, E-mail: [e-mail]


For questions or concerns regarding public universities, please contact the Board of Governors
Florida Board of Governors
State University System
325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1614
Tallahassee, Fl 32399-0400
Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]
[e-mail]

[eShirl]

5. +1

[madfloridian]

2. More than that.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6463049&mesg_id=6463049

[FreakinDJ]

3. My email to the commisioner of eduction

"What kind of Bigoted Idiots Ban the President of the United States

Are you purposely trying to earn the reputation of "Most Backwards State of Eduction?

eom

[Cha]

6. Thanks for

your activism on this in Florida.

[lame54]

18. .

[Better Today]

19. Either I'm completely confused by your use of the word "eduction" or your email

just proves the need for education across the board.

[FreakinDJ]

27. Case and Point......

[Cha]

4. Rec'd!

Thanks Nashville.

[bugfragged]

7. Ever since the 2000 Election...

...these guys aren't even trying to hide their political preferences anymore.

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. Osceola County is the ganglion nuclei of the good ole boy haven.

[nashville_brook]

14. yeah -- most of central florida is like that. i could say the same for brevard and orange counties.

i adopted my screen name before moving back to my native florida. and i thought tennessee was bad.

[The Backlash Cometh]

17. I thought you had changed your screen name again.

Yeah, it gets pretty scary. There doesn't seem to be any oversight to anything they do.

[Ian David]

9. Done! I let them have what-for. n/t

[keep_it_real]

10. I emailed all of them - got more?

[nashville_brook]

11. yes i do -- glad you asked. here's the OSCEOLA School Board emails and phone numbers

http://www.osceola.k12.fl.us/Board_members/board_index.asp

School Board Members
District 1
Jay Wheeler
[e-mail]
407-973-4141

District 2
Julius Melendez
[e-mail]
407-922-5113

District 3
Cindy Hartig
[e-mail]
407-832-3999

District 4
David Stone
[e-mail]
407-933-2700

District 5
John Mckay
[e-mail]
407-957-4056

[graywarrior]

12. Thanks, I send out some steamy emails.

[nashville_brook]

13. thanks -- people need to know that it's not okay.

[Cass]

15. Lee county also. Here's contact page for them.

http://www.leeschools.net/info/contact.htm

I posted yesterday about the reponse I received from one of the school board members about it. The letter hacked me off big time...http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6463646&mesg_id=6463646

[RagAss]

16. Stone Cold Racists !

[Vinca]

20. It's a waste of time to email. You can't change dumb.

[Lorien]

23. No, it's NEVER a waste of time because silence implies consent

and we can't afford to allow these racist pigs to believe that their beliefs are "mainstream" and acceptable.

[Vinca]

26. You're right. Sometimes I just feel as if all my complaints

go down the giant black hole. It's very discouraging.

[DarbyUSMC]

21. Osceola County is hardly a haven for good ole boys as indicated in one of

the replies. I'd venture to say that a good portion of the population is from other places.

Their school board site is here: It reads a bit differently than the word "banning" suggests.

http://www.osceola.k12.fl.us/

[Lorien]

22. I used to live in Osceola county

it's mostly hispanic immigrants and Disney employees, and it has a very active Democratic party membership. There is going to be a real outcry against the school boards obvious racism.

[RockaFowler]

24. Indian River, too

Bunch of Redneck idiots. I live in St Lucie County and we make fun of the Indian River Rednecks all the time. The only reason to go there is to visit the Vero Outlets or go through it to get to Orlando (Yeehaw Junction tells the only story you need to know about the area).

[noamnety]

25. Misleading headline

if you read the full article, he's not broadcasting it live because their bandwidth won't support that along with the scheduled assessments. But it's not banned from the classrooms as the headline (and thus the OP through selective quoting) imply.

The school is taping it, and it's not been banned from the classrooms.