Hi All, Let's put politics to rest on this list please? Remember to STAY ON TOPIC, LOW NOISE, and FRIENDLY! Thanks !
Warm regards, Stu Sjouwerman Founder, VP Marketing. P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218 F: +1-727-562-5199 [email protected] ________________________________ From: Gene Giannamore [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 6:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: [WOT] FW: Presidential Address Sept. 8th WOT = way off topic or wide open throttle? Anyway my bro-in-law wrote this J Dear Livermore school officials, Here are two Internet links: http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml <http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml> & http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10582301/President-Obamas-Address-to-Student s-Across-America-September-8-2009 <http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10582301/President-Obama's-Address-to-Stude nts-Across-America-September-8-2009> These links describe the President of the United States intent to address pre-K to sixth graders live via the Internet. I am writing to ask for Livermore schools not to accept this broadcast live and/or have an opt-in form sent to parents (so that parents would have to agree to let their children view the speech). I ask this for the reasons below: 1. No Constitutional Authority. The Federal government has no authority to send curriculum to state schools and no authority to address minors without parental permission. 2. No politics in school. There has been no national tragedy that the president is reacting to. The President is trying to set a precedent whereby he may address our youth directly asserting his influence on educational policy. This is political in nature and subject to differences of opinion to-which adults may debate but should be transparent to our youth (especially 4-12 years old). A live broadcast does not allow parents sufficient time to counter the influence of the leader of the free worlds perspective on education. 3. No usurpation of parental rights. Parents have the unequivocal right to guide their children in matters of politics, religion, morality, and etc. The president may have rights and responsibilities to speak to the public, but will violate parental rights by speaking to minors directly without supplying a written transcript or preview of the broadcast. 4. No captive audience. Without and Opt-in policy by the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District , our children will be a captive audience to the influence of a politician. I believe need not make mention of historical abuses of this power by other nations. No matter how benign the Presidential address may seem, it reduces our liberty and our authority over our own children. So if you do not force our students to watch either by not broadcasting or having parents Opt-in, then you show your dedication to parental rights and authority. Thank you, Livermore parents .. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
