Good evening, School Board and Superintendent Merck,
I am very concerned about what
I am seeing take place in the School District of Pickens... Teachers,
principals, administrators and school board members are ignoring laws and you
are quite possibly violating your own policies passed.
First there was the Unity
Program at Pickens Middle School which violated Civil Rights laws as well as
the Budget Proviso and now we have this book, STAMPED being used
that violates SC Proviso Law and violates your own policy on a teacher teaching
controversial issues without preauthorization from her principal. I also have
proof you are failing to fulfill your FOIA requests fully which is against the
law.
When can I expect you to send
me ALL communications concerning the Unity Progam event program at PMS and the
copy of the contract and payments to the speaker of that event?
Do any of you know if the
teachers are given permission to teach this controversial book Stamped?
Has Superintendent Merck made it a priority that all the principals and all
teachers know about the SC Proviso Law?
I attended a meeting last
night in which someone said this book is on the SC Dept of Ed approved list of
reading material and therefore no prior approval was needed. They were
wrong.
I found out this morning from the
SC Dept of ED that “Any supplemental reading list is a DISTRICT
publication. The SCDE does not provide a supplemental reading list to
districts."
Is there an approved SDPC
reading list provided to grade k-12 teachers? And if so, where can parents view
this list?
Bottom line, this book
violates SC Law. The Unity program that took place violated SC law. Not
fulfilling my FOIA request I paid $280 for violates law.
Why is our school district
thumbing their noses at laws?
by Johnnelle Raines, Board Member United States Parents Involved in Education and Leadership Team member of Conservatives of the Upstate
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