A Texas school district is demanding parents fork over more than $7,000 for public records about bullying in the district. The Joshua Independent School District, which sits just south of Fort Worth, demanded that mom Terrie Chumchal pay the exorbitant sum when she tried to get to the bottom of the district’s bullying problem. For two years, …
Author: Mairead Elordi
Planned Parenthood Exec Said Children Are Born ‘Sexual,’ Wants Kid Porn Literacy Lessons
A Planned Parenthood executive has sparked backlash for saying that children are “sexual” from birth and calling for porn literacy lessons for older children. Bill Taverner, executive director of the New Jersey-based Center for Sex Education, Planned Parenthood’s sex education arm, made the newly unearthed comments in a 2015 interview, Fox News first reported. “I think that we …
Vermont Agrees To Stop Excluding Religious Schools From Tuition Assistance
In a major legal victory for a group of parents, Vermont has agreed to stop excluding religious schools from the state’s tuition assistance program. Families who live in Vermont towns where there is no local public school will now be able to receive tuition assistance to send their kids to Catholic or other faith-based schools, …
Distressed Children Avoid Using Bathroom At School Due To Transgender Policy, Parents’ Lawsuit Claims
Ohio parents are suing their local school board over a new transgender policy that allows students to use the bathroom and locker room that correspond with their gender identity. A group of Muslim and Christian parents in Bethel, Ohio, filed a civil lawsuit in federal court on November 22 against Bethel Local School District’s school board, …
Washington’s Special Ed Schools Rife With Abuse Complaints, Poor Academics: Report
Washington state’s special education schools are rife with student abuse allegations and poor academic performance, a new report shows. A severe lack of state oversight has resulted in concerning conditions at a group of private but taxpayer-funded special education schools in Washington, according to a new investigative report from the Seattle Times and ProPublica. The outlets …
Parents Apoplectic After Oregon School Board Goes Virtual Amid Gender Ideology Concerns
Oregon parents are outraged after a school board took their meetings virtual during ongoing discussions about gender ideology and below-par academic performance. The North Clackamas School District in the Portland area decided to move its school board meetings online indefinitely after parents erupted at a meeting last month. During the October 27 meeting, parents ripped into …
Gender Identity School Policy Leads To Recall Elections For Maine School Board Members
Two school board members in one of Maine’s largest school districts are facing recall elections over their support for a controversial gender identity school policy. Nearly 700 people signed a petition to remove board members Julia Lester and Sarah Otterson from the Oxford Hills School District school board, which includes Paris, Maine. At an emergency meeting …
Canadian Man Changes Mind About Assisted Suicide After Good Samaritans Step In
A Canadian man has changed his mind about ending his life through medically assisted suicide after an outpouring of support from good Samaritans. Amir Farsoud said he is no longer considering euthanasia after strangers who were moved by his story donated more than $60,000 to help him, which will allow him to avoid homelessness. “I’m …
Red State Schools Are Plagued By Wokeness Too
In New York and California, institutions of higher education bought into wokeness wholesale years ago, but now schools in red states have been infected as well. In Texas and Florida, several prominent schools have made diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) a priority. The University of Texas at Austin has been on a years-long journey to appease …
Federal Judge Suspends ‘Stop WOKE Act’ In Florida
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily halted enforcement of a law known as the “Stop WOKE Act” at Florida universities. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued a preliminary injunction against the “Stop Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees (W.O.K.E.) Act,” officially dubbed the Individual Freedom Act. The judge’s move means that the law cannot be enforced on college campuses …