Anoka-Hennepin School Board members re-elected despite furor over district’s ‘neutrality policy’

Well, I hope the great folks of this district have to pay mega $$$$$$$$$$$$$ in lawsuits because of the actions of this board. It sounds like they deserve each other.

The re-election of those bozos is very telling of their constitutents.

Voter turn-out is practically non-existent in off years. Plus when you’re running for school board about the only thing you’re going to do is put out some yard signs to advertise yourself. No one can afford to run expensive advertising campaigns for unpaid positions. Maybe you could write an editorial for a local paper, but who would read it? I doubt the majority of the voters that did turn out had any idea what any of the candidates positions were on any topic.

First of all I ALWAYS do my homework when voting and I support the policy of NOT informing students about LGBT people. When does it become school’s responsibility to teach everything in school? How about leaving some things for parents to consider teaching their children? If we did allow schools to teach about LGBT, the same people who support LGBT education (these people allegedly support diversity too) would not allow teachings about the merits of heterosexuals as well. Why can’t liberals just be good sports and lose gracefully? You liberals are hippocrates and at what point does the Anoka-Hennepin county school board ever get enough money? What did they do with our 650 million dollars they got form Dayton at the beginning of the year? Private schools do a better job of educating students with LESS money. These public schools should be shut down for STEALING our money to teach our kids to drink the koolaid and sign up for redistributing wealth. When are people going to realize these schools are not doing this society ANY favors? Suck it up people and start educating yourself as to what these schools are actually doing with their ENORMOUS budgets!

I work for this District and I have encountered Racismand Sexual Harassment and what does the District do ? NOTHING ! With leadership like the school boards what would you expect ? Watch the papers more of the Tax payers money is going to be spent try to fix their problems.

The referendum for a district near here won, but still, almost 3000 people voted against a moving of funds that would have benefited the school district but cost the taxpayers nothing.

Never underestimate the power of morons in large numbers.

@linda,

You might want to wipe the spittle off your monitor after that rage-post. Seriously. And your ‘points’ are just funny:

‘When does it become school’s responsibility to teach everything in school?’ Um, excuse me? What is the point of our educational system if not to EDUCATE the students? LGBT issues are taking center stage in American society today – whether you agree with them or not – and while YOU might want to pretend LGBT Americans don’t exist, doesn’t mean that the schools have that luxury.

‘If we did allow schools to teach about LGBT, the same people who support LGBT education (these people allegedly support diversity too) would not allow teachings about the merits of heterosexuals as well.’ What a bunch of garbage. Textbooks are already FULL of ‘teachings about the merits of heterosexuals’. Teaching students that Alan Turing committed suicide because the British government was force-feeding him untested ‘castration’ drugs (since being Gay was a felony back then) is actually a victory for historical accuracy – whether you like it or not, it (and many other shameful acts against LGBT individuals) is a part of the historical record.

‘Why can’t liberals just be good sports and lose gracefully?’ Yeah, Rose Parker should have gracefully taken her seat at the back of the bus, too. Sorry, but that argument isn’t gonna fly. Advancements in Civil Rights have never occurred when a marginalized minority is a ‘good sport’ and ‘loses gracefully.’

The rest of your rant I don’t have an issue with necessarily. Wanna put your kid in private school? Knock yourself out. They’ll do great until they graduate and are suddenly confronted with the real world that they have had no preparation for… but hey, that’s your dime.