By Deacon Mike Manno
Lately there has been a slew of reports about how unhappy
parents are confronting school officials for attempting to indoctrinate their
children in ideologies the parents reject. Unfortunately, with the backing of
the teachers’ unions and “woke” school administrators, the schools are fighting
back sometimes even to the point of violating the law.
Unfortunately, these efforts have turned schools into war
zones, whether over critical race theory, masks in the classroom, or even if
the schools are to open for in-person instruction. It’s the parents vs. the
academic community.
And also unfortunately, the academic community starts with
the upper hand; for to them your children belong to the schools once one
realizes that folks with titles and initials after their names are smarter than
you, and if you persist in causing “trouble” the state can take you children
away and find someone else to raise them. That’s not speculation, it has been
done in the United States and even more spectacularly in Canada.
Recently, there has been one more hideous example of what
the academic-industrial complex has been doing to kids.
This story comes from the great People’s Republic of
Massachusetts, Baird Middle School in Ludlow, to be more specific.
It was only a few years ago that several parents exposed
the school for its graphic sexual, homosexual, and transgendered themed books
in the library and classrooms. According to reports from MassResistance, the
outfit that is assisting the parents, the impetus came from the school’s
cross-dressing librarian along with support from the school’s staff, principal,
superintendent, and board.
Apparently things started leaking out when the librarian
held talks with some of the children where they were given certain books to
read and videos to watch — all with transgender themes. According to one of the
teachers, many of the children chosen for this “education” were from troubled
homes who were “easy prey for such messages.”
From there it went into the classrooms where children were
asked not to use “boys” and “girls” but were given a list of non-gender
specific terms that should be used instead. In addition they were asked to decide
on a “preferred pronoun.” That was followed by the choosing of opposite sex
names and identities. Of course, none of this was to be told to the kids’
parents.
To show how insidious this was, here is a copy of a note
sent to staff about one of the girls:
“Mary has a preferred name of Michael/Mike and preferred
pronouns of he and his. He understands that there will be times that ‘Mary’ and
‘she/her’ slips out and he is fine with that.
“Michael is still in the process of telling his parents and
is requesting that school staff refer to him as Mary and use she/her pronouns
with his parents and in written emails/letters home. When Michael has informed
his parents of his preferred name and pronouns, we will change the name in the
computer system if that is what he wishes to do at that time.
“I explained to him that we understand this is a
complicated process and we will be as supportive as possible — but may make
mistakes from time to time.”
You can probably see where this whole thing is heading: the
“transgendering” of our children behind the backs of their parents.
In February of this year an 11-year-old girl sent this
e-mail to her teachers and staff. See if this sounds like an 11-year-old:
“Hello everyone,
“If you are reading this you are either my teacher or
guidance counselor. I have an announcement to make and I trust you guys with
this information. I am genderqueer. Basically, it means I use any
pronouns (other than it/its). This also means I have a name change. My new name
will be Raymond. Please call me by that name.
“If you deadname me or use any pronouns I am not
comfortable with I will politely tell you. I am telling you this because I feel
like I can trust you. A list of pronouns you can use are: she/her he/him
they/them fae/faer ae/aer ve/ver xe/xem ze/zir. I have added a link so you can
look at how to say them. Please only use the ones I have listed and not the
other ones. I do not like them.”
Of course I’m sure this sounds just like the little
11-year-old that is underfoot in your house. If not, what have you been
teaching them?
This was followed up a short time later by the
11-year-old’s brother, 13, who then decided that he was really a girl and
wanted to be called “Skylar.”
Unfortunately for the school, a teacher, identified only as
“Bonnie” took a critical look at the situation and notified — against all
school norms — (gasp!) the siblings’ parents.
In March, Bonnie was placed on administrative leave for
“conduct unbecoming a teacher related to your inappropriate communications with
the parents of a student.” In other words, according to the academic-industrial
complex of the Peoples’ Republic of Massachusetts, parents had no need to know
of the struggles their children face. Or, perhaps, the professional educators
didn’t want the parents to know who suggested these ideas to their kids. After
all, what 11-year-old knew what the words “genderqueer” and “deadname” mean,
much less the wide variety of pronoun alternatives?
When Bonnie was called to attend an “investigative
interview” with the school’s compliance officer she was represented by a local
pro-life attorney because the teachers’ union refused to provide a lawyer.
Shortly after that hearing, Bonnie got a letter from the principal stating that
she was intending to terminate her employment. So much for telling the truth
and respecting parental rights.
Now in a morality tale you’d expect it to end with a
righteous comeuppance against the school administration. But this isn’t a
morality tale. Stacy Monette, the principal of Baird Middle School who fired
Bonnie, was named Middle School Principal of the Year by the Massachusetts
School Administrators Association.
Yup, no morality tale here.
(You
can reach Mike at: DeaconMike@q.com and listen to him on Faith On Trial on
IowaCatholicRadio.com every Thursday at 10 a.m. central.)
Note: See below for Faith On Trial's interview with Bonnie. This article was written before the interview.
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