The Washington State Legislature, under the control of Democrats for the past 40 years, has chosen, in their infinite wisdom, to allow a number of healthcare procedures that do NOT require parental notice nor permission. This article shares details from State websites. There are districts who have rolled out and/or are in the process of rolling out, dental and medical services on campus. You may want to be aware of this in case you have thoughts you want to share with your legislators and school district leadership. Let's start out with a snapshot of services and notice (or lack of) to parents: The chart on the left: Emergency services - No parental notice … [Read more...]
School Voucher efforts across the United States
Given all the Covid learning issues (masks, forced vaccination attempts, mental health concerns, etc.) are school vouchers getting any attention? The answer appears to be yes. Today we share links we found to articles about states across the country who are entertaining creating a voucher system. If you like what you see then talk to your local school board as well as your state house and senate reps. Utah - https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/2022/feb/18/school-voucher-bill-makes-waves-on-capitol-hill/ Oklahoma - https://kfor.com/news/oklahoma-legislature/school-voucher-bill-narrowly-passes-in-senate-committee/ Arizona - … [Read more...]
The Disturbing Reality Behind “Comprehensive Sexuality Education”
This is an article that appeared at The National Pulse in September 2019. The author is Lisa Hudson. You can read the original article by clicking this link: https://thenationalpulse.com/commentary/disturbing-reality-behind-comprehensive-sexuality-education/ Washington State parents and children are under attack. The Democrat's control the House, Senate and Governor. They tried to get Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE) passed last year and stopped due to the massive pushback. Senate Bill 5395 has already come back up in the early days of the 2020 short session and has already passed out of committee to the floor for a vote. The House is consider HB 2184 which would do the same thing. … [Read more...]
Social-Emotional Learning: The Dark Side
At the risk of running two articles on Social Emotional Learning back-to-back we are sharing a blog story from Nancy Bailey's Website. Give this a read and consider whether you need to intervene in your local school district. Why would parents and teachers, tired of high-stakes testing in their public schools, wish to sign onto more assessment that tests, tracks, and profiles their child’s behavior online? States are setting up SEL standards about what children should think and feel. How does one standardize such things? Here are the concerns. SEL is ill-defined, unproven and still connected to Common Core. There’s a mish-mash of psycho-social, neuroscience talk, and … [Read more...]
Well-being programs in schools might be doing children more harm than good
From an article at Phys.org - author is Kathryn Ecclestone Editors note: This one of our ongoing explorations of programs that are being instituted in schools that move beyond what many think of as normal education. In this case the topic is: Social Emotional Health and has become a hot topic for those who think that parents are either not capable of handling raising their children. Give it a read and share your thoughts.... Apocryphal depictions of an unprecedented crisis in young people's mental ill-health and their general vulnerability have been accompanied by increasingly alarmist claims that only schools can address this social "ticking time bomb". There have … [Read more...]
Feds Seek “Mental Health” Testing of All Children, Adults
From an article at The New American WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Next time you visit your doctor, be careful how you respond to his questions, or you may just be branded “mentally ill” and subjected to “treatment.” That is because a panel advising the Obama administration, in partnership with Big Psychiatry, wants to make doctors subject all American adults and children over age 12 to screening for alleged “mental health” disorders — particularly depression, at least to start with. Then, anyone found to harbor any alleged mental disorder, including children as young as eight, should undergo “therapy,” often including powerful psychotropic medications that experts say have dubious value … [Read more...]