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We still have no idea what the poster looked like, and that doesn't even fit the description of "holding hands."Asked for an example of a complaint, Dungan cited “a poster that shows ‘all belong here’ with racially colored hands (this is an example that was first brought to me early this year) where I think the intention of the poster was good, and I think the parent thought the intention of the poster was good.
“However the unintended consequences of that poster made the first grader be like ‘wait, why wouldn’t I be accepted here?’ It had a reverse effect on the first grader because it was in the classroom.”
I have no idea what the actual poster looked like, but as an example, this meets the general description (as uttered by the trustee) fairly well:
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Is that the poster? Otherwise, it's meaningless to present it as though it were.Traumatizing ?
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Conroe ISD trustee argues displays of racial inclusivity and pride in classrooms should be removed
One trustee says a child was traumatized by a poster showing different colored children holding hands and had to switch classrooms.
Dungan [the trustee] wouldn't say whether she found that poster objectionable, just that she wants to avoid "situations like that" by having the board adopt stricter standards and adhere to state policies already in place, prohibiting teachers from displaying political items not relevant to curriculum.
Conroe ISD Trustee Melissa Dungan wants fellow board members to enforce district policies and state laws to keep personal ideologies out of classrooms and limit flags on campus to the American flag, Texas flag, school flags and college pendants.
During the board’s Aug. 1 special meeting, Dungan said she has received numerous complaints from parents about different items displayed in classrooms.
“When children are told what and how to believe whether it verbal, in writing or through visual symbols, they miss out on the freedom to think for themselves and use the skills they are learning in the classroom,” she said.
Dungan said the display of personal ideologies, such as the Pride flag, is a growing trend in schools and should be addressed including potentially enhancing existing school policies.
We still don't know what the poster portrayed or what its real message was.I had considered that it might have been exactly the opposite.
If a child was raised in a fine Christian home that is color blind; and in the 1st grade he is traumatized by a Liberal message that harps on racial division in America; I can understand why his parents might be offended.
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We still don't know what the poster portrayed or what its real message was.That's because you are not looking at the Left's real target with the race card in schools... the non-White parents.
So what is the political message behind "all belong here"? Can you spell it out?
Kids arent dumb. They can see the marxism implicit in this poster.
That particular comment may have been inane, but this trustee is making an effort to change the rules of what teachers can post in their classrooms based on a claimed event that no one can properly evaluate.A fairly useless news story of a fairly inane meeting.
Granted.We still have no idea what the poster looked like,
That description was written by a reporter in the OP article. In the article in your quote, the direct quote from the trustee is: Dungan cited “a poster that shows ‘all belong here’ with racially colored hands"and that doesn't even fit the description of "holding hands."
I consider that as well, but if this conservative trustee wanted to invent a pretext for banning 'unapproved' posters in classrooms, surely she could have come up with a better lie.As an intelligence analyst, I would go so far as to ask the question: Did the incident even happen?
I dont think it matters.Which poster? The poster in the classroom--which we don't know--or the one essentialsaltes presented that is irrelevant to the discussion?
We didn't hear what she actually said in the video. The text indicates two separate times that she said "holding hands."Granted.
That description was written by a reporter in the OP article. In the article in your quote, the direct quote from the trustee is: Dungan cited “a poster that shows ‘all belong here’ with racially colored hands"
i.e., holding hands was not part of what the trustee said.
I consider that as well, but if this conservative trustee wanted to invent a pretext for banning 'unapproved' posters in classrooms, surely she could have come up with a better lie.
The Daily Beast article has a direct quote:We didn't hear what she actually said in the video.
Neither we nor anyone involved knows what they're talking about...but everyone has an opinion about what should be done.
We didn't hear what she actually said in the video.
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