By:Â MoveTheNeedle.org
Two Issues Happening This Week?
#1 Thousand Oaks Rotary Canceled Conejo Alert from Street Fair
The great news is that this has been resolved. In a nutshell, the progressive and hate-based groups who are asked by or support CVUSD doesn’t like when parents get involved in school matters. Conejo Alert was started to help parents understand how much the school district is hiding from them, and what the district is forcing kids to learn, which in many cases violates the parents wishes.
The last minute cancellation of a non-profit booth by the T.O. Rotary for this weeks T.O Street Fair has been resolved with the immediate reinstatement of Conejo Alert once the facts were discussed.
The reversal came quickly once the members of the community and Move The Needle contacted the Rotary about the divisive politics concerns and Rotarian mission statement.
The Rotary is not, and has never been, politically motivated and we are glad they are maintaining that neutral position. Unfortunately, this is a new learning lesson for many organizations that have to deal with cancel culture activism.
Tim McCarthy, Founder of Move The Needle, would like to thank President Paul Dryman for his professionalism and expedience in resolving this situation.
#2: CVUSD Ignoring Parents & Teachers
Local parents, current & retired teachers, and children are now at war with the Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD). Regardless of how many times the community speaks up to air their grievances about the policies, the CVUSD distributes claims that the parents are proliferating misinformation.
The school board is misleading and lying through the mouthpiece of Superintendent Mark McLaughlin and have created a very divisive environment for parents, their children in schools, and many teachers, who are concerned but afraid to speak out in public for fear of cancellation, which the CVUSD has done in the past and why Conejo Alert was created (www.conejoalert.com)
Through a recent FOIA request, documentation has been retrieved and confirms the lack of respect for parent involvement and that the board will continue to mandate the school policies. This is unacceptable leadership and we anticipate all five members step down in the near future since enrollment and grade scores in a deep decline.
COME SUPPORT PARENTS AT SCHOOL MEETING
We need our families and friends who share the same belief that parents must be involved with what’s being taught, and that schools should teach how kids think, not what they think, to show up and be let their voices be heard.
When?
Meeting: TUESDAY, OCT 11 at 6 PM
Location: 1402 E. Janss Road
If you get there by 6 PM you can put your name in to speak to the board members as part of the meeting, or just show up in support of others who will.
Please do not bring signs as they just block the view. This meeting is about sharing our concerns to the school board members and the public listening.
THANK YOU FOR NOT BEING THE SILENT MAJORITY. THE MORE THAT SPEAK UP THE MORE CHANGE WE CAN INFLUENCE. SHARE THIS EMAIL WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
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I’m a retiree of the second largest school district in the nation. I would prefer that public education would improve, but there’s just one thing that keeps that from happening; competition for tax dollars. Until that becomes reality, there is no future for teachers that want to teach basic education and no future for students education
Schools Failing at 70% – School Boards Worry About Gender
Today Santa Barbara schools are failing students at a 70% rate. But liberal school boards are more concerned with ‘Inclusive Education’. What does that even mean? It means radical sex ed books in our schools. It means hyper sexualizing of our kids when and where they are the most vulnerable – Trapped in government schools. And it means separating our kids from you, the parent. It’s time to vote in a new, conservative school board. We believe Inclusive means including the parents in all school decisions. Including parents in what their kids are learning. And protecting our children from violent anti-family, anti-America propaganda. Let’s get back to education, real education. Science, history, English, sports, the arts, and a safe, decent school experience for all our students. It’s time for a change. Vote conservative for our kids. Because conservative school boards, protect your kids like they’re our kids.
Thomas Cole Montecito
Thomas, you’re correct. Until parents can take their tax dollars to the s hook of their choice, public education will continue to both fail students in preparation for the real world AND fail the tax payer that pays school districts.
Where does the money go? The Administrative class, that’s where. When the Feds guaranteed student loans, college got VERY expensive. Where did the money go? The Administrative class.