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The Kit Carson issue seems to be heating up with vigor. Both sides -- the district and the concerned neighbors -- have fired up their media machines and are disseminating information as quickly as possible. The district has updated their site with the most recent information. The concerned neighbors have created their own site:
http://www.savekitcarson.com/
The implications of this battle are interesting for the community and the district. The disenfranchised parents of Marion Anderson had little recourse in a decision that appeared to be a done deal before it was announced. The better connected Kit Carson parents seem to have gotten a good jump on efforts to stop this school closure. However, some of their claims seem to be pandering to our more base instincts, specifically the claim that "East Portal Park will become a haven for truants, drugs, and violence with no police protection." While we at this site are sympathetic to their cause, we feel that claims such as this one cloud the real issue and disparage students, most of whom are rather well behaved, by over generalizing. Feel free to comment at:
http://scusdwatch.proboards100.com/
Day of Silence Resolution. The school board has yet to vote on a resolution to support the Day of Silence, an event that highlights the difficulties that gay and lesbian student frequently encounter with unsympathetic administrators, faculty, and fellow classmates through an act of participatory silence. Unfortunately, judging by the article that appeared in the Sacramento Bee, these students are further being castigated by religious populations in the community. Even more troubling, the Bee's article featured several students from the burgeoning Eastern European population who, having escaped religious persecution in their native countries, seek to oppress the gay and lesbian community in the schools and elsewhere. While in the spirit of democracy we always encourage dialogue, we cannot condone outright hatred and oppression. And while we encourage both parties to exercise their right to free speech, we should remind some that if the end result of their speech is to suppress, oppress, or persecute, then we lessen the very foundation upon which that right was built. Feel free to comment at:
http://scusdwatch.proboards100.com/
http://www.savekitcarson.com/
The implications of this battle are interesting for the community and the district. The disenfranchised parents of Marion Anderson had little recourse in a decision that appeared to be a done deal before it was announced. The better connected Kit Carson parents seem to have gotten a good jump on efforts to stop this school closure. However, some of their claims seem to be pandering to our more base instincts, specifically the claim that "East Portal Park will become a haven for truants, drugs, and violence with no police protection." While we at this site are sympathetic to their cause, we feel that claims such as this one cloud the real issue and disparage students, most of whom are rather well behaved, by over generalizing. Feel free to comment at:
http://scusdwatch.proboards100.com/
Day of Silence Resolution. The school board has yet to vote on a resolution to support the Day of Silence, an event that highlights the difficulties that gay and lesbian student frequently encounter with unsympathetic administrators, faculty, and fellow classmates through an act of participatory silence. Unfortunately, judging by the article that appeared in the Sacramento Bee, these students are further being castigated by religious populations in the community. Even more troubling, the Bee's article featured several students from the burgeoning Eastern European population who, having escaped religious persecution in their native countries, seek to oppress the gay and lesbian community in the schools and elsewhere. While in the spirit of democracy we always encourage dialogue, we cannot condone outright hatred and oppression. And while we encourage both parties to exercise their right to free speech, we should remind some that if the end result of their speech is to suppress, oppress, or persecute, then we lessen the very foundation upon which that right was built. Feel free to comment at:
http://scusdwatch.proboards100.com/
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