“The board apologizes for the discomfort of those impacted and for the failure of the school district to send home prior notice of assignment of the novel.”UPDATE 5/20/14: Pro-porn liberals, media destroy character of father (see UPDATE article excerpts below)
-- School statement issued AFTER the board meeting
For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Illinois School Board OKs Kids' Demands for Dirty Book
Porn Novel for Freshmen Orientation in South Carolina
ACLU Sues to Display Books of Lesbians to Kindergartners
Arizona School OKs Teacher: Pedophilia, Bestiality
Education Experts Say Use Porn in Teaching Sex Ed
Children can be protected by citizens' involvement, as shown when parents challenge the schools.
UPDATE 6/23/14: Parent Reports Obscene School Event with Sex Toys
Excerpts from page 313 of the offending novel:
“‘Relax,’ Matt murmured, and then he sank his teeth into her shoulder. He pinned her hands over her head and ground his hips against hers. She could feel his erection, hot against her stomach.
” … She couldn’t remember ever feeling so heavy, as if her heart were beating between her legs. She clawed at Matt’s back to bring him closer.
“‘Yeah,’ he groaned, and her pushed her thighs apart. And then suddenly Matt was inside her, pumping so hard that she scooted backward on the carpet, burning the backs of her legs. … (H)e clamped his hand over her mouth and drove harder and harder until Josie felt him come.
“Semen, sticky and hot, pooled on the carpet beneath her.”
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| Click here to view Megyn Kelly (Fox News) interview parent William Baer |
-- From "Gilford parent alleges conspiracy in arrest during school board meeting" by Dan Seufert, New Hampshire Union Leader Correspondent 5/6/14
The superintendent said Baer did follow school policy and met with Gilford High School Principal Peter Sawyer about the issue Monday afternoon, before the [school board] meeting.
[Then, Baer] went to the school board meeting and pointed out the school erred in not giving notice to parents about the book’s use in class.
After exceeding his allotted two minutes to speak Monday night, Baer began arguing with another resident at the meeting . . . [then] Lt. James Leach, who is the town’s acting police chief, arrested him on a charge of disorderly conduct.
Baer said the video, which was posted on YouTube Tuesday afternoon, shows Superintendent Kent Hemingway pointing to Leach when Baer began arguing with the other parent. He claims that is evidence that Hemingway organized the arrest.
“I was set up. The cop got the high sign, and I was arrested,” Baer said.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Arrest brings attention to Picoult book in Gilford curriculum" by Iain Wilson, Concord Monitor staff 5/7/14
. . . Jodi Picoult’s Nineteen Minutes, [is] an award-winning novel based on a school shooting in a fictional New Hampshire high school. The novel contains depictions of physical violence in public schools and a scene of graphic sexual activity, and it has been a reading selection available to Gilford High School staff since 2007.
The school district has acted swiftly since some parents’ concerns were brought to their attention, Hemingway said. “We’ve tried to be as transparent as possible through all of this,” he said yesterday. Informational notices were sent home with students and posted on the district website [on the school day] before and after the meeting.
During the meeting, the board heard from administrators, parents, students and community members about the Nineteen Minutes assignment. Afterward, high school Principal Peter Sawyer personally contacted more than 100 parents whose children were given the book, Gilford Superintendent Kent Hemingway said. Eighty percent of those parents consented directly, 10 percent said they didn’t want their child to read the book and 10 percent were undecided.
About eight to 10 students were given alternate assignments, but Nineteen Minutes will not be removed as an option for teachers, Hemingway said.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Gilford parent arrested for book protest" posted at Laconia (New Hampshire) Daily Sun 5/6/14
[Baer] challenged Superintendent Kent Hemingway to read a copy of the controversial passage aloud at the public input session of last night's meeting. But Sue Allen, School Board chairman, who had earlier set a limit of two minutes on public input on the issue and ruled that no one could speak a second time, said no one from the board or administration would be reading any material submitted at the meeting aloud.
Doug Lambert later read the offending page, which described a sex act between teenagers, and later in the meeting, when a second public input session was held, read a passage from the Bible which said that those who sinned against the innocent be cast into the sea with a millstone around their neck.
Other parents supported Baer's stance. Sarah Carrignan said that she was "utterly appalled that this was acceptable. My son should never have had the book in his hand" and said that the waiver sent home which would allow their children to read the book was "garbage."
. . . [School] officials said that when "Nineteen Minutes" was assigned in past years, parents were notified for their approval and conceded this procedure was not followed last week. A statement was sent to parents yesterday notifying them of the book and its content and acknowledging the oversight.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
UPDATE 5/20/14: "Father at center of Gilford High School book controversy gets national attention" by Dan Seufert, New Hampshire Union Leader Correspondent
News outlet investigators have also revealed that Baer is what some call a “Birther,” and has been in the public eye on other issues in the past.
Baer admits to both claims. A birther is slang for a person who does not believe President Barack Obama was born a U.S. citizen.
Meanwhile, at other websites and new[s] programs which tend to favor liberal causes, he was labeled as a “Fox and Tea Party Hero.”
Baer readily admitted that he was once active in a New Jersey political group that questioned whether Obama was really born in America. He said he’s still not sure about the President’s birthplace, but is no longer heavily invested in the cause.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read the case of David Parker, a Massachusetts parent arrested for opposing kindergarten indoctrination.
