Highland Park High School is one school in upper middle class north suburban Chicago School District 113 (Superintendent George Fornero) that is no stranger to running amuck in liberal elite political agendas.
UPDATE 5/15/10: Exposing the leftist domination of our public schools
UPDATE 5/18/10: Indoctrination works - News reports of last night's Board meeting indicate only students support liberal administration; adults oppose. Read Chicago Tribune, and CBS-TV2, and WBBM Radio.
-- From "School Official in Basketball Flap Is No Stranger to Controversy" by Jana Winter, FOXNews.com 5/13/10
The school official who nixed a girls' high school basketball team's planned trip to Arizona once supported a controversial program that required ninth-graders to attend a “freshman advisory” class at which gay upperclassmen shared stories of their high school experiences.
Parents who were unhappy with the class were even more outraged to learn that students who attended were asked to sign a statement promising not to tell others -- including their parents -- about what was said in class.
Parents were not allowed to attend the panel discussions, leading some to call it an attempt to indoctrinate students into a homosexual lifestyle.
Suzan Hebson, assistant superintendent of Highland Park, Ill., School District 113, killed the hoop dreams of the Highland Park High School girls' basketball team this week when she canceled their plans to participate in a tournament in Arizona in December. The decision has some parents and residents of the district crying foul over what they say was a politically motivated protest over the Grand Canyon State's recently passed immigration law.
But Hebson is no stranger to controversy. She’s been criticized for making decisions based on politics numerous times in the past.
To read the entire article, CLICK HERE.
Click headlines below for details of this school district's sexcapades:
School Superintendent's Gay Agenda Exposed in Lawsuit
Mother Sues Public School for Defamation
Deerfield High School English Classes Offer Students Homosexual Porn
Deerfield High School: Who's to Blame for Teaching Porn?
What Do a Black, Homosexual Drag Queen, a Gay Couple and an Angel with 8 V****as Have in Common?
Public Schools Education Replaced by Indoctrination
Deerfield H.S. -- Freshman Sign Confidentiality Agreement Before Hearing 'Gay' Student Panel
Deerfield Superintendent Calls Confidentiality Agreement a 'Mistake'
Deerfield High School: Concerned Parents and Taxpayers Take a Courageous Stand...
Deerfield High School: Required Class for Freshmen Advocates Liberal and Pro-Gay Propaganda
Deerfield High School: Parent Barred From Observing Pro-Homosexual Classroom Lesson
The Laramie Project - Propaganda for Public High School Kids
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
School Superintendent's Gay Agenda Exposed in Lawsuit
Public documents now show the viciousness of a school district scorned in the case of a Chicago suburban mother suing her high school district's vengeful, openly homosexual, Superintendent
UPDATE 5/13/10: Superintendent embroiled again -- Girls Basketball
-- From "Lawsuit against District 113 rekindles debate on sexual tolerance" by Matt Kiefer, Deerfield Review, Sun-Times News Group 10/6/09
In recent weeks, new court filings have brought to light a bitter and long-standing struggle between educators preaching sexual tolerance and conservative activists who deem homosexuality immoral.
Lora Sue Hauser, a vocal critic of the district and its teaching of such works as last year's "Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes," filed a lawsuit in Cook County Court last month claiming Superintendent George Fornero and DHS technology director Andy Zakszeski spread rumors and false statements about her via e-mail.
The lawsuit includes e-mail exhibits where Fornero allegedly states Hauser's Deerfield home was foreclosed upon, that a picture of Adolf Hitler was later found inside the house, and that she belongs to a hate group. Zakszeski, according to the complaint, wrote a double-entendre involving Hauser and erotic acts.
Between November 2008 and January 2009, e-mail records show Fornero forwarding the message 10 times to 16 different people -- mostly teachers, administrators and School Board members -- with comments such as "FYI," "Enjoy!" and "Check out this e-mail!"
Hauser claims her home was never foreclosed upon, that she did not own a picture of Hitler and is "of Jewish descent."
In reply to another e-mail, Fornero allegedly writes, "While I'd be sympathetic to most anyone having financial difficulties & hate to see him lose his house, this case is different. Perhaps had they spent more time working & paying the mortgage instead of attacking us, they'd still own their home. Also, don't forget they had a picture of Hitler in the basement closet!"
In another e-mail exhibit, dated May 2008, Fornero speculates on School Board politics, writing to an unidentified recipient: "Things have quieted down for now. However, we need to be alert this fall when it's time to slate Board of Education candidates. That would be terrible if one of Lora Sue's group is nominated. I'll keep you posted."
In an April 2009 e-mail exhibit, Fornero writes to an unidentified recipient who is planning to attend a diversity conference: "Be sure to sit in the hate group section. Maybe loira sue [sic] can bring her pic of hitler."
Attorney Nancy Krent, who is representing the employees, said she is confident she can put up a successful defense.
To read the entire article, CLICK HERE.
UPDATE 5/13/10: Superintendent embroiled again -- Girls Basketball
-- From "Lawsuit against District 113 rekindles debate on sexual tolerance" by Matt Kiefer, Deerfield Review, Sun-Times News Group 10/6/09
In recent weeks, new court filings have brought to light a bitter and long-standing struggle between educators preaching sexual tolerance and conservative activists who deem homosexuality immoral.
Lora Sue Hauser, a vocal critic of the district and its teaching of such works as last year's "Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes," filed a lawsuit in Cook County Court last month claiming Superintendent George Fornero and DHS technology director Andy Zakszeski spread rumors and false statements about her via e-mail.
The lawsuit includes e-mail exhibits where Fornero allegedly states Hauser's Deerfield home was foreclosed upon, that a picture of Adolf Hitler was later found inside the house, and that she belongs to a hate group. Zakszeski, according to the complaint, wrote a double-entendre involving Hauser and erotic acts.
Between November 2008 and January 2009, e-mail records show Fornero forwarding the message 10 times to 16 different people -- mostly teachers, administrators and School Board members -- with comments such as "FYI," "Enjoy!" and "Check out this e-mail!"
Hauser claims her home was never foreclosed upon, that she did not own a picture of Hitler and is "of Jewish descent."
In reply to another e-mail, Fornero allegedly writes, "While I'd be sympathetic to most anyone having financial difficulties & hate to see him lose his house, this case is different. Perhaps had they spent more time working & paying the mortgage instead of attacking us, they'd still own their home. Also, don't forget they had a picture of Hitler in the basement closet!"
In another e-mail exhibit, dated May 2008, Fornero speculates on School Board politics, writing to an unidentified recipient: "Things have quieted down for now. However, we need to be alert this fall when it's time to slate Board of Education candidates. That would be terrible if one of Lora Sue's group is nominated. I'll keep you posted."
In an April 2009 e-mail exhibit, Fornero writes to an unidentified recipient who is planning to attend a diversity conference: "Be sure to sit in the hate group section. Maybe loira sue [sic] can bring her pic of hitler."
Attorney Nancy Krent, who is representing the employees, said she is confident she can put up a successful defense.
To read the entire article, CLICK HERE.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Mother Sues Public School for Defamation
After Chicago suburban resident Lora Sue Hauser exposed the Gay Agenda of her high school district, the openly homosexual Superintendent and other school faculty/employees spread hateful lies about her to the community.
UPDATE 5/13/10: Superintendent embroiled again -- Girls Basketball
-- From "Lawsuit: District 113 employees defamed woman" Sun-Times News Group 9/14/09
Lora Sue Hauser filed a defamation lawsuit Monday in Cook County Circuit Court against George V. Fornero, Andy Zakszeski, and other unknown persons, who allegedly worked in or near north suburban Highland Park [School District 113]. The lawsuit seeks in excess of $50,000 in damages.
On Nov. 12, 2008, the defendants allegedly sent out an e-mail stating Hauser had a picture of Hitler in her residence, despite Hauser being Jewish and not having a photo of the dictator in her home, the lawsuit stated. Hauser was and remains “deeply troubled” by the e-mail because she is a Jewish woman, the suit stated.
In subsequent e-mails sent by the defendants, Hauser was accused of being a member of a hate group, being a “crazy” person, having her home foreclosed upon and of being engaged in unusual sexual acts. All the e-mails sent about her were false, the suit stated.
The three-count defamation lawsuit claims the e-mails damaged Hauser's good reputation, and injured her in a personal capacity.
To read the entire article, CLICK HERE.
UPDATE 5/13/10: Superintendent embroiled again -- Girls Basketball
-- From "Lawsuit: District 113 employees defamed woman" Sun-Times News Group 9/14/09
Lora Sue Hauser filed a defamation lawsuit Monday in Cook County Circuit Court against George V. Fornero, Andy Zakszeski, and other unknown persons, who allegedly worked in or near north suburban Highland Park [School District 113]. The lawsuit seeks in excess of $50,000 in damages.
On Nov. 12, 2008, the defendants allegedly sent out an e-mail stating Hauser had a picture of Hitler in her residence, despite Hauser being Jewish and not having a photo of the dictator in her home, the lawsuit stated. Hauser was and remains “deeply troubled” by the e-mail because she is a Jewish woman, the suit stated.
In subsequent e-mails sent by the defendants, Hauser was accused of being a member of a hate group, being a “crazy” person, having her home foreclosed upon and of being engaged in unusual sexual acts. All the e-mails sent about her were false, the suit stated.
The three-count defamation lawsuit claims the e-mails damaged Hauser's good reputation, and injured her in a personal capacity.
To read the entire article, CLICK HERE.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Deerfield High School: Who's to Blame for Teaching Porn?
Following up on the initial report . . .
Sources within Deerfield (IL) High School have indicated that, although District 113, Superintendent George Fornero claims that,
Dr. Fornero’s public statement (excerpted above) suggests that all administrators supported the teaching of this pernicious play. His comment fails to mention that some, perhaps many, administrators were excluded from this process, including even the English Department Chair, according to faculty sources. Those administrators who were excluded from the decision-making process and who find the teaching of this play reprehensible are now being portrayed by the Superintendent as having given their stamp of approval to its teaching.
As a result of the District's selective public statements, parents remain largely unaware of how many teachers in District 113 are angry about this indefensible decision but are afraid to speak out. Anyone who pays taxes, whether they have children in school right now or not, should be outraged and speak out now.
Here are some steps that parents and taxpayers can take to ascertain exactly where the blame lies for this unconscionable decision:
- Contact the administration and demand to know specifically who approved this decision, since many administrators were not included and likely would not have approved it. Demand to know names.
- Demand also to know the names of school board members who approved this decision.
- Ask for the names of administrators who were excluded from the decision-making process.
- Ask for the names of administrators who were included but did not approve.
- Ask which teacher has been teaching Angels in America for five years at Highland Park HS.
- Ask what year parental notification letters were first sent out to parents at HPHS and DHS.
- Ask what year an alternative text was formally made available to students at HPHS and DHS ("formally" means, rather than merely providing one after a parent on their own requested opting their child out).
Taxpayers are urged to forward answers to the above, as provided by the school(s), to feedback@culturecampaign.com
Sources within Deerfield (IL) High School have indicated that, although District 113, Superintendent George Fornero claims that,
“The Board of Education, school administration, and the involved teacher are aware that Angels in America is a provocative work intended for mature and thoughtful readers and support Jeff Berger-White's decision to teach it..."In reality some in the administration were not aware that Angels in America was being taught, were not aware of its offensive content, and would not support its teaching. In fact, some administrators are angry at the implication that they would support such a text.
Dr. Fornero’s public statement (excerpted above) suggests that all administrators supported the teaching of this pernicious play. His comment fails to mention that some, perhaps many, administrators were excluded from this process, including even the English Department Chair, according to faculty sources. Those administrators who were excluded from the decision-making process and who find the teaching of this play reprehensible are now being portrayed by the Superintendent as having given their stamp of approval to its teaching.
As a result of the District's selective public statements, parents remain largely unaware of how many teachers in District 113 are angry about this indefensible decision but are afraid to speak out. Anyone who pays taxes, whether they have children in school right now or not, should be outraged and speak out now.
Here are some steps that parents and taxpayers can take to ascertain exactly where the blame lies for this unconscionable decision:
- Contact the administration and demand to know specifically who approved this decision, since many administrators were not included and likely would not have approved it. Demand to know names.
- Demand also to know the names of school board members who approved this decision.
- Ask for the names of administrators who were excluded from the decision-making process.
- Ask for the names of administrators who were included but did not approve.
- Ask which teacher has been teaching Angels in America for five years at Highland Park HS.
- Ask what year parental notification letters were first sent out to parents at HPHS and DHS.
- Ask what year an alternative text was formally made available to students at HPHS and DHS ("formally" means, rather than merely providing one after a parent on their own requested opting their child out).
Taxpayers are urged to forward answers to the above, as provided by the school(s), to feedback@culturecampaign.com
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Deerfield High School English Classes Offer Students Homosexual Porn
North Shore Student Advocacy has learned that Deerfield High School is offering the books Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes (Part One & Two) -- laced with graphic sexual content, including gay sex, pervasive expletives, religious denigration and mockery --- in English classes this spring .
Read analysis of the excerpts HERE.
View selected photocopy pages HERE.
WARNING: HIGHLY GRAPHIC SEXUAL CONTENT
[Also, see next followup post]
“After almost 15 years of school advocacy and reviewing many objectionable books and curricula, I have never seen anything this vulgar and harmful to students,” says Lora Sue Hauser, Executive Director of North Shore Student Advocacy. “Parents, taxpayers and concerned citizens must force themselves to read these excerpts, as horrific as they are, so you know what kids are being exposed to. The school justifies this egregious choice because of its themes of hope. Evidently, all great literature with themes of hope have already been exhausted so teachers need to start offering pornography. We say – enough.”
North Shore Student Advocacy (NSSA), an organization to help parents and students when they run into problems in public schools, was made aware of these books last fall when a parent complained. The books were part of required reading until NSSA filed a formal complaint with the school, asking the books to be reviewed by committee. The committee decided to remove the books from required reading but continued to offer them in the classroom as an optional title. “Optional Title,” according to the principal, means that the student may select the books to study with peers and be guided by the adult, male teacher. A parental permission slip will be required but without full disclosure of the sexually explicit content. This conclusion is unacceptable to the complaining parent and to NSSA. They are asking that this pornographic book be removed from curriculum completely.
After contacting the State’s Attorney’s office of Lake County, Illinois, they deemed the books “obscene” according to Illinois obscenity laws, violating the “distributing harmful materials to minors” statute. But, state and federal obscenity laws exempt schools and libraries under “affirmative defense” so it becomes impossible to prosecute a teacher or school.
Deerfield High School, an upscale suburban community on the North Shore of Chicago, has had a long history of presenting inappropriate curricula to students. They continue to have faculty who push their own personal agendas and are unresponsive to parents and taxpayers in the community. Not surprisingly, the administration has a very high turnover rate; 4 principals and 3 superintendents in 6 years.
Please contact Deerfield High School, District 113 and the Lake County District Attorney to give your opinion on yet another violation of trust.
Principal, Dr. Sue Hebson: (224) 632-3000
shebson@dist113.org
Superintendent, Dr. George Fornero: (224) 765-1000
gfornero@dist113.org
Lake County State’s Attorney: Mr. Mike Waller: (847) 377-3000
StatesAttorney@co.lake.il.us
For more information, contact North Shore Student Advocacy at NSSAdvocacy@aol.com or
(847) 651-8646.
Read analysis of the excerpts HERE.
View selected photocopy pages HERE.
WARNING: HIGHLY GRAPHIC SEXUAL CONTENT
[Also, see next followup post]
“After almost 15 years of school advocacy and reviewing many objectionable books and curricula, I have never seen anything this vulgar and harmful to students,” says Lora Sue Hauser, Executive Director of North Shore Student Advocacy. “Parents, taxpayers and concerned citizens must force themselves to read these excerpts, as horrific as they are, so you know what kids are being exposed to. The school justifies this egregious choice because of its themes of hope. Evidently, all great literature with themes of hope have already been exhausted so teachers need to start offering pornography. We say – enough.”
North Shore Student Advocacy (NSSA), an organization to help parents and students when they run into problems in public schools, was made aware of these books last fall when a parent complained. The books were part of required reading until NSSA filed a formal complaint with the school, asking the books to be reviewed by committee. The committee decided to remove the books from required reading but continued to offer them in the classroom as an optional title. “Optional Title,” according to the principal, means that the student may select the books to study with peers and be guided by the adult, male teacher. A parental permission slip will be required but without full disclosure of the sexually explicit content. This conclusion is unacceptable to the complaining parent and to NSSA. They are asking that this pornographic book be removed from curriculum completely.
After contacting the State’s Attorney’s office of Lake County, Illinois, they deemed the books “obscene” according to Illinois obscenity laws, violating the “distributing harmful materials to minors” statute. But, state and federal obscenity laws exempt schools and libraries under “affirmative defense” so it becomes impossible to prosecute a teacher or school.
Deerfield High School, an upscale suburban community on the North Shore of Chicago, has had a long history of presenting inappropriate curricula to students. They continue to have faculty who push their own personal agendas and are unresponsive to parents and taxpayers in the community. Not surprisingly, the administration has a very high turnover rate; 4 principals and 3 superintendents in 6 years.
Please contact Deerfield High School, District 113 and the Lake County District Attorney to give your opinion on yet another violation of trust.
Principal, Dr. Sue Hebson: (224) 632-3000
shebson@dist113.org
Superintendent, Dr. George Fornero: (224) 765-1000
gfornero@dist113.org
Lake County State’s Attorney: Mr. Mike Waller: (847) 377-3000
StatesAttorney@co.lake.il.us
For more information, contact North Shore Student Advocacy at NSSAdvocacy@aol.com or
(847) 651-8646.
Friday, August 24, 2007
What Do a Black, Homosexual Drag Queen, a Gay Couple and an Angel with 8 V****as Have in Common?
Answer: They are all characters from a play studied by students at Deerfield High School last year...
From "Laurie Higgins Summarizes Kuschner's Debauched 'Angels in America'" by Laurie Higgins, posted 8/23/07 at Americans for Truth
...Now isn’t that edifying for students?
Click here for excerpts. WARNING: Filthy and blasphemous beyond belief...
Read the whole thing...
From "Laurie Higgins Summarizes Kuschner's Debauched 'Angels in America'" by Laurie Higgins, posted 8/23/07 at Americans for Truth
Angels in America is filled with obscenity, primarily forms of f**k. And although it addresses forgiveness (albeit not in a Christian sense, but rather, interpersonal forgiveness), compassion, community, and AIDS, it is primarily a pro-”gay” treatise with heavy-handed leftist politicking (e.g., explicit criticism of the Reagan administration) and sacrilege.
The plot revolves around two couples: married Mormon couple Harper and Joe whose marriage is disintegrating in large measure due to Joe’s repressed homosexuality, which he eventually acts upon: and a homosexual couple, Louis and Prior, who has AIDS. Louis leaves Prior due to his AIDS and has a month-long affair with Harper’s husband Joe. Roy Cohn — the infamous, unscrupulous, foul-mouthed, closeted, Republican lawyer — is also a central character who dies of AIDS.
...Now isn’t that edifying for students?
Click here for excerpts. WARNING: Filthy and blasphemous beyond belief...
Read the whole thing...
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Deerfield Superintendent Calls Confidentiality Agreement a 'Mistake'
From "CWA: School Tells Kids to Hide Pro-'Gay' Propaganda from Parents" by Stacey Holliday, posted 3/13/07, at Concerned Women for America, (Hat tip: Americans for Truth)
Read the entire article.
Dr. George Fornero, superintendent of DHS' Dist. 113, told CWA that the district "made a mistake" by requiring children to sign the confidentiality agreement and that it would be entirely aboveboard and honest with parents in the future. However, as Barber noted, the damage has already been done: "Until DHS and other government schools across the country are made to stop promoting the homosexual agenda, kids will continue to be exposed to -- and encouraged to participate in -- a lifestyle that places them at high risk for life-threatening disease, depression and spiritual despair," said Barber.
Read the entire article.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Deerfield H.S. -- Freshman Sign Confidentiality Agreement Before Hearing 'Gay' Student Panel
According to Lora Sue Hauser, the head of North Shore Student Advocacy (NSSA), students at Deerfield High School were asked to sign a 'confidentiality agreement' before listening to a panel discussion by homosexual students in a mandatory class known as Freshman Advisory.
Several weeks ago, Ellen Waltz, mother of a freshman girl, was denied permission by the school to quietly sit in on the class and observe. The school instead offered to give her a video tape of the class. When she called to obtain the videotape, she was told it was not available...How convenient.
NSSA filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the Freshman Advisory curriculum. The request was denied by the school.
Is Deerfield High School trying to hide the content of Freshman Advisory class from parents?
Is this even legal?
It gets more outrageous every day...
Ms. Hauser (NSSA) will be speaking this Sunday night at The Gay Agenda? No Child Left Behind...
Several weeks ago, Ellen Waltz, mother of a freshman girl, was denied permission by the school to quietly sit in on the class and observe. The school instead offered to give her a video tape of the class. When she called to obtain the videotape, she was told it was not available...How convenient.
NSSA filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the Freshman Advisory curriculum. The request was denied by the school.
Is Deerfield High School trying to hide the content of Freshman Advisory class from parents?
Is this even legal?
It gets more outrageous every day...
Ms. Hauser (NSSA) will be speaking this Sunday night at The Gay Agenda? No Child Left Behind...
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Deerfield High School: Concerned Parents and Taxpayers Take a Courageous Stand...
North Shore Student Advocacy (a group of concerned parents and taxpayers in High School District 113) published the following advertisement in the Deerfield Review last Thursday, March 1, 2007:
Deerfield High School: What's Going on to Freshman Advisory?
FOR MANY YEARS, HOMOSEXUAL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SPEAKING ON A PANEL TO ALL FRESHMAN ADVISORY CLASSES. IT IS SCHEDULED AGAIN FOR THIS YEAR ON MARCH 6 – 9. WE BELIEVE THESE STUDENTS ARE BEING USED TO FURTHER THE CAUSES OF GAY ACTIVISTS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
PLEASE ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:
1. What teachers are preparing these students to speak? What personal information are they discussing with these students? Is it appropriate to have teachers discussing personal sexual behavior and choices
with students?
2. Why do they target freshman classes? Aren’t most of the students who are speaking upper classmen? Isn’t this a form of “bullying” younger students into thinking a certain way about the moral issue of homosexuality?
3. Where are your panels of “socially awkward kids,” “fat kids”, “kids with speech problems” or “handicapped kids?”
4. Since homosexuality is a high risk behavior, isn’t it irresponsible as educators to promote the “I’m okay, you’re okay” message to your students? Would you have a panel of students who are engaging in and promoting drug use, having oral sex, or underage drinking?
5. What if a freshman is uncomfortable with an “up close and personal” encounter with gay students’ stories? What are they supposed to do? Don’t you think if these students walk out, or opt out, it will cause embarrassment to them? Won’t they be labeled homophobic or heterosexist? Wouldn’t this be hate speech?
6. What about those students who have deeply held religious beliefs that homosexuality is morally wrong? Where is their panel? Do you think it’s your prerogative to teach a one-sided view to these students,undermining the teachings of their church, synagogue, or family?
7. Why have you refused, in writing, to allow a parent of a freshman to observe this class? Why did two school board members, and our superintendent, cancel a meeting to discuss this issue with parents and taxpayers, in August of 2006, and subsequently refuse to meet?
8. Last year, the gay activists in your building brought in an adult gay speaker/author who promoted his sexually graphic books and his web site that links to 43 gay bars and clubs, fetish groups, and worse. Is this a responsible action by educators? www.alexsanchez.com
9. By encouraging gay students to come even further “out,” aren’t you creating the exact situation you’re supposedly trying to prevent – making them look and feel different? Is high school a time when kids naturally want to stand out or blend in? Some of your gay students are troubled and confused. Do you think it helps when you put them on display?
10. Why is there no parental notification being given to offer an opt-out for these gay panel presentations? What else is going on in Freshman Advisory that parents don’t know about?
DHS – REIN IN YOUR STAFF WHO ARE USING THE SCHOOL TO PROMOTE THEIR PERSONAL VIEWS!
If these issues concern you, please contact your District 113 School Board:
Helene Herbstman HEHCUBS@aol.com
Ken Fishbain ken_fishbain@ghr.org
Jeffrey Annenberg jeff@monteropartners.com
Harvey Cohen HCohen4940@aol.com
Joel Hurwitz hurwitz4@aol.com
Marjie Sandlow Msandlow@aol.com
Bonnie Shlensky DBLBadger@aol.com
George Fornero gfornero@dist113.org
NORTH SHORE STUDENT ADVOCACY
NSSAdvocacy@aol.com
These are honest questions, that deserve an answer...
Special Event! The Gay Agenda? No Child Left Behind...
Sunday, Mar. 11, 7:15 PM, College Church, Wheaton, IL
Deerfield High School: What's Going on to Freshman Advisory?
FOR MANY YEARS, HOMOSEXUAL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SPEAKING ON A PANEL TO ALL FRESHMAN ADVISORY CLASSES. IT IS SCHEDULED AGAIN FOR THIS YEAR ON MARCH 6 – 9. WE BELIEVE THESE STUDENTS ARE BEING USED TO FURTHER THE CAUSES OF GAY ACTIVISTS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
PLEASE ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:
1. What teachers are preparing these students to speak? What personal information are they discussing with these students? Is it appropriate to have teachers discussing personal sexual behavior and choices
with students?
2. Why do they target freshman classes? Aren’t most of the students who are speaking upper classmen? Isn’t this a form of “bullying” younger students into thinking a certain way about the moral issue of homosexuality?
3. Where are your panels of “socially awkward kids,” “fat kids”, “kids with speech problems” or “handicapped kids?”
4. Since homosexuality is a high risk behavior, isn’t it irresponsible as educators to promote the “I’m okay, you’re okay” message to your students? Would you have a panel of students who are engaging in and promoting drug use, having oral sex, or underage drinking?
5. What if a freshman is uncomfortable with an “up close and personal” encounter with gay students’ stories? What are they supposed to do? Don’t you think if these students walk out, or opt out, it will cause embarrassment to them? Won’t they be labeled homophobic or heterosexist? Wouldn’t this be hate speech?
6. What about those students who have deeply held religious beliefs that homosexuality is morally wrong? Where is their panel? Do you think it’s your prerogative to teach a one-sided view to these students,undermining the teachings of their church, synagogue, or family?
7. Why have you refused, in writing, to allow a parent of a freshman to observe this class? Why did two school board members, and our superintendent, cancel a meeting to discuss this issue with parents and taxpayers, in August of 2006, and subsequently refuse to meet?
8. Last year, the gay activists in your building brought in an adult gay speaker/author who promoted his sexually graphic books and his web site that links to 43 gay bars and clubs, fetish groups, and worse. Is this a responsible action by educators? www.alexsanchez.com
9. By encouraging gay students to come even further “out,” aren’t you creating the exact situation you’re supposedly trying to prevent – making them look and feel different? Is high school a time when kids naturally want to stand out or blend in? Some of your gay students are troubled and confused. Do you think it helps when you put them on display?
10. Why is there no parental notification being given to offer an opt-out for these gay panel presentations? What else is going on in Freshman Advisory that parents don’t know about?
DHS – REIN IN YOUR STAFF WHO ARE USING THE SCHOOL TO PROMOTE THEIR PERSONAL VIEWS!
If these issues concern you, please contact your District 113 School Board:
Helene Herbstman HEHCUBS@aol.com
Ken Fishbain ken_fishbain@ghr.org
Jeffrey Annenberg jeff@monteropartners.com
Harvey Cohen HCohen4940@aol.com
Joel Hurwitz hurwitz4@aol.com
Marjie Sandlow Msandlow@aol.com
Bonnie Shlensky DBLBadger@aol.com
George Fornero gfornero@dist113.org
NORTH SHORE STUDENT ADVOCACY
NSSAdvocacy@aol.com
These are honest questions, that deserve an answer...
Special Event! The Gay Agenda? No Child Left Behind...
Sunday, Mar. 11, 7:15 PM, College Church, Wheaton, IL
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Deerfield High School: Required Class for Freshmen Advocates Liberal and Pro-Gay Propaganda
As Culture Campaign reported last week, a letter to the editor in the Thursday, Feb. 15 issue of Deerfield Review has prompted some scrutiny of the curriculum being used in a freshman class called Freshman Advisory in District 113 (Deerfield and Highland Park High Schools).
According to Lora Sue Hauser, School Issues Advisor from Illinois Family Institute and parent in the Deerfield High School District, Freshman Advisory is a required class for freshmen in which a vast amount of time is devoted to exposing students to pro-homosexual propaganda:
It is a violation of state law and school policy for teachers to promote sexual behavior. It is also a violation of the Equal Access Act for SAGA advisors to be in anything other than a custodial role for non-curriculum extracurricular groups.
Deerfield High School has some explaining to do…
If you would like to get more information on the effort to protect kids in District 113 (Deerfield and Highland Park High Schools), please send us an email at feedback@culturecampaign.com.
Special Event! The Gay Agenda? No Child Left Behind...
Sunday, Mar. 11, 7:15 PM, College Church, Wheaton, IL
According to Lora Sue Hauser, School Issues Advisor from Illinois Family Institute and parent in the Deerfield High School District, Freshman Advisory is a required class for freshmen in which a vast amount of time is devoted to exposing students to pro-homosexual propaganda:
“This is a whole class designed for the gay agenda during the second semester as well as other liberal causes. In addition to the gay panel, last year’s curricula included movies, (Common Threads, Bloodlines, Philadelphia), displaying the AIDS quilt, promoting Day of Silence, etc.According to the North Shore Student Advocacy Group (NSSA):
And even worse, this year parents cannot get even this much information. We have no idea what is actually being taught about sexual orientation. The teachers are not required to give full disclosure as to the content in their lesson plans.
How does this happen? It’s a simple formula; gay activist teachers = liberal curricula. In Deerfield, and other schools around the country, gay activists are in a position to choose curricula and they have no intention of staying neutral on these highly debated topics. They do not present alternative viewpoints even though they claim to welcome diverse views. We have repeatedly asked for a panel to speak on the subject of homosexuality from a moral and medical view but have been denied.
We are trying to get a copy of the 2007 Freshman Advisory Diversity curriculum, with specifics as to what is being taught but we're hitting a brick wall. Last year, there was a whole Diversity Packet including a Heterosexism Unit that was ghastly. It included playing a card game with all the sexually deviant terms (Genderqueer, Intersexual, MSM, Transgender, Transsexual, Sex Reassignment Surgery, Transphobia, Down-Low, Cross Dressers, etc.) and students had to match the definitions.
It was followed by discussions asking such questions as "What questions or confusion do you have around language describing lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender people?" or "In your experience, has LGBT terminology been understood and used properly at Deerfield High School." Of course, all this material comes from GLSEN.”
The curriculum also included a Social Justice Education Unit teaching “Power Over & Power Under ” ideologies with Whites, Males, Heterosexuals, Christians/Gentiles, and the Rich being those with “Power Over.” During the lesson plan, they change the wording to be “Non-target” and “Target” stating that the “Power Over” group target people for mistreatment. This kind of teaching sets the ideological stage for anyone who tries to question the curriculum. We are the ones who “Target.” This is nothing short of propaganda to the youngest students in a high school."
1. District 113 Superintendent, George Fornero, and school board members have been unwilling to meet with parents and concerned taxpayers. Dr. Fornero, new to District 113, was acting superintendent in Ann Arbor, MI where his school district, Ann Arbor Public Schools, was sued for not allowing a student to present an alternate viewpoint on a panel of those supporting homosexual behavior. The district lost the suit.
2. Last year, adult gay author Alex Sanchez was brought in by the Straight and Gay Alliance (SAGA) to speak to students after school. He promoted his sexually graphic books and website, (which links to forty-five gay bars, fetish groups and even a ‘leather’ group (sado-masochism).
It is a violation of state law and school policy for teachers to promote sexual behavior. It is also a violation of the Equal Access Act for SAGA advisors to be in anything other than a custodial role for non-curriculum extracurricular groups.
Deerfield High School has some explaining to do…
If you would like to get more information on the effort to protect kids in District 113 (Deerfield and Highland Park High Schools), please send us an email at feedback@culturecampaign.com.
Special Event! The Gay Agenda? No Child Left Behind...
Sunday, Mar. 11, 7:15 PM, College Church, Wheaton, IL
Monday, February 19, 2007
Deerfield High School: Parent Barred From Observing Pro-Homosexual Classroom Lesson
Parent had become concerned about content of class after daughter mocked, called 'anti-semitic' and 'homophobic.'
A recent letter to the editor [.PDF] in the Thursday, Feb. 15 issue of Deerfield Review reveals a troubling agenda at Deerfield High School. A parent was denied permission for a one-time visit to observe a class called Freshman Advisory. She had become concerned about the content of the class after her daughter was mocked, called 'anti-semitic' and 'homophobic' for openly disagreeing with the pro-homosexual message presented. Student members of the Straight and Gay Alliance (SAGA) drew pictures of her with devil horns on her head...
Here is the letter in its entirety:
Deerfield High School has some explaining to do...
If you would like to help support Ellen in her effort to protect kids at Deerfield High School, please send us an email at feedback@culturecampaign.com.
A recent letter to the editor [.PDF] in the Thursday, Feb. 15 issue of Deerfield Review reveals a troubling agenda at Deerfield High School. A parent was denied permission for a one-time visit to observe a class called Freshman Advisory. She had become concerned about the content of the class after her daughter was mocked, called 'anti-semitic' and 'homophobic' for openly disagreeing with the pro-homosexual message presented. Student members of the Straight and Gay Alliance (SAGA) drew pictures of her with devil horns on her head...
Here is the letter in its entirety:
Parent Denied Class Visit
I have seven children who have either attended or are currently attending Deerfield High School. As a parent, I have the right to know what they are teaching my kids, how they are teaching my kids, and why they are teaching my kids certain information. I recently asked for the first time to visit a class to hear what they are teaching in Freshman Advisory.
I was surprised to receive a letter informing me that I would not be allowed to visit. They told me that they would send me a taped copy of the class.
First, how would I know if the tape had been edited? Second, I am an adult, I pay taxes for my kids to attend this school, and I should be able to sit in on one class to see what they are teaching my fourteen-year-old.
I have instilled morals and values in my kids, and I believe that some at DHS are trying to change my child's beliefs to conform to theirs.
Tolerance is one of the values that I have instilled in my kids, but it is clear that tolerance is not a value shared by the Straight and Gay Alliance (SAGA) at DHS. I was shocked to learn that when one of my children openly disagreed with SAGA's position on homosexuality, she was called anti-Semitic and homophobic. In addition, certain individuals in SAGA drew pictures of my daughter with devil horns on her head.
Shockingly, none of this was solved, and no one was punished for these intolerant and distasteful acts. I feel certain that if the tables were turned, my daughter would have been punished. Intolerance is clearly an issue at DHS. Unfortunately it is those with a non-traditional agenda who are the intolerant ones. Some students and certain staff members make it uncomfortable for more conservative students to disagree with the belief that homosexual behavior is moral.
I will do whatever I can to ensure that my children and their beliefs are tolerated. Furthermore, I do not want my children taught anything at school that should be taught only at home. Teachers should teach English, math social studies, science, and foreign languages.
The class I asked to observe is a Freshman Advisory class in which gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgender DHS students discuss their sexual orientation with all freshmen. If they are allowed to share this information with freshmen, parents should be allowed to hear their presentation also.
If they are uncomfortable with a parent sitting quietly in the back of the class, then perhaps the presentation is not appropriate for the public school.
I do not want teachers having some students announce their sexual orientation to my children as part of a classroom presentation, and I do not want teachers even suggesting that my children accept the view that homosexual behavior is right behavior. This is not what I send my kids to school to learn. Something needs to change.
Ellen Waltz
Deerfield
Deerfield High School has some explaining to do...
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