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Related: About this forumOhio school district introduces VERY RESTRICTIVE classroom decor rules: American/Ohio/city flags ok. no social justice
https://www.wcpo.com/news/education/ohio-school-board-considers-restricting-how-teachers-decorate-classrooms-600-oppose-it-in-online-petition#google_vignetteLittle Miami's school board is considering restricting how teachers decorate classrooms. Hundreds oppose it.
If passed, teachers would have to take down some classroom displays and replace them with approved items like an American flag or Ohio flag.
If passed, the policy would limit what teachers can use to decorate classrooms to a narrow list of eight item categories:
The U.S. or Ohio flag
The Little Miami flag or mascot
Curriculum posters that are part of a temporary unit of study
Superintendent-approved award or recognition displays
School sports displays
Military, college or university posters placed in approved locations
Country flags representing foreign exchange students placed in approved locations
School club flyers, notices or invitations placed on approved bulletin boards
The display restrictions would extend beyond the classroom, under the policy, and include displays on stadium fencing, walls, doors, ceilings, district-owned vehicles, the district website and district email network.
School board member David Wallace, who was elected in November 2023, proposed the policy.
I ran on the fact that I was going to get politics out of the classroom, and I got roughly about 5,000 votes, he said. We should not have to worry that our children are being subjected to materials that go against your household's values and beliefs.
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(The policy) reflects what our schools are truly meant to be: places of learning, growth and unity, said Kim Georgeton, chair of the Hamilton County chapter of Moms for Liberty. Not arenas for personal philosophies or political advocacy.
The elections are over. And the ideologies that would oppose the flag and displays policy were soundly defeated (in November), said Christian Mays, a Warren County Republican Central Committee member.
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Ohio school district introduces VERY RESTRICTIVE classroom decor rules: American/Ohio/city flags ok. no social justice (Original Post)
BlueWaveNeverEnd
22 hrs ago
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doc03
(36,964 posts)1. No MAGA flags. nt
Diamond_Dog
(35,178 posts)2. Artwork done by students isn't permitted??
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(10,493 posts)4. I doubt it. Little girls like to draw rainbows.
msongs
(70,279 posts)3. they are scared s**tless by rainbow flags. nt
bronxiteforever
(9,560 posts)5. "In my little town, I grew believing
God keeps an eye on us all
And he used to lean upon me
While I pledged allegiance to the wall
Lord, I recall my little town
Nothing but the dead and dying back in my little town
Nothing but the dead and dying back in my little town
Lyrics and music by Paul Simon
Hope22
(3,110 posts)6. Home of the free....
.unless that includes thinking. These people spend so much time trying to control that which will prove to be uncontrollable.