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Incredible Story of District 211 School Board Elections
Last Thursday night, District 211—the largest high school district in the state with 12,000 students and five high schools—held a board meeting to discuss Superintendent Daniel Cates’ boneheaded proposal to allow students who “identify” as the opposite sex to have unrestricted access to the locker rooms of opposite-sex peers. Expecting a large crowd, the district moved the meeting to Palatine High School. The Daily Herald reported that 25 speakers were randomly selected, 16 of whom opposed the proposal, which is well over 50 percent.
Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture, Pornography, Religious Liberty, Sexuality
Tagged Clark Pellet, Dana Beyer, Daniel Cates, Dave Pope, District 211, Douglas Hattaway, Eliza Byard, Girls Locker room, Heather Steans, Jean Forrest, Jeanette Ward, Katherine Jee Young David, Kim Cavill, Kira Kinsman, LaSaia Wade, Lindsay Christensen, Melissa Owens, Palatine High School, Parents and Neighbors for Quality Education, Ralph Bonatz, Simon Fanshawe, Tracey Salvatore, Traci O’Neal Ellis, Veronica Noland, “Lana” Wachowski
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Jeanette Ward’s Profile in Courage, Grace, and Wisdom
School District U46 (Elgin, Illinois) School Board Member Jeanette Ward offers a profile in courage, grace, and wisdom, while fellow board members Veronica Noland and Melissa Owens offer profiles in hypocrisy and ignorance. Their hypocrisy and ignorance were revealed during a recent school board meeting discussion about proposed changes to the “Student Code of Conduct.”
In 2013, the board voted to add the terms “sexual orientation,” “gender identity” and “gender-related identity or expression” to the section of school board policy on bullying and harassment. Those are the only conditions constituted by subjective, internal feelings and volitional behavior to be specifically …
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Tagged Jeanette Ward, Kim Cavill, Melissa Owens, Phil Costello, School District U46, Veronica Noland
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