GETTING YOUR SCHOOL BOARD ON BOARD:
PRO TALKING POINTS
Why is it important for non-discrimination/anti-harassment policies to list
specific forms of prohibited discrimination and harassment?
Harassment of any kind is unacceptable and should be dealt with quickly and firmly and with
appropriate consequences and remedies. Historically, however, certain groups of people have
suffered systematic institutional prejudice, discrimination, and have been at disproportionate riskof harassment and violence. As demonstrated by the statistics above and the facts of cases likeNabozny, schools have often been complicit in the perpetuation of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
READ THE REST HERE:
http://www.nclrights.org/site/DocServer/pubs_harass-talkingpoints.pdf?docID=1683
If the West Bend School District adopts the harassment policy currently redrafted, NO CHILD will be able to exercise his/her free speech right for fear of the above. What a long list the "compliance officer" will have if this goes into place! Think about the legal costs......
West Bend Taxpayers - show up at the school board meeting. SPEAK UP.
4 comments:
Huh, well, actually you simply have it wrong. Kids just won't be allowed to "harass" someone. Harass has a specific, and acceptable, legal basis. Their political speech is still as protected as it ever was.
Do you believe bullying should be protected too?
hiho
Mp
It would not be me who has anything wrong. This is not coming from my website. It is coming from the GLSEN website. See for yourself. Thanks!
Ginny sounds like nothing but a big bully to me. She was probably picked on as a child. She is probably overweight and her husband probably has a small member, if he's not gay or impotent.
Children do not have Free speech at school anyway. There are many codes of conduct. Are the children of the West Bend School system allowed to run around saying God Damn?
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