.:: a few thoughts on the subject by rob wright ::.: Public Schools Should Raise Your Children

November 19, 2005

Public Schools Should Raise Your Children

That's according to the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit judges Donald P. Lay, Stephen Reinhardt, and Sidney R. Thomas in this ruling.

We agree [with the previous ruling], and hold that there is no fundamental right of parents to be the exclusive provider of information regarding sexual matters to their children, either independent of their right to direct the upbringing and education of their children or encompassed by it. We also hold that parents have no due process or privacy right to override the determinations of public schools as to the information to which their children will be exposed while enrolled as students. Finally, we hold that the defendants' actions were rationally related to a legitimate state purpose.

It's scary to think that intelligent people can come to that conclusion. The ruling clearly states that the parents of the elementary school children (ages 7 to 10) were notified of the survey but were misled about the contents of the survey. The notification did not explicitly state that the children were to be surveyed about the children's sexual activity. When the 6 parents of students protested, the court came to the above conclusion.

It is disturbing that the public school system, funded by tax payer money, can exercise such extreme control. It would seem that the public school system is most beneficial when the system works with the parents, not against the parents. It is especially disturbing because students of history will remember that the Nazi party was particularly good at controlling the German education system. I don't mean to imply that the Palmdale school district is a Nazi organization, just that everyone school be concerned when an organization tries to deceptively control the education of children.