bookthief-withoutthewords:

Colorado Students Protest Proposed Censorship

My old high school is one of the schools participating in these walkouts.

The school board is proposing an alteration to the curriculum of history and health courses, to focus on “the positives of American history while avoiding material on civil disorder and social strife” (aka pretty much all of American history). Their defense? It would only really be for AP History, which the new superintendent for the district claims is “an elective.”

Also, the same board has implemented a new salary plan for teachers that no one wanted. Teachers across the district fought tooth and nail against it. While he claims it is benefiting many teachers, independent reviewers have confirmed it is a flawed system.

“The compensation package was not approved by teachers, and the board rejected the opinion of an independent reviewer who found the evaluation system was flawed”

Now, this is not the first major problem with the school board in Jeffco. Three new members were elected last year, Ken Witt, John Newkirk, and Julie Williams (all republican). These three violated the law the literal second they were inaugurated back in November 2013. They, without the knowledge of the other two existing board members or the general public, hired an out of district private attorney (who, by the way, is getting paid more than the current highest paid jeffco teachers via the new salary program).

PLEASE get angry about this.

New York Times

Denver Post

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