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President Obama's speech to schoolchildren
Regardless of your politics, I think Dublin City Schools made a wise compromise on President Obama's speech on Tuesday. Rather than mandate that all students watch it or no students watch it, they've left it in the hands of parents. Considering it's impossible to make everyone happy, it seems like the wisest course of action. FYI, I'm trying to keep politics out of this post and just report the facts.
Revised Protocols for Presidential Address
Hello, this is David Axner Superintendent of the Dublin City Schools. I am calling this morning to inform you of some new protocols for President Obama's live address to our students.
During the past two or three days we have received some very strong arguments on whether or not the President's' live broadcast should be part of school day.
As with any decision, we constantly assess the input of our school community and staff and how day to day operations are affected. There will be a live broadcast of the President’s address on Tuesday.
The live broadcast of the web address will be available in designated areas of each school. Students should bring a signed note from a parent to be excused from their regularly scheduled classroom activities to attend the live broadcast at noon.
Students who will not be viewing the speech will continue their normal school day.
For parents who are undecided, the White House has now made the decision to release the transcript of the speech on Monday.
The complete transcript of this telephone message is available at www.dublinschools.net.
Thank you for your time and I hope you enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend.
Revised Protocols for Presidential Address
Hello, this is David Axner Superintendent of the Dublin City Schools. I am calling this morning to inform you of some new protocols for President Obama's live address to our students.
During the past two or three days we have received some very strong arguments on whether or not the President's' live broadcast should be part of school day.
As with any decision, we constantly assess the input of our school community and staff and how day to day operations are affected. There will be a live broadcast of the President’s address on Tuesday.
The live broadcast of the web address will be available in designated areas of each school. Students should bring a signed note from a parent to be excused from their regularly scheduled classroom activities to attend the live broadcast at noon.
Students who will not be viewing the speech will continue their normal school day.
For parents who are undecided, the White House has now made the decision to release the transcript of the speech on Monday.
The complete transcript of this telephone message is available at www.dublinschools.net.
Thank you for your time and I hope you enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend.
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Permalink Reply by Larry Rosen on -
I would have hoped that this would have been their initial decision. It's hard to keep politics out of this but at least 3 times in the past Presidents have addressed our nations students. What's different this time... Hmmm...
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Permalink Reply by Jill Raudabaugh on -
While I agree that the speech should not be mandated, the important fact that you missed is that parents had to write a note to "opt in" to see the speech. The school district demonstrated very poor judgment in this decision. Their message should have been to have parents write a note if they did NOT want their children to attend the speech.
It was clear that students who did attend the speech had to worry that they may be missing important class work. It also sent a message to our children that the district thought what the President had to say might be something their parents would strongly object to or even be "dangerous propaganda". It clearly set a tone to villianize our President. The President's speech was available and it was a simple message of "do well in school". To avoid such poor decisions in the future, I would suggest that the district come up with a standing policy that does not change with who's in office. I would hope that policy would be "send a note to opt out", not "send a note to opt in". Or do we want our schools to instill paranoia and teach an anti-government mentality?
BTW, with the exception of this incident, I’ve been very happy with Dublin Schools.
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Peter and Benjamin Sells came to the area around 1801 from Huntington County, Pa., to buy land. Old Dublin was first platted in 1810 by their brother, John. Surveyor John Shields named the town after his birthplace in Ireland. The town developed the usual assortment of mills, shops and churches, with settlers coexisting peacefully with Wyandot Indians, who camped on Indian Run. The town gained notoriety in the mid-19th century, when a surplus of taverns and rowdy Civil War veterans gave the village a tough reputation. Columbus' growth and the construction of I-270 made expansion inevitable. Dublin achieved city status in 1987.
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