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A Texas elementary school is hosting a pride week for students, complete with planned programs from social-emotional learning to teaching students about social justice.
The planned events for pride week for Doss Elementary School in Austin, Texas, drew attention online after the popular Twitter account Libs of Tik Tok highlighted the agenda for the week that included “community circles” where students were instructed to keep conversations confidential, an arrangement that some interpreted as meant to keep parents in the dark about what was discussed.
The article goes on to state the following:
A spokesperson for the Austin Independent School District told the Washington Examiner the circles were “confidential in the sense that makes students feel trusted and respected for their privacy when sharing in the conversations” and that it should not be misconstrued to mean “don’t tell your parents.”
“Circles are part of Social Emotional Learning and are used for a variety of speaking topics such as test anxiety, world events, internal conflict resolution, social justice,” the spokesperson said. “The conversation template allows for a process and gives everyone an optional opportunity to speak. Everyone, not just parents, has access to the materials ahead of time. Every parent has the right to opt out of these activities.”
Pride Week: March 21-26, 2022 🏳️🌈
Every year, to celebrate LGBTQIA+ students, staff & families Austin ISD hosts its own Pride Week, a time to highlight the district’s commitment to creating a safe, supportive, inclusive environment.https://t.co/afRtuF51d6#AISDPride #AISDProud pic.twitter.com/ygbaui0Ew3
— Austin ISD (@AustinISD) March 21, 2022
The Daily Caller further reports:
Eduardo Villa, AISD’s Media Relations Specialist, told the Daily Caller that the community circles are designed to be confidential “in the sense that makes students feel trusted and respected for their privacy.”
“[It] does not mean don’t tell your parents,” Villa said. “Every parent has the right to opt out of these activities … Everyone, not just parents, has access to the [community circles] materials ahead of time.”
Texas elementary schoolers were told to keep Pride Week “community circles” “confidential”
The district told the Daily Caller that this programming was available to all parentshttps://t.co/poTTxt3cxW
— Chrissy Clark (@chrissyclark_) March 21, 2022
Texas elementary school hosts pride week with ‘confidential’ community circles https://t.co/HCNqonRpVL
— Jeremiah Poff (@JJ_Poff) March 21, 2022
“Libs of Tik Tok” suggested that the district could be violating a Texas state law with the secretive conversations.
“A parent is entitled to full information regarding the school activities of a parent’s child,” the law reads. “An attempt by any school district employee to encourage or coerce a child to withhold information from the child’s parent is grounds for discipline.”
Doss Elementary, TX is holding a “community circles” activity for kindergarten-5th grade for Pride Week. One of the rules is students can’t repeat anything.
What would a teacher be discussing during pride week that she’s worried the kids will tell their parents? 🧐 pic.twitter.com/68uxTkOdTw
— Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) March 21, 2022
Texas elementary schoolers were told to keep Pride Week “community circles” “confidential”
The district told the Daily Caller that this programming was available to all parentshttps://t.co/poTTxt3cxW
— Chrissy Clark (@chrissyclark_) March 21, 2022
Texas elementary school hosts pride week with ‘confidential’ community circles https://t.co/HCNqonRpVL
— Jeremiah Poff (@JJ_Poff) March 21, 2022
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Less than a 1/4% wagging the dog. Enough of this BS.
Why in the hell do elementary children need to know about LGBTQIA or pride??????? Seriously? My kids are 6 and 9. They don’t know about any of that and I plan on keeping it that way for as long as I can. JUST TEACH THE FREAKING KIDS MATH, SCIENCE, ENGLISH AND REAL HISTORY! I’m done!
I agree with you & the problem here is that Austin is a deep deep Blue City in Texas
These schools have lost their ever loving minds. Keep sex and gender crap out of schools.
How about Straight and Smart week?
Get out of our schools communist
If pants really did light on fire for Lies, so many cities with this work agenda would be up in flames for the things they do to keep parents in the dark. It’s got to stop. This was just another example of making excuses because they got caught. Freakin perverts, racists and traitors running the schools.
DeSantis should send the Fla bill to Abbott n get it in
LIBERAL CHILD ABUSE AND INDOCTRINATION!
EVIL PEOPLE PRETENDING TO BE EDUCATORS WHILE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO STEAL THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDREN!
IS THIS PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM TO CHILDREN ANY LESS EVIL THAN THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM CAUSED BY A PEDOPHILE?
THESE PEOPLE ARE TRULY EVIL!