tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822570305078338762024-03-17T23:00:48.368-04:00Richland 2 School District - unofficial blogGushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.comBlogger1755125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-69827020072869367722024-03-10T08:28:00.001-04:002024-03-10T08:28:59.222-04:00American Citizenship<span style="font-size: medium;">What is taught in Richland 2 schools about American citizenship, history (the <i>real </i>history), politics, the founding of the U.S., the meaning of responsible participation in the government, the awareness and understanding of identity politics, and the ability to think and make independent decisions?</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">A free online course titled "American Citizenship and its Decline" is offered by Hillsdale College at <a href="https://online.hillsdale.edu/courses/american-citizenship-and-its-decline">https://online.hillsdale.edu/courses/american-citizenship-and-its-decline</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Hillsdale College, in Hillsdale, Michigan, accepts NO government funding. It avoids the "strings" that are attached to government dollars. It doesn't have to kowtow to government regulations to keep the dollars flowing.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Take this eight-lesson course. You'll be surprised. Comment below, please, after you complete the course.</span></div>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-69768467027858734992024-03-10T08:03:00.003-04:002024-03-10T08:03:59.977-04:00California city bans most identity flags<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Huntington Beach, California has prohibited most non-government flags on city property. Read <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-city-bans-non-government-flags-angering-lgbtq-groups" target="_blank">this article</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Gone will be LGBTQ and "<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">breast cancer awareness, Pride, Confederate and all other non-U.S flags on city property</span>".</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Another article on FoxNews reported that the Springfield, Missouri School Board has refused to accept a LGBTQ "statement of support". The school board president, Steve Makoski, delivered a calm statement and explanation of the decision, which can be viewed <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6330319032112" target="_blank">here</a>. (Apologies for the long, embedded ad.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That would be a good position for Richland 2. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Severely limit excessive identity activism and kowtowing to special interest groups. Close the DEI program. Get back to educating the students.</span></p>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-42491435372009254202024-01-28T14:31:00.001-05:002024-01-28T14:34:29.406-05:00Like the New Intro to Livestreamed Board Meetings?<div><span style="font-size: medium;">This afternoon I decided to check the length of last Tuesday's School Board Meeting. The January 23, 2024 board meeting length is recorded as 4:43:04. Assuming it started with the Executive Session at 5:30PM, the meeting didn't end until 10:13PM!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Did they accomplish anything important?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">What shocked me was the new filler that precedes the board meeting. Watch it <a href="https://livestream.com/richland2/events/11070840/videos/239602011" target="_blank">here</a> or by going to livestream.com/richland2 and selecting the January 23 meeting.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">There is no introduction to what you see at the beginning of the recording, and there is no button to advance past the recognition of long-time employees. It's almost like one of those endless infomercials.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">If you wait long enough, the opening of the 5:30PM public session is at 4:09 on the recording. After the board enters executive session, a banner is added that the board meeting will resume after the executive session concludes. The public session resumes at 1:07:26.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">A question: How much did the District spend to produce that filler?</span></div>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-49047408212463511352024-01-23T16:35:00.001-05:002024-01-23T16:35:10.545-05:00Tonight's Agenda<span style="font-size: medium;">I just received a text from a friend, and he had assumed I'd be going to tonight's Richland 2 School Board meeting.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">So I looked at the agenda and shook my head in disgust. What a total waste of time! Of everybody's time.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Policy Proposal JLIG - Sun Safety. Seriously? The District is wasting time on a policy about sun safety and using sunscreen?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">No wonder school grades and student failure-to-progress are so dismal.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And "Gavin's Law" for staff and students. There are laws on the books for that stuff. Are Board Policies really necessary?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">If the School Board is going to give adequate time to all those items on tonight's agenda, the meeting should be over by dawn. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I remember my first school board meeting in 2018, right after the shootings in Parkland, Fla. Craig Plank was the board president. I think that meeting was about 60-90 minutes long. That's all!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I urge the school board to deal with important matters - like educating the students to graduate with the skills they need for life and for further education. Cut out all the drivel. Richland 2 must be trying to out-do the Federal Government with wasted efforts, time, and policies.</span></div>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-58697529411084865302024-01-18T09:33:00.000-05:002024-01-18T09:33:01.941-05:00Post and Courier's article about Supt's contract<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Post and Courier published an "interesting" article today about the superintendent's contract.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I had read the superintendent's contract several months ago, after it was texted to me. I didn't save it.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">From memory, I recall that there was to be an evaluation within four (maybe six) months, and then the Board would decide whether to extend the contract for a year. I recall thinking at the time, "WHY?"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My opinion was the contract provision resulted from poor negotiations by Richland 2. They were under the gun to hire somebody fast, because they lost the first three months after Baron left in January. The negotiating team was behind the curve. They were not in the strong position in which an employer usually finds it. And why would the legal advice to the District ever agree with that provision?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The superintendent's contract is a personnel issue. Why did the article have comments from two board members? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Will an evaluation occur "in the fall"? Historically, since the superintendent's contract runs from July 1-June 30, there would be a review before the end of the School Year (June 30), and a contract amendment, if there were to be one, at that time.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Angela Nash's gushing comment about the superintendent ("So far we've had such a great working experience with Dr. Moore") weakens any position of the Board, should it decide not to extend the contract when it enters its second year. That would have been better unsaid.</span></p>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-91391415516628152182024-01-15T15:56:00.003-05:002024-01-15T15:56:50.236-05:00Martin Luther King, Jr.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gpUwfRkqIrs" width="320" youtube-src-id="gpUwfRkqIrs"></iframe></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">What do today's students, and many adults, know about Martin Luther King, Jr.?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">That today was his birthday?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">That he gave a speech?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">That he marched?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">That he was killed?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Do they know any details?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Jason Riley, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, tells us about Dr. King in the 5-minute video from PragerU.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was fortunate to hear Dr. King speak. On October 15, 1962 he spoke at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa. I sat at the left end of the first row in front of the stage. The podium was about 20 feet from me. I didn't meet him that day or shake his hand. I liked what I heard.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">If you'd like to know what he said that day, you can read his words <a href="https://news.cornellcollege.edu/dr-martin-luther-kings-visit-to-cornell-college/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-3221516394561098182024-01-13T12:09:00.001-05:002024-01-13T12:09:29.930-05:00Grade Card for the District. How say you?<p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What is the general feeling about results being produced by the Richland 2 School Board since November 2022?</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They've been busy. Lots of meetings. What are the results?</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Have significant steps been taken to improve the academic results of students? Will students be better qualified for further education or work at the time of graduation? Granted, change in that category is like turning a battleship. But has the rudder moved?</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Are the right people in place to produce a positive result?</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Have attendance rates improved?</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Have disciplinary actions gone down? What's happening with discipline? Are changes in the wind? What type of changes? What is being done to instill the concept of higher personal responsibility in students?</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What's going on with DEI? (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) Is that still a huge consideration? Or has Richland 2 come to the conclusion that Accomplishment and Merit are more important than the woke ideas of DEI?</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How is employee morale? Up? Down? Unchanged? On a scale of 1-10, where is morale - on the average? Is it high? Low? Why?</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Does every employee have a clear job description that is not just HR boilerplate? Are employee expectations clear? Attainable?</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I know that, for many of the job openings I explored in the business world, one look at the Job Description caused me to wonder how many people were going to be hired to do that (one) job.</span></span></p>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-82423248195986447112024-01-12T08:33:00.001-05:002024-01-12T08:33:50.131-05:00Your School Has a New Principal<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KeqBbO_jpXk" width="320" youtube-src-id="KeqBbO_jpXk"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">What if, today, your school had a new principal? As nice as your principal was, that person is gone. When you arrived today, your first class was in the auditorium, and this is what you heard.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Teachers, parents, students, what do you think?</span></p>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-30769229797882819902024-01-05T14:21:00.005-05:002024-01-05T14:21:54.434-05:00Richland 2's DEI program could be this<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kz1tumZOaqw" width="320" youtube-src-id="kz1tumZOaqw"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">What if this were Richland 2's DEI program? Here's an old (1996) video with Dennis Prager and Larry Elder.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This was mentioned on a 2019 Fireside Chat (#100), when Dennis' guest was Allen Estrin, co-founder of PragerU. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">If you aren't a fan of Dennis Prager yet, check out <a href="http://www.prageru.com">www.prageru.com</a> for the Fireside Chats (30 minutes on Thursdays) and many 5-minute videos and other videos.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Character and abilities are important - more so than gender, race, ethnicity.</span></p>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-54140032973007636672024-01-03T09:45:00.001-05:002024-01-03T09:45:36.497-05:00Richland 2 is Wrong !<p><span style="font-size: medium;">My comments that follow are based on a story published by The State newspaper on January 2, 2024. I have written about it previously, based on comments on NextDoor.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Correction: In The State's article the term "snitch" is attributed to the boy who took and broke the student's glasses, not to a teacher, as it was previously described on NextDoor.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">According to yesterday's article, the incident started ON school property, when a classmate took the female student's charger. It continued <u>on</u> school property when a student broke her glasses. It continued when the mob attacked the girl near the closed Chick-fil-A location on Decker Blvd.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This means Richland 2 <b><i>is</i></b> involved, and it <b>IS</b> a school matter. Richland 2 can stonewall and say not. Richland 2 is wrong!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">From May 2023 until now is far too long for this case to wind its way through the juvenile justice system. It shouldn't have taken more than a month! The punishment to that mob should have been meted out within 30-45 days. They've got to be laughing their fool heads off.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The family's lawyer says the victim "...will likely deal with the emotional and physical fallout from the attack for the rest of her life."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">That's good language for a lawsuit against the mob and the school district, but it doesn't have to be the case. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The right therapy will help the girl and her mother deal with what happened and put it in the rearview mirror. The girl was a victim then, but she doesn't have to feel like a victim forever.</span></p>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-15225071854379417782023-12-22T09:25:00.001-05:002023-12-22T09:25:49.675-05:00Michael Leven on Capitalism, American, and high school and college teachings<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dYTAWnVICqc" width="320" youtube-src-id="dYTAWnVICqc"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Be sure to watch this 2019 PragerU Fireside Chat (No. 81), which is an interview by Dennis Prager with Michael Leven, then-Chairman and CEO of the Georgia Aquarium.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">They discuss capitalism, learning, giving and other topics.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm binge-watching Fireside Chats and started with Number 1 on November 2, 2023, when Dennis said he wondered how many viewers had watched all 312 of the Fireside Chats.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Do you have family members, neighbors, co-workers who think there is nothing wrong with the slide of America toward socialism? What do you understand about big government and loss of freedoms?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I urge you to make PragerU videos a part of your daily life. <a href="http://www.PragerU.com">www.PragerU.com</a></span></p>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-6065968972985679322023-12-20T21:29:00.001-05:002023-12-20T21:29:46.894-05:00Cursive Writing to make Come-back?<span style="font-size: medium;">One of today's headlines on WLTX.com reads, "<a href="https://www.wltx.com/article/news/local/cursive-may-be-mandated-in-public-elementary-schools-south-carolina/101-43942e24-2be6-474f-a288-b97172e33590" target="_blank">Bill proposed to mandate cursive writing in SC public schools</a>."</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Why is a Bill even needed for that? How stupid was it for schools to stop teaching cursive?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I recall a special ed teacher in Illinois telling me 20 years ago that</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">1. your stepson doesn't need to know how to add and subtract; he has a calculator. Strike 1;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">2. your stepson doesn't need to know how to spell; he can use spellcheck. Strike 2; and</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">3. your stepson doesn't need to know how to write; he has a keyboard. STRIKE 3.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Today? Twenty years later? He can't add, spell or write legibly.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">When did SC public schools stop requiring cursive writing? Why didn't parents say "Whoa!" then?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank S.C. House Rep. Michael Rivers (D-Beaufort) for H.B. 4709.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">That teacher who was interviewed, Pam Light, is totally out-of-touch. I pity her students.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Contact your State Rep. today! Ask him to support HB 4709. And then find out whether he did!</span></div>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-92014452531109972012023-12-15T10:30:00.000-05:002023-12-15T10:30:21.444-05:00Can This Be True? Sworn in on Gay Porn?<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Check out this article on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/school-board-member-sworn-in-on-stack-of-gay-porn-instead-of-bible?utm_medium=email&utm_source=cnemail&seyid=107433" target="_blank">The Daily Wire</a> about the Fairfax County (Va.) School District.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The title of the article is "<span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText65Medium; text-align: center;"><i>School Board Member Sworn In On Stack Of Gay Porn Instead Of Bible</i></span>".</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Does this make you sick?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">You know where Fairfax County is; right? Pretty close to Washington, D.C., the hub of government for our country. You can't get any closer!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In case you are wondering about the Oath of Office in Virginia, here it is:</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: PT Serif, Times, serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: arial;">I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent upon me as ____________________ according to the best of my ability, (so help me God).</span><span style="font-family: PT Serif, Times, serif;">" (Code of Virginia, ยง49-1)</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;">What kind of people elected that guy to the school district's board in 2019? What kind of people on the board elected him as chairman?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Don't miss the last paragraph in the story about the book used by a previous school board chair, as she took the oath. She put her hand on Howard Zinn's controversial "history" of the U.S. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">If you are waiting for the right time for The People to take back our country, your wait is over!</span></p>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-2465239529963476132023-12-15T08:54:00.002-05:002023-12-15T08:57:41.336-05:00Va. Teacher Wins - Read This<div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXeyknS-ppUveGRmJlRgk5atLQENBkq62z7vwUefP5x7wc08ue84xjWWbjRtmVzO4FR8rmjgZgak8NFuVkhSpmIwulDmn9vjTRbHEByKepE5oneMwegWiTJqBqqf_xkngZla7a7EKKTE-K3IKdK2OYXkJpsWqnleblB524JllwFNAlKHOX-7jooFCWjk/s757/Photo%20Vlaming.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="757" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXeyknS-ppUveGRmJlRgk5atLQENBkq62z7vwUefP5x7wc08ue84xjWWbjRtmVzO4FR8rmjgZgak8NFuVkhSpmIwulDmn9vjTRbHEByKepE5oneMwegWiTJqBqqf_xkngZla7a7EKKTE-K3IKdK2OYXkJpsWqnleblB524JllwFNAlKHOX-7jooFCWjk/s320/Photo%20Vlaming.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Vlaming (credit Alliance Defending Freedom)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div>In 2018 Virginia teacher Peter Vlaming was fired for refusing to use a student's preferred pronouns. He referred to the student by name and would not use the biological girl's demand of he/his/him.</div></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Vlaming sued and eventually prevailed in a case heard by the Virginia Supreme Court.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Read <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/14/peter-vlaming-vindicated-by-virginia-supreme-court-over-mandated-pronoun-use/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&mkt_tok=ODI0LU1IVC0zMDQAAAGQDC9SgQ_L9UtMzBHccaFwITgXJS6Pz7Pd8cT0vp6PWpTnDTaXPJazMGTbO519keHvKDw6OfcVSu9RO02QNA4XOYFVQbZOPxWcllHrhAXga5W5q4Djjw" target="_blank">this article</a> about that win.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Is any of this nonsense happening in Richland 2? Are teachers under a directive to refer to students by their preferred identity, not their biological gender?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">If you are a teacher, I suspect you fear for your job and well-being, if you buck the system. Is the DEI Department running (ruining!) your life? Could you afford a four-year court battle and possibly be out-of-work?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">You can contact me "off the record" by email at <a href="mailto:gusphilpott@gmail.com">gusphilpott@gmail.com</a> or phone (847.971.7083 (cell)) and be assured of confidentiality. Nothing from me will ever reach the light of day about you.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">How can I say this?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">In Illinois I refused to comply with a subpoena in a Federal court case. A deputy had filed a wrongful termination case against the sheriff. I got sucked into it because of my local blog, for which some deputies were feeding me "the dirt". The sheriff was trying to plug the leaks.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I filed a Motion to Quash <i>pro se</i>. To make a long story short, I won. I was well aware that the Federal Magistrate could have jailed me until I identified the deputies. I guess I'd still be sitting in jail, because they counted on me not to "out" them.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The Magistrate's words now, years later, still warm my heart. "Mr. Philpott, you have won your Motion."</span></div>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-26416449493067235942023-12-13T20:37:00.002-05:002023-12-13T20:37:20.627-05:00RCSD wrong not to charge night security guard<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Read this WIS-TV story about the night Richland 2 security guard at Round Top Elementary School whose personal loaded firearm was found in the teacher's lounge.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">While I can certainly understand his feeling that he is safer with gun in the middle of the night at a closed school, rules are rules. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And why would he put it down and not pick it up? Did he take a nap in the teacher's lounge while he was supposed to be working and forget to pick it up?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">If the custodian found the gun in the late afternoon and the guard had worked the previous overnight shift, was the gun left unattended in the teacher's lounge all day?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">South Carolina gun laws are clear.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was illegal to have his gun at school. It doesn't matter at all that he had a concealed carry permit. It's the "on-school-property" part of the law that counts.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Why would the sheriff give that guy a pass?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">What did the RCSD spokesperson mean when she said, "...<span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji";">after consulting with both legal teams and their administrative staff.</span>"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Both </i>legal teams? Does that mean the prosecutor's office and the RCSD's staff lawyer? And the RCSD admin staff? Was another lawyer involved?</span></p><p><a href="https://www.wistv.com/2023/12/13/rcsd-no-charges-filed-against-security-officer-who-brought-loaded-weapon-campus/"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.wistv.com/2023/12/13/rcsd-no-charges-filed-against-security-officer-who-brought-loaded-weapon-campus/</span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">No doubt the guy is in the unemployment line today, because the Richland 2 school board decided sometime back that no one could carry a gun at work. Two employees (both were former law enforcement officers) of the District's security staff lost their "carry" privilege, when the woke school board at the time expressed their fear of guns.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A popular, national, talk show host asked the question recently, "If you were planning to shoot up a school, which one would you go to?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A. The school in a declared gun-free zone?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">B. The school that posted a sign at the front of the school that read, 'Staff at this school are armed and will protect students'?"</span></p>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-4353639004794898502023-12-10T19:02:00.000-05:002023-12-10T19:02:19.913-05:00Solving America's Problem with Illegals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_nLPsFeSw4Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="_nLPsFeSw4Y"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Watch this important video about solving America's problem with 11,000,000 illegal aliens. What? Only 11,000,000? (That was in 2017.)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">That was when Charles Krauthammer (1950-2018) gave this 5-minute talk for PragerU on June 5, 2017 - SIX years ago. Look up Mr. Krauthammer on Wikipedia. Did you know he was paralyzed in a diving accident at age 22, when he was a first-year medical student?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">How big is the problem now, due to Joe Biden's open-door policy? MUCH bigger. And getting worse daily.</span></div>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-83159386905804983402023-12-10T14:39:00.000-05:002023-12-10T14:39:17.168-05:00Beat-down at/near Dent MS<span style="font-size: medium;">This video is posted on NextDoor.com by LaTasha Hicks. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://nextdoor.com/p/pB4Cs-CDYHQg?view=detail"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://nextdoor.com/p/pB4Cs-CDYHQg?view=detail</span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Somewhere down in the comments Dent Middle School is mentioned. This incident may have occurred off Richland 2 property and across the street.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Isn't there something in the Student or Parent Manual that gives Richland 2 some authority over students off-campus?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm inquiring about the exact location and the date and time.</span></div>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-39689379628891708732023-12-07T17:09:00.002-05:002023-12-07T17:09:43.882-05:00R2 Website refresh<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO0vUCATEL0I6R1VIxEGZ8dSSIDB_jVRlF8InOuYThq5FmBwIZlUSFpQ4eAsHexlHN_wkeDhTLSbLTKvkIJAhPqiBrQNGp_dhw2oG8lzU3lUYYblqMoN9ZfdXqmE5S_BI7oC-aS0tupdmKvnvVa4froCWW_MjDtx744F60-romyvDcFsxN25lHN1iUKF4/s153/Image%20-%20thumbs%20down.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="153" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO0vUCATEL0I6R1VIxEGZ8dSSIDB_jVRlF8InOuYThq5FmBwIZlUSFpQ4eAsHexlHN_wkeDhTLSbLTKvkIJAhPqiBrQNGp_dhw2oG8lzU3lUYYblqMoN9ZfdXqmE5S_BI7oC-aS0tupdmKvnvVa4froCWW_MjDtx744F60-romyvDcFsxN25lHN1iUKF4/s1600/Image%20-%20thumbs%20down.jpeg" width="153" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">I had occasion to visit Richland 2's website today.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm so glad to know that Richland 2 has so much extra money to change the website.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">My first reaction isn't fit to print here.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I wonder how much was spent to revise the website. </span></div>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-38967478402940138242023-12-05T17:58:00.002-05:002023-12-05T17:58:55.330-05:00Illegal Aliens - how many in Richland 2? Any?<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ppdMaYfwL9I" width="320" youtube-src-id="ppdMaYfwL9I"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">How bad is the illegal entry problem at the southern border? What effect is it having on the USA?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Is there any impact on Richland 2 School District? How many illegal aliens are there within the boundaries of the Richland 2 School District, and are any families attending Richland 2 schools?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Watch this important interview with Rodney Scott, former chief of the Border Patrol. He was hired under former Pres. Trump and cut loose by Joe Biden.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This information will shock you.</span></div>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-67381097427074112422023-12-04T14:30:00.002-05:002023-12-04T14:30:22.639-05:00Do you know Richland Two's TransGender Policy?<span style="font-size: medium;">Read this shocking article about an 11-year-old, fifth-grade, Colorado girl being set up to sleep with a boy on a long-distance field trip. The title of the article is "<a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/04/exclusive-school-assigned-girl-sleep-boy-who-identifies-trans-parental-notification/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&mkt_tok=ODI0LU1IVC0zMDQAAAGP1SXbFf7tQ1sK74c0llKFaJZdyKIV5iXL7kHpJmzwLRq9plPgTdWbbJL3Zy_6t8ULmJL89zYKR7XTWHMv7GCVPFu4UXPjrrG9tPtAkO3_YbbBgnkU9A" target="_blank">School Assigned Girl to Sleep with Boy Who Identifies as Trans Without Parental Consent</a>".</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Fortunately the girl's mother was on the field trip.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Are you a parent of a Richland Two student? Are you clear on exactly what the Trans policy is at Richland Two? Are you having any trouble finding out exactly what the policy is and how it is applied?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Should the School Board get a report at a public school board meeting from the Superintendent on what the field-trip policy is? How about bathroom use? How about showers after gym? How about boys participating in girls' sports? And on teams?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This is all in national news. Where is the <i>local </i>news?</span></div>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-29933676698790457322023-11-22T13:23:00.001-05:002023-11-22T13:23:13.214-05:00This Book Ought to Scare You<span style="font-size: medium;">This week I began reading <i>The Marxification of Education: Paulo Freire's Critical Marxism and the Theft of Education,</i> by James Lindsay. If you are a Kindle Unlimited subscriber, you can read it for free.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The Richland Library doesn't carry it. No surprise there.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Read the description of the book on Amazon <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Marxification-Education-Freires-Critical-Marxism-ebook/dp/B0BHXDR544/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1CT9IEJ6D0WET&keywords=marxification+of+education&qid=1700675977&s=books&sprefix=marxificat%2Cstripbooks%2C73&sr=1-1" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Students are learning how to be activists but they are failing at reading, writing and arithmetic. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Richland 2 is heavy into SEL, CRT, Cultural Relevancy Pedagogy. What are students learning about history, truth, values?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">At one of the first school board meetings I attended, there was a large group of people who wanted Restorative Justice. They worried about the school-to-prison pipeline.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I have a novel idea about how to break that pipeline. Stay in school. Pay attention. Do your homework. Don't commit crimes. Actually <i>plan </i>to succeed and achieve. Stop playing victim.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Read James Lindsay's book. Then show up at school board meetings and remind the board what's important. Tell them to spend their time on important matters.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The recording of the November 14th school board meeting was 4:38:20. That's <i>over </i><b>FOUR </b>and a half hours, including the Executive Session at 5:30PM.</span></div>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-15045699564484375202023-11-22T12:58:00.001-05:002023-11-22T12:58:12.667-05:00"Purpose Driven, Future Ready" - Really?<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Just how poorly do many Richland 2 students perform on tests for determining whether they are at grade-level in core subjects, such as reading, writing, and math?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Staff shows up at a board meeting with graphs and charts. Local papers hammer Richland 2 and other districts for a day or two. And then the poor test results are "old news".</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Richland 2 proclaims "Purpose Driven, Future Ready" on its homepage. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">But is it?</span></p>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-79790902181960859642023-11-22T11:14:00.001-05:002023-11-22T11:14:21.639-05:00PragerForce Chapter?<span style="font-size: medium;">Is there a PragerForce chapter in the Richland 2 School District? If there isn't, there should be.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Who views PragerU videos and/or watches Dennis Prager's Fireside Chats on Thursdays?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">A few weeks ago Dennis asked how many people have watched all the Fireside Chats? That was during Episode 313.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I accepted the challenge, created a chart, and began watching from Ep. 1. I'm already up to Ep. 36, plus the current ones.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Watch this promo for PragerForce. It's hilarious.</span></div><div><a href="https://www.prageru.com/video/join-pragerforce-today"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.prageru.com/video/join-pragerforce-today</span></a></div>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-83926886321411041422023-11-02T21:57:00.002-04:002023-11-06T08:50:23.767-05:0013-year-old carjacker killed in D.C.<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://unitedlibertypress.com/todaysnews/dc-13-year-old-teenager-smoked-after-attempting-to-car-jack-wrong-federal-security-officer-backfires-2/" target="_blank">Watch this video</a> about a 13-year-old, middle school student in Washington, D.C. who was killed when he attempted to carjack an off-duty detective.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The kid's school people drooled all over themselves about what a nice kid he was. But he wasn't such a "nice kid", when you know about all the other carjackings and crimes he allegedly committed as a 12- and 13-year-old.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Remind you of anyone?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Remember when the principal and staff at Summit Parkway Middle School fell all over themselves after their 14-year-old student was shot as he ran from a convenience store? That was May 26, 2023.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">What have you read in the news about where Cyrus got the gun he was carrying? Whose gun was it? How long had he had it? Who knew he had it? How long had he been carrying it?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">That's all information that the Richland County Sheriff's Department should know by now. They probably knew it within a week. Has anyone been arrested in regard to that gun?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Where was the gun found? Sheriff Lott said it was found "near the body". That would lead people to think that it might have been on the ground near a hand. Or by an out-stretched arm.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Detectives pretty quickly said they were sure the gun had never been pointed at anyone. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Where was the gun really found? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Why did Cyrus run from the store? We'll never know. He can't tell us. My guess is that he ran because he knew, if deputies showed up and searched him, they'd find the gun on him. So he ran. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">When he fell and the gun became visible as he got up, Rick Chow's son reportedly called out to his dad, "He's got a gun."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Should every Richland 2 middle- and high-school student have to watch this 13-minute video?</span></p>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482257030507833876.post-65954970720760006662023-11-01T17:14:00.001-04:002023-11-01T17:17:48.840-04:00Will Woke Literature Kill Western Society?<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nCbgBTwLGbM" width="320" youtube-src-id="nCbgBTwLGbM"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://www.prageru.com/video/disrupting-the-education-system-while-defending-truth-with-james-lindsay" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Disrupting the Education System while Defending the Truth</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a long video, but watching the conversation between James Lindsay and Marissa Streit is worth the time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Should published studies in journals be believed?</span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Lindsay, who has a Ph.D. in Mathematics, left education, and spent ten years as a massage therapist, is author of <i>The Marxification of Education: Paulo Freire's Critical Marxism and the Theft of Education, </i>and <i> Race Marxism: The Truth About Critical Race Theory and Praxis, </i>and co-author of<i> Counter Wokecraft: A Field Manual for Combatting the Woke in the University and Beyond. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Streit is CEO of PragerU.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Give it 10-15 minutes and I think you'll stick with it.</span></p>Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.com0