Headlinle: Wisocnsin Public Radio, 8/18/2022
The decision, which was approved by the school board, has garnered national attention and an online petition criticizing the vote. As of Thursday afternoon, that petition had received over 13,000 signatures.
After a legal analysis of the employee code of conduct, the district and superintendent made the decision to ban staff from displaying any political-leaning flags or signs. The school board approved the new expectations for staff at a meeting with a unanimous vote in July. The decision also includes Black Lives Matter and "Back The Badge" messaging.
Several area residents criticized the move at a board meeting Tuesday night. Over 20 students, parents and former graduates of the district spoke at that meeting. Many said the decision was unnecessary and others said the district was moving in the wrong direction.
Original 8/17/2022 post, "Meet the homophobes of the Kettle Moraine School Board", starts here.
Headline: Wisconsin State Journal, 8/17/2022
Photos: Kettle Morain School District
Superintendent Stephen Plum recently told the board that the district’s interpretation of a policy that prohibits staffers from using their positions to promote partisan politics, religious views and propaganda for personal, monetary or nonmonetary gain changed following a legal analysis.
Most of those who spoke at Tuesday's packed board meeting opposed the policy. The public comment period was capped at an hour, despite a call from the crowd to extend it. [emphasis added]
“If you have a policy that says ‘nothing political,’ does that mean you can’t have a sign up that says, ‘Support our Troops,’ or ‘Believe Women’ or ‘Save the Planet?’ By some people’s definitions, all of those things are political,” said Christine Donahoe, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin.
Donahoe said she’s looking closely at the policy and a similar one approved last fall by the school district in nearby Waukesha.
“It really looks like targeted attacks at specific viewpoints, like LGBT communities, or welcome and safe spaces to students of color,” said Donahoe.
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