Category Archives: Parental Rights

Read the Anti-Trump Article Sent to Staff at NC Elementary after 2016 Election

Posted on April 11, 2017 by A.P. Dillon

Do you know what your child is being indoctrinated with in school?

The day after the 2016 election, a Guidance counselor at an NC Elementary school sent out an anti-Trump themed email to staff titled, “What do we tell the children?” Continue reading →

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NC Longitudinal Database Committee Quietly Dissolved and Replaced

Posted on August 25, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

A committee formed to bring oversight to the statewide longitudinal database system (SLDS) in North Carolina was recently dissolved.

An August 8th letter from the board’s chair, Keith Werner, called for the dissolution of the board, “per Session law 2016-94 ( Appropriations Act 2016)”. Werner is also the Chief Information Officer of the NC’s Information Technology division. Continue reading →

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Charlotte Supt. Clark Halts Moving Forward With Transgender Facilities Policy

Posted on August 5, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Despite House Bill 2, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district (CMS) had every intent of moving forward with plans to implement a transgender facilities policy, however all of that has been put on hold.

BREAKING: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Ann Clark sites SOTUS stay says district will halt plans for transgender bathrooms

— #KeepNCSafe (@KeepNCSafeOrg) August 4, 2016

CMS Superintendent Ann Clark made a statement on halting the policy, citing the recent Supreme Court ruling striking down a 4th Circuit’s order forcing a school district to create an open bathroom policy. Continue reading →

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NCGA Expands #SchoolChoice with Increase in Opportunity Scholarship Slots

Posted on July 11, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

As highlighted in a previous article, tucked inside the budget hammered out by the General Assembly are a number of program expansions, increases in various budgets and some new pilot programs.

View House Bill 1030 – 2016 Appropriations Act.

Another item in the budget concerns the expansion of the Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). The media in North Carolina often calls the OSP a ‘voucher program’.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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Durham Public Schools To Discuss Adding “Gender Identity” At April 28 Meeting

Posted on April 25, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

On April 14th, I wrote about Durham Public Schools intending to add “gender identity” to the district’s policies in their upcoming meeting on April 28th.

More details are now available.

KEEP READING…. Continue reading →

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Superintendents Oppose Parental School Choice, Bash Opportunity Scholarships

Posted on April 19, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Protectionism 101.

News and Observer reported on a ‘wish list’ of sorts put together by some of the Central North Carolina region’s superintendents.

The article doesn’t say it outright, but one item on the list was cutting off funding for Opportunity Scholarships. Continue reading →

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