Freedom of Speech… yes, we have the right to Free Speech. But our school district should not have the burden that comes with providing a space for people to practice and abuse that right.
We have a problem…actually, we have had a problem and it just continues to get worse.
Our last school board meeting followed the passage of SB 104 (the bathroom bill) which is set to go into effect by the end of February. This new law does not address enforcement or penalties, leaving open questions for many individuals and institutions. In order for our school district to comply with this new law, there will need to be planning, discussions and clarification from our school board to ensure that this is implemented safely and effectively.
Members of our school board have explained the dangers of rushing a policy on this new bill, however, there are still members of our community who seem to have their listening ears off or choose to ignore what they are told because they need a reason to sound angry at the mic.
In September, a woman who is known for sharing her unkind opinion, expressed publicly how she hoped that the three girls who beat and assaulted another student in the bathroom would be given thanks and roses. I shared my personal opinion about this lady's statement in September if you want to go back and see my post and hear her statement.
This month, December, Susan Sedenik returned to speak about this new law, her frustration with the districts process and share some other opinions she had. She then made a suggestion, publicly, to all of our female students that if they should see a boy in their bathroom, they should call 911 OR …LEAVE THE SCHOOL GROUNDS AND RUN ACROSS THE STREET TO MAKE A REPORT WITH THE POLICE!
This is wrong for so many reasons.
Suggesting that our teachers and staff do not care about the safety of our students is just sad and untrue.
Implying that our female students are having regular run-ins with the opposite sex in the bathroom is s
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“Just be kind.” November 7th, the choice is clear. Vote for Lyndsie Wall, the candidate who supports kindness and Mentor Public Schools. #wall4all
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📚October 1st - October 7th is Banned Book Week. I never thought this was something that would be brought up here, in the same schools I attended and in the community I grew up in, however, removing books from our classrooms has been one of the main topics at our school board meetings for a while now. I have spoke on this topic several times and would like to share a clip from a podcast where we discuss our thoughts about this issue. I will add the link to the full podcast along with a link to an interview I had with Channel 5 News about the book challenges and complaints happening in Mentor.
📚Our school board has listened to the community and responded by putting new policies and guidelines in place, creating book review committees and implementing a parental notification system for our school libraries. I appreciate the actions our district has taken, sadly it still does not seem to be enough for some as they continue searching our library catalogs for titles that are similar to those banned in other states.
📕Policy Wonk Podcast - https://youtu.be/cXkBbdr3d8U?si=E6lcQ0k0WbcE_ZC6
📙Channel 5 Interview - https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/mentor-school-board-to-again-take-up-book-challenge-as-public-debate-continues-unabated
📘Info on Banned Books Week:
“Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. This includes the Island Trees School District v. Pico (1982) Supreme Court case which ruled that school officials can’t ban books in libraries simply because of their content. A number of organizations came together to start Banned Books Week, both to highlight the fact that literature was being banned, and to celebrate the freedom to read.”
“In a time of intense political polarization, library staff in every state are facing an unprecedented number of attempts to ban books. ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom ALA do
Lyndsie Wall for Mentor School Board
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