What do you think of board members and head's of school opening supporting a candidate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You mean like bumper stickers on the headmasters car? We openly accept that the teachers at our DC's school are libs, they don't hide it. Just takes a lot of extra work when it comes to history so that we can reverse any brain damage done during the day. Open discussion of politics is a laughable phrase, especially given this election. If your kid mentions Trump in a positive light it reflects in their grading and friendships. My DC and many of our friends act as thought they are HRC supporters just to avoid being shunned.

absolutely!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, if it is a religious school in particular, one can make an argument that, given Trump's racist/misogynist/nativist statements, it is acceptable for the school leadership to speak out against that behavior and the candidate himself.

Personally, I think it is probably better -- given that children in the school have parents voting for both candidates -- to try to discuss issues without extending to a statement of preference of candidates. However, that's tougher to do in this particular Election.

Actually, PP, I think the opposite. My kids are at a religious school and I would not like to see HRC stickers on the head person's car, due to her radical stance on abortion.

The abortion question was settled, like it or not, in the 1970's. One can choose not to have one, but one doesn't have the right to impose their values on others. No one is forcing you or your family to have an abortion.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: My DC and many of our friends act as thought they are HRC supporters just to avoid being shunned.

Maybe they really are Clinton supporters, but just pretend to be Trump supporters around their controlling parents.

Another poster here, but I can totally relate to the kids feeling the need to support Hillary at school. I was a liberal arts major in college, and I quickly learned that it was much easier to earn better grades by simply puppeting the perspectives of my (mainly) liberal professors.

+1 same experience. Teachers were obviously not as objective as they claimed to be.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, if it is a religious school in particular, one can make an argument that, given Trump's racist/misogynist/nativist statements, it is acceptable for the school leadership to speak out against that behavior and the candidate himself.

Personally, I think it is probably better -- given that children in the school have parents voting for both candidates -- to try to discuss issues without extending to a statement of preference of candidates. However, that's tougher to do in this particular Election.

Actually, PP, I think the opposite. My kids are at a religious school and I would not like to see HRC stickers on the head person's car, due to her radical stance on abortion.

In a real religious school you couldn't support either Trump or Hillary -- both are corrupt and shady, far from any religious ideal.

[Anonymous]

If the school is a non-profit and accepts tax-deductible donations, then it is legally prohibited from endorsing a candidate or party. Teachers and school administrators have the right to their own opinions in their personal time, but cannot endorse a politician or party in any official capacity. Legal issues aside, it is bad form for them to bring up personal political opinions in class, especially when they are supposed to be educating students to form their own views of the world.

[Anonymous]

I don't know how, if you are the face of a school that supports ethnic and religious diversity as well as gender equality, you could openly support Trump. This doesn't mean, of course, that one would openly support Hillary, but the open support of Trump would be unconscionable in a way that supporting Hillary would not be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know how, if you are the face of a school that supports ethnic and religious diversity as well as gender equality, you could openly support Trump. This doesn't mean, of course, that one would openly support Hillary, but the open support of Trump would be unconscionable in a way that supporting Hillary would not be.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the school is a non-profit and accepts tax-deductible donations, then it is legally prohibited from endorsing a candidate or party. Teachers and school administrators have the right to their own opinions in their personal time, but cannot endorse a politician or party in any official capacity. Legal issues aside, it is bad form for them to bring up personal political opinions in class, especially when they are supposed to be educating students to form their own views of the world.

LOL. C minus in this law school class. ( if you fill out the bluebook we won't feel you)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If the school is a non-profit and accepts tax-deductible donations, then it is legally prohibited from endorsing a candidate or party. Teachers and school administrators have the right to their own opinions in their personal time, but cannot endorse a politician or party in any official capacity. Legal issues aside, it is bad form for them to bring up personal political opinions in class, especially when they are supposed to be educating students to form their own views of the world.

LOL. C minus in this law school class. ( if you fill out the bluebook we won't feel you)

"Under the Internal Revenue Code, all section 501(c)(3) organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office. Contributions to political campaign funds or public statements of position (verbal or written) made on behalf of the organization in favor of or in opposition to any candidate for public office clearly violate the prohibition against political campaign activity." https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/the-restriction-of-political-campaign-intervention-by-section-501-c-3-tax-exempt-organizations

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, if it is a religious school in particular, one can make an argument that, given Trump's racist/misogynist/nativist statements, it is acceptable for the school leadership to speak out against that behavior and the candidate himself.

Personally, I think it is probably better -- given that children in the school have parents voting for both candidates -- to try to discuss issues without extending to a statement of preference of candidates. However, that's tougher to do in this particular Election.

Actually, PP, I think the opposite. My kids are at a religious school and I would not like to see HRC stickers on the head person's car, due to her radical stance on abortion.

The abortion question was settled, like it or not, in the 1970's. One can choose not to have one, but one doesn't have the right to impose their values on others. No one is forcing you or your family to have an abortion.

Yes, actually, "one" does have that right, when "one" is saving the life of another person.

[Anonymous]

I see no reason a teacher can't mention for whom they are voting. How ridiculous. They aren't brainwashing people, they are simply identifying with one party or the other. Kids aren't idiots. Their parents are their largest influences and there is nothing wrong with knowing people feel differently.