Cooper Parents Complaining Again

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to opt my child out as a form of protest. DC refused - said it would open her to criticism from her friends.

Same here so we kept them home instead.

[Anonymous]

Former teacher but my understanding was students were always allowed to opt out from outside speakers regardless of topic. We had students opt out of Boosterthon, students opt out of Veterans Day speeches, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The opt-out is a disgrace. Kids shouldn't be able to opt-out of difficult topics.

And if the Jewish students need to opt-out because they're being bullied, then the answer can't be to have the Jewish students remove themselves from education about Jewish history. The answer needs to be better Holocaust and antisemitism education and consequences for bullying and harassment.

11-13 y. o. kids’ minds are not ready to understand and digest such difficult topics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The opt-out is a disgrace. Kids shouldn't be able to opt-out of difficult topics.

And if the Jewish students need to opt-out because they're being bullied, then the answer can't be to have the Jewish students remove themselves from education about Jewish history. The answer needs to be better Holocaust and antisemitism education and consequences for bullying and harassment.

You think parents are opting their Jewish kids out of Holocaust presentations at public school are hiding the Holocaust from their kids? Dumbest comments of the day.

You misunderstood what I said. The school's justification for the opt-out was that it was meant for Jewish students to opt-out in order to avoid bullying, because they have seen an uptick in antisemitic bullying following the Holocaust speakers in past years. My point was that the school should be addressing the bullying issue by doing Holocaust education and antisemitism education better, rather than just telling Jewish kids they can opt-out of a topic that they almost certainly have learned about by middle school in Sunday School and just from Jewish life in general.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The opt-out is a disgrace. Kids shouldn't be able to opt-out of difficult topics.

And if the Jewish students need to opt-out because they're being bullied, then the answer can't be to have the Jewish students remove themselves from education about Jewish history. The answer needs to be better Holocaust and antisemitism education and consequences for bullying and harassment.

11-13 y. o. kids’ minds are not ready to understand and digest such difficult topics.

Holocaust Education materials are typically designed for grades 6+ and it's recommended to be introduced in middle school. I first read the Diary of Anne Frank in 7th grade with zero prior understanding/knowledge of the Holocaust (I'm not Jewish) and it was definitely disturbing and difficult, but I was able to "understand and digest" it. Kids that age can handle it, especially with appropriate guidance from teachers and/or parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My takeaway from this dumpster fire of a policy is that Cooper has a bullying problem that they don't want to address. Telling kids to just opt-out of a situation where the school knows they have had bullying problems before instead of, you know, addressing the bullying, is the problem.

Ding, ding, ding!

The bullying is not punished at Cooper and victims are silenced.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s probably time for the School Board to come up with new policies on outside speakers and when student attendance may be compulsory, opt-out, or opt-in. It seems like the Cooper administration was trying to do the right thing, but it’s leaving itself open to accusations of employing a double-standard. Other speakers who might like to share how they or their relatives have been persecuted in the past or are being brutally slaughtered now likely would not be treated so favorably.

Why? The school and the admin are fine. There's no double standard. No policy will prevent ignorant idiots from whining about it.

Tell Adele Scalia and Nick Minock. They were the ones to go after the Cooper leadership.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why right-wing people are upset about people being able to opt out. I can see why this topic could be upsetting for any student, and anyone should be allowed to opt-out.

If I find slavery upsetting, should I be able to opt out of American history before 1865?
If I find lynch!ngs upsetting, should I be able to opt out of the unit on Civil Rights?

I wish the kid who used what he learned during Black History month to bully my kid had opted out. So many parents are raising little cretins. It’s shocking. I feel for any parent who feels the need to opt their Jewish kids out of attending as a means to sheiks them against the inevitable bullying.

[Anonymous]

Cooper just handles things poorly. Everything seems brushed over and hidden. Parents care about their kids and yes crazy as it may seem they want to know their child is safe.

They want to know what is being put in place when their kids go to school. WE have no answers and a lot of questions. It's not a political statement it's a parent feeling and natural instinct to protect their kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cooper just handles things poorly. Everything seems brushed over and hidden. Parents care about their kids and yes crazy as it may seem they want to know their child is safe.

They want to know what is being put in place when their kids go to school. WE have no answers and a lot of questions. It's not a political statement it's a parent feeling and natural instinct to protect their kids.

Did you just copy a post you made in the thread about the shooting of a Westfield student and change “Westfield” to “Cooper”? Lazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why right-wing people are upset about people being able to opt out. I can see why this topic could be upsetting for any student, and anyone should be allowed to opt-out.

If I find slavery upsetting, should I be able to opt out of American history before 1865?
If I find lynch!ngs upsetting, should I be able to opt out of the unit on Civil Rights?

I wish the kid who used what he learned during Black History month to bully my kid had opted out. So many parents are raising little cretins. It’s shocking. I feel for any parent who feels the need to opt their Jewish kids out of attending as a means to sheiks them against the inevitable bullying.

I am aware of disturbing instances of chronic teasing at Cooper of a disabled student. Cooper doesn’t have any units on the history of the ADA or speakers that I am aware of. These lessons about different groups do not cause the cruelty, it’s just how kids are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why right-wing people are upset about people being able to opt out. I can see why this topic could be upsetting for any student, and anyone should be allowed to opt-out.

If I find slavery upsetting, should I be able to opt out of American history before 1865?
If I find lynch!ngs upsetting, should I be able to opt out of the unit on Civil Rights?

I wish the kid who used what he learned during Black History month to bully my kid had opted out. So many parents are raising little cretins. It’s shocking. I feel for any parent who feels the need to opt their Jewish kids out of attending as a means to sheiks them against the inevitable bullying.

I am aware of disturbing instances of chronic teasing at Cooper of a disabled student. Cooper doesn’t have any units on the history of the ADA or speakers that I am aware of. These lessons about different groups do not cause the cruelty, it’s just how kids are.

if you don’t think parents at home complaining about SEL, and using as just another reason to hang on about equity in education, as it extends to he’s even kids with disabilities then you just are t thinking it through.

My DC isn’t being raised in a home that has a scarcity mindset. We don’t teach that the tent isn’t big enough to welcome and accommodate people who are not like us because that mindset isn’t a part of my culture beliefs.

The bullying starts at home and it spreads into school. One group bullies another, it goes unaddressed. Then another group pushes on another and around and around it goes. Dog rat dog is supported at home and it supported at school.

[Anonymous]

Sigh~~~~~~~
When can our schools focus on teaching students math , reading, writing and science instead of being the rope of the politics tug war.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sigh~~~~~~~
When can our schools focus on teaching students math , reading, writing and science instead of being the rope of the politics tug war.

History is a core subject and the Holocaust is part of the curriculum, so not sure what you are complaining about here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sigh~~~~~~~
When can our schools focus on teaching students math , reading, writing and science instead of being the rope of the politics tug war.

History is a core subject and the Holocaust is part of the curriculum, so not sure what you are complaining about here.

Sorry for omitting history. My 8th grader's history teacher is boring, the history class is boring. The 3rd quarter history scores have not been posted yet. The History class grading is unfair and unreasonable. I kinda drop my expectation about school history class.