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Rdtf · CNO Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 2209 Location: BUSHville

This will make your blood boil. Teacher stook a stand and wouldn't remove photo of President Bush after parents COMPLAINED.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/WABC_100304_middleschoolteacher.html

Middle School Teacher In Trouble Over Presidential Photo?

By Ken Rosato
(Monmouth Junction-WABC, October 3, 2004) — You might say it is a symbol of the Great American Divide, a teacher putting up a picture of President Bush in the classroom. Some say it is partisanship while others say it is patriotism.

Rita Bianco, Parent: "Children should know their president and their first lady!"

Parents expressing outrage after a teacher is kicked out of her public school for hanging a picture of President Bush next to pictures of other presidents in her classroom.

Still Images from the Story: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/features/wabc_100403_bush_slides/wabc_100304_picture1.html

Shiba Pillai-Diaz, Teacher: "It happened on a small bulletin board near the American flag and also with a poster of the Declaration of Independence."

This is Crossroads South Middle School in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey. On Thursday, there was a back-to-school night for parents of students. Veteran English teacher Shiba Pillai-Diaz says she was shocked when three parents confronted her. The three, insisting the teacher either add John Kerry's photo to the montage of presidents or remove the Bush photo. When Pillai-Diaz refused, she says the school's vice-principal threatened her job which is an act that has parents here fuming.

Photo Trouble For "NJ" TeacherVideo: See the Story
Paula Sjolund, Parent: "She didn't do anything wrong, and I think that it should have stayed up there."

Pillai-Diaz ultimately removed the entire bulletin board and says School Principal Jim Warfel told her she disrupted the school with her "inflammatory politics". She says he then ordered her out of the building. While she says she is a Bush supporter in her personal life, Pillai-Diaz says she keeps politics out of the classroom.

Shiba Pillai-Diaz, Teacher: "There was no political intent, nor was there any political content in that photograph nor on the bulletin board."

School officials would not talk on camera but insist nobody here has been fired. To that, Ms. Pillai-Diaz asks what does it mean then when your boss asks you to hand over the keys and kicks you out of the building? She also says she is not sure if she'll be returning to school tomorrow.

Rdtf · CNO Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 2209 Location: BUSHville

This Principal Jim Warfel needs to go.

neverforget · Vice Admiral Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 875

>>School Principal Jim Warfel told her she disrupted the school with her "inflammatory politics".<<

Classic totalitarian comments.
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Guest · Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:43 pm Post subject:

board of education phone # Mod Edit: Do not post peoples phone numbers here on this Forum!

maybe paste it and email out with story to all on email lists.

Rdtf · CNO Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 2209 Location: BUSHville

Guest · Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:52 pm Post subject:

would be great move if GW showed up at the school and announced "since they won't put up my photo i'll give you the real thing"

Rdtf · CNO Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 2209 Location: BUSHville

what a great idea! Now if we can just figure out how to get the idea in front of the right eyes.

oasis · Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 6:00 pm Post subject:

Hello,

Here is the kicker.

Rdtf · CNO Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 2209 Location: BUSHville

This story was just posted on Drudge - maybe with the extra attention this will all be put to a stop. Of course shipping the 'Principal' off to Cuba would be great ,but wishful... Evil or Very Mad

Guest · Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 6:06 pm Post subject:

i just told the woman on phone to get ready for onslaught of calls, told her i put wrong number up and would correct it on the web but may be too late.
she said didn't matter now that phone ringing off hook. original number was the board of education's number for monmouth junction just a different extension maybe

Rdtf · CNO Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 2209 Location: BUSHville

Don't mess with us! I called too. The phone just rang and rang..... Laughing

JCBoston · Seaman Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 185

LOL....We are fueling Rush's show today. He's reporting on this now.
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MSeeger · Seaman Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 174 Location: Katy, TX

Well, at least I'm glad to see that she has an attorney. GW Bush is the 43rd president of the US. His picture was up there with all the other presidents, so it was legitimate.

It's bad enough that those 3 parents were ignorant, but to think that the school administration would be a party to such ignorance is disgusting! Clearly, President Bush's picture was a part of a larger display, and John Kerry would have *no* place in such a display.

I sincerely hope her teacher's union gets involved with this on the teacher's behalf. If not, they may be minus one teacher in New Jersey...

And people wonder why there is such a shortage of teachers in this country? Well, look no further than school district policies.
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rb325th · Admiral Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 1334

fr11 · Seaman Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 154

Unbelievable. Most teachers are brainwashing kids with liberal propaganda EVERY day, and now they can't even hang up a picture of our 43rd president. Unbelievable... Rolling Eyes