PA Protest Against School District Refusing to Show Obama Speech

A student was at the vigil. He had in hand a speech made by George Bush #41 he'd heard was presented in school, unfettered and uncensored. He showed it to our local Intell reporter at the scene. He also had a copy of Obama's speech and could not figure out why one was allowed to be shown and the other censored by the Superintendent. He is asking questions about democracy I cannot answer.

Dear Dr. Laws,

On behalf of the CB East Young Democrats, and CB West students interested in reviving the CB West Young Democrats, we ask you to provide all Central Bucks students - if they are so motivated - with the opportunity to watch the President's Back-To-School speech to the nation's students on Tuesday, September 8th.

We feel that it would be disingenuous of the district to deny any student who wishes to see the President's speech the means to do so. Politics aside – Barack Obama is our President; the speech is clearly directed at students; the failure to recognize that right-wing caterwauling is anything less than political is willful ignorance.

We understand you are in a delicate position – forced to adhere to the demands of your tax-paying constituents, our parents and the parents of Republican stalwarts. We are not asking you to make listening to the address mandatory; we are asking you to make it available to classes who are so inclined to stream the address.

We propose an alternative solution. In defense of the District's internet connection (the reason cited for not streaming the video live to all classrooms) - every school makes streaming the speech an option in gymnasiums in Elementary Schools and auditoriums in Middle and High Schools. This would eliminate the problem of overwhelming the internet connection, as well as prevent teachers from having to interrupt their teaching schedules. Students would have the option of leaving class to watch the speech - and would of course be required to make up any missed class work on their own time.

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