{"id":1352,"date":"2024-02-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peixun021.com\/miami-school-clarify-permission-slip-african-american-author-listen-book\/"},"modified":"2024-02-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T00:00:00","slug":"miami-school-clarify-permission-slip-african-american-author-listen-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peixun021.com\/miami-school-clarify-permission-slip-african-american-author-listen-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami School Clarifies Permission Slip Over 'African American' Book Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Miami elementary school parent is outraged about a permission slip his daughter’s school sent seeking his sign-off on a book listening event featuring a Black author — something the school is now clarifying by blaming FL state law.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

Chuck Walters<\/strong> — who has a kid at the Coral Way K-8 Bilingual Center — posted a photo of the school form referring to the school-related activity going down Tuesday where a book would be read aloud to students.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The document describes the nature and activity of the event — “Students will participate & listen to a book written by an African American.” It goes on to note the types of guests for this activity would include a fireman, doctor and artist.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

If that language sounds problematic to you, Chuck definitely felt the same way. He wrote on X … “I had to give permission for this or else my child would not participate???” He tagged the superintendent of Miami-Dade Schools and included the hashtag #BlackHistoryMonth.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n

We contacted Miami-Dade County Public Schools — which oversees Coral Way K-8 — and they told TMZ … “We realize that the description of the event may have caused confusion, and we are working with our schools to reemphasize the importance of clarity for parents in describing activities\/events that would require parental permission.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

MDCPS adds, “However, in compliance with State Law, permission slips were sent home because guest speakers would participate during a school-authorized education-related activity.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n