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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
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Now, on the question of whether this activity where an “African American” would be reading a book to kids was tied to Black History Month — the answer is yes. Concerns over these permission slips relating to BHM have recently been raised by other parents and educators.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
In fact, last week … a school board member said he didn’t understand why permission slips to basically sign off on Black History Month lessons needed to be sent out to parents in the first place — but he was told this is something FL legislators and Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>passed as law back in November.<\/p>\n<\/section>\nAs a result, anything outside the immediate curriculum needs parental permission.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
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Some have expressed outrage over this nonetheless, and have suggested Gov. DeSantis’ railing against CRT in public schools might be to blame.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
BTW … Walters tells us he signed this form for his daughter and submitted it to the school.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Getty Composite 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. Chuck Walters — who has a kid at the Coral Way K-8 Bilingual Center […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[89,94,76,83,622],"yoast_head":"\n
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