Act locally

[kmusser]

Recently we've been reading all sorts of stories about school boards doing things like banning evolution or Harry Potter or whatever crazy things the fundies tell them to do.

Locally in Montgomery County, Maryland, which oversees lots of schools, we're fortunate to have a school board that is relatively intelligent and is willing to ignore such idiocy.

Over in washingtondc someone has pointed out an effort to recall the board to correct this (in this case it's because the board has dared to suggested that it might be ok to be gay).

If you live in Montgomery county please take some time to write the board and your state officials to tell them you appreciate the job they are doing. The fundies have conveniently provided the links to do so on their web page.

Comments

[scarydavedc.livejournal.com]

Better yet, attend the Dec 4th School Board meeting they are planning on bombarding. Bring the kids if you got some, no better way to teach them to be active in standing up and defending what is right.

[selki.livejournal.com]

A Saturday night school board meeting?

[thatliardiego.livejournal.com]

Montgo. County has lots of federal government workers who likely wouldn't be able to make weeknight school board meetings. Weekend nights make much more sense that way (notes the Mongtomery Co. high school graduate whose parents still live in the Kennedy HS district).