Blue Valley BOE vote to RETAIN Beloved, written at a 6th grade reading level but used as compulsory high school reading. Beloved contains seven references to "f-ing" cows, an extensive oral rape scene, and an ongoing sexual relationship with a ghost.
Lori Hisle, President -- YES lorihisle@yahoo.com Voicemail: 239-4700, then 999-1245
Dan French -- NO dfrench@bluevalleyk12.org Voicemail: 239-4700, then 106-5000
John Fuller -- YES jfuller@dlrgroup.com Voicemail: 239-4700, then 106-7811
Steve Klika -- YES sklika@bluevalleyk12.org Voicemail: 239-4700, then 106-2005
Sue Matson -- YES smatson01@bluevalleyk12.org Voicemail: 239-4700, then 106-5555
Pam Robinson -- YES probinson@bluevalleyk12.org Voicemail: 239-4700, then 404-0098
Clint Robinson -- YES crobinson4@kc.rr.com Voicemail: 239-4700, then 106-2003
How else do I contact the Blue Valley Board of Education? boe@bluevalleyk12.org (Sends your message to the entire Blue Valley BOE and Superintendent Tom Trigg, ttrigg@bluevalleyk12.org)
"Profanity is the effort of the feeble mind to express itself."
-- 1950s English teacher
"Education can be accomplished decently and morally -- in ways that don't compromise childhood innocence or offend parents." -- Blue Valley Parent
Everything that deceives may be said to enchant. -- Plato, The Republic (not on Blue Valley's "Approved" list)
"The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it." --George Washington
Why is there so much resistance to substituting a classic such as Treasure Island for the f-words and occultism promoted in Bless Me Ultima? Why can't the people who want the f-words and sex for their kids be the ones that have to ask for alternatives? --Blue Valley parent