How Did We SINK SO LOW SO FAST?
The following articles provide more detail...
Basic questions that concerned parents have been asking of the Communication Arts (English) curriculum at Blue Valley since the 2003-2004 school year -- questions that to date, Blue Valley has been unable or unwilling to clearly answer.
Eight twisted arguments in favor of requiring kids to read about so much sex.
Are these books really "required reading?"
Can't you just ask for an alternative?
Depressing, "life has no meaning" book selections for freshmen.
A sampling of vulgar books Blue Valley has approved for use as classroom textbooks
Blue Valley F-List: 30 and Counting -- books that promote the f-word
Rape Fantasies: Yes, we study rape as a female fantasy in Blue Valley high school English classes, with full approval of district administrators and the Board of Education, and behind the backs of parents
Low quality Blue Valley "approved" textbooks for high school English classes -- reading level analysis
Missing Out Great literature that will NOT be assigned at Blue Valley.
Basic information about junior and senior AP (Advanced Placement) classes. Information that proves that kids do NOT need to read books with a steady diet of f-words and sex to score well on these tests.
What books are on the AP exams?
Song of Solomon (and other vulgar books) are NOT required reading for success on the AP English test as claimed by the Blue Valley school system. Click here to learn more.
Know your legal rights as parents on these issues
2003-2004 chronology of the challenge process for the freshman book, This Boy's Life (which ended in the Board of Education discrediting their own challenge process).
Public Forum where the school district's choice of required literature was defended by three Blue Valley representatives
May, 2005 -- What's good for the kids is NOT what's good for the Board of Education
700 and Counting...
On January 10, 2005, over 500 Blue Valley patrons, people who vote for the Board members and pay taxes to buy these books, petitioned the Blue Valley Board of Education to replace district-approved vulgar titles with higher quality literature and over 100 more have been added since then. Click here to sign the petition or offer other feedback.