The biggest improvements we can make to #PublicEducation:
#Civics & #ParliamentaryProcedure (how government works, how to become part of it, #RobertsRulesOfOrder)
#FreshFood For All For Free (involve students in preparation + service)
#HomeEconomics & #IndustrialArts (domestic production + home maintenance)
#Accounting & #Bookkeeping (business + personal finance)
#Health, #Fitness, & #Wellness (physical + mental, not competition & abstinence)
Why it matters:
This wasn’t harmless enthusiasm — it was a plan to inject religion into public education using district resources. Allowing that would violate students' rights and blur church-state lines.
Why it matters:
School closures shrink choices for families and hit students first. Fixing compliance is practical — letting a viable option die because of slow board action is absurd.
Why it matters:
Installing a permanent CEO during a budget crisis hands one person the keys to hard choices that will shape classrooms and services; voters need to know who will be held accountable in the next board election.
Why it matters:
Local boards set classroom realities. If engagement and tech talk replace funding and staff support, students lose while officials check boxes.
Why it matters:
Local school boards decide what kids learn and how resources are spent; letting AI roll in without clear guardrails hands tech companies power over classrooms while communities get sidelined.
Why it matters:
This isn't fiscal prudence — it's betrayal. Steeper taxes plus staff cuts mean classrooms and communities take the hit while the board ignores residents demanding alternatives.
Why it matters:
When elected or removed officials are replaced by mayoral pick instead of a vote, power shifts from the public to one office. That cuts voters out of choosing who controls local schools and discipline for board behavior.
#NY #VotingRights #Education #PublicEducation #Accountability
Why it matters:
This is absurd and dangerous: a federal lawmaker calling for military-style intervention over a local board’s personnel dispute weaponizes patriotism to bully a veteran and threatens democratic norms.
Why it matters:
This tax shifts the burden toward those who can afford it, funding public education and voting protections while cutting a check to civic stability — which enrages the usual anti-tax racket.
Gemma Seymour
NOLIGARCHY.US