School Board Pres Tries To Shut Down Dad Reading Aloud Book From School Library, Then Dad Responds

next up Jay McDonald in person [Music] evening so I'm Jay McDonald um I'm here to talk about diversity inclusion and Equity um so we hear so much about diversity inclusion and equity and how it's one of the main threats uh main objectives of the school board and School District we don't often see specific examples of what um diversity inclusion Equity looks like though so today I brought an excellent representation this is like the archetype of diversity inclusion and Equity material that it's one of the books that was just recently purchased for our libraries it's in uh Romig and Bartlett it's called Let's Talk About It by Erica Moen so it's got a one of the chapters in here is about sexting and I'll just read some of the text here so before you start sending your naughty masterpieces around the world take some time to get friendly with photo editing software and apps digital photos are permanent and impossible to retract once they're out there so keep your recognizable features out of them before you share them this is a book for kids don't forget to tell your wait crop out your face hide your birthmarks and scars and edit your pre edit out your piercings and tattoos and don't forget to tell your sweetie how hot they look let them know you appreciate the little gift they've sent you Mr McDonald yes yeah I'm going to interrupt you at this point sounds like you have a concern about a book I'd be glad to get connected to the superintendent on their team to go through the appropriate process um I'd appreciate if you don't interrupt my time Mr McDonald I've asked you to defer to the superintendent of their team if you have a concern about a book we have a procedure and a process and a team ready to assist you if you'd like Mr President I don't think he's violated any rules I mean he hasn't used pornography I mean he hasn't shown any pornography he hasn't shown any bad words lots of words Mr Donnelly you can overall the ruling of the chair if you'd like it's my determination that we should ask Mr McDonald to go through the appropriate process well I understand suggesting that to him I think that's fine but I don't think he said anything that would cause us to cut off his testimony at this point I I think we have a past precedent in this boardroom which would support my ruling you're welcome and I support your um right to appeal the ruling of the chair sir well yeah I would appeal the ruling of the chair based on that I haven't heard anything that specifically violated our our current rules for public testimony understood is there a second one second okay I don't believe there's a debate so we would go straight to a vote whether we're going to uphold the ruling of the chair um Miss uh Foster can we have a vote a yes vote would be to uphold a ruling of the chair a no vote uh would be to sustain your overall I suppose remember Higgins yes remember Donnelly no president Bellamy president Bellamy I think you're married yes thank you member Holloman no member lessons yes member Wilson yes remember Jacobs yes okay my 105 to 2 the ruling is upheld um so Mr McDonald if you have any other items to testify on you're welcome to do so uh well yeah sure I mean I keep getting cut off when I just read these books that are just there's still purchase orders out for these books like they're not old things that were just put on themselves to rot like these are they're things that you're actively procuring putting in class the the first book that I read um I'm gonna bring some of the foia documents that I have next time I'm in here but there's teachers that are actually using it on their reading list in their classroom as part of their class material so I don't want to hear that this we're not giving this to kids I was at the police department today and I was talking to them about this and what it comes down to is there's there's a gray area where they say that because you got to understand the distribution of indecent and pornographic materials to minors is a class C felony I hope that people understand that so the if there's the argument that well it's Loosely covered by the First Amendment and that's what you're doing that's what you're hiding behind to get this to students in school then how can you say I don't have First Amendment rights to just read this to adults at a school board meeting is it or is it not a First Amendment issue I don't understand how it's appropriate for kids and it's not appropriate for the school board I didn't even say a bad word it feels a lot like you don't want parents to be seeing what's given to the kids you're happy to give this to children I've seen you I mean you even host reading times on the weekends we'll post it what's what's your reading list when you post reading time on the weekends with Felix you're happy to give these books to kids it seems like you're terrified to give them to parents and I think it's an absolute travesty that you cut off my time and don't even let me have my three minutes I think you're breaking your own rules thank you I think your three minutes are up thank you Mr McDonald's I see no other individuals signed up for Testimony Ms Foster is that correct I think all right let's thank you much we're going to take a 10 minute at ease thank you

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Length: 6min 5sec (365 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 17 2023