President Obama's Speech

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Saturday, 05 September 2009 06:59
WESTBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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President Obama's Speech
School principals have been contacted by some parents who have expressed their concerns about President Obama’s national scheduled address to students on Tuesday, September 8th. The Westborough Public Schools will be taping the President’s message for possible future viewing. The summary released by the US Department of Education states that the special address will be about persisting and succeeding in school. School principals and teachers will view the video and decide the educational appropriateness of the message for different schools, subjects, and classrooms. Principals may very well decide not to show the video and leave the decision of watching it up to individual parents/families. Please know that if any parent objects to the video being viewed by their child, please contact the building principal.
Some parents have said that they would prefer to watch the address at home with their children. Therefore, we have made special arrangements with Westborough's Local Cable Access Station to broadcast the President's Back-to-School message on Tuesday evening, September 8th on Charter's Channel 13 and Verizon's Channel 26 at 6PM, 7PM, and 8PM.
To listen to the above message, you will need audio software and speakers on your computer.
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Anonymous   |71.248.161.xxx |2009-09-12 10:09:44
The decision to prevent our students from seeing the live broadcast of the president's speech is a disgrace to the Town. The lesson for students, of course, is that a few individuals, whether through sheer ignorance or base political bias or racial bigotry, can browbeat a weak school administration into actions against the common good and civil decency.
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Patricia Johnson  - Professor, Boston University   |128.197.78.xxx |2009-09-09 09:51:17
I concur with Ms. Romaker above. Where is your patriotism? We are talking about the President of the United States! In a democracy, the majority rules, and a wide majority elected President Obama. What kind of message about patriotism and democracy does this decision to censor the president himself send to our children? Vote, and if you don't like the outcome, you don't have to respect him?
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Anne Romaker   |96.237.56.xxx |2009-09-08 04:49:01
Who can possibly object to a speech given by the President of the United States, Democratic OR Republican, telling school children to work hard and do well in school - where is the hidden agenda in that message, I'd like to know....
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