Staff have prepared a rubric for review committees to use. The rubric and the existing division policy on reconsideration of instructional materials are on the agenda for next School Board meeting.
As we see these policies be weaponized by those who seem to have agendas more than children, I'm wondering if some of the standards applied in other aspects of government should be applied by policy makers here.
The courts regularly demand that someone have standing before allowing them to bring cases before their jurisdiction. To avoid their dockets being filled up with activities, which if allowed, unchecked, would overwhelm them and take them away from their primary reason for being, to adjudicate crimes and civil matters for their citizens.
Is it wrong to apply a similar standard to complaints raised by those who have no children within the system?
Courts, local governments, agencies, etc. regularly charge a reasonable fee for time spent obtaining information for those requesting. To recover the costs of their activities.
If you're expecting librarians, teachers, administrators, etc. to read a book, compare it to a complaint and law, is it reasonable for the system to recover the money for that activity? Particularly when it is a complaint not raised by someone who is directly affected by the book?
Citizens have a right to redress. I get that. I agree with that. But if a citizen with their own agenda is using an unusual amount of other taxpayer's resources to further that agenda, should we be bearing the cost, just to be bearing it?
Our policies should have balance.
Time and again, throughout the nation, we are seeing where as little as 5-6 people for the whole nation, are creating untold work for already overtaxed jurisdictions to further their subjective opinions.
Maybe they ought to be paying for that, rather than the rest of us. If we can say the Governor's office can charge an hourly rate when releasing documents under the FOIA, or a court can recover court costs, is it unreasonable to charge similar rates for this?
Particularly when it involves someone not directly affected by a policy?
If you're gonna have culture wars, shouldn't you be the one paying for it?
Quick question for posterity sake. Does FCPS operate with the same Rubric process? Like is there a form KLB-3.1415 that someone in the city could request that a book be evaluated with here?
As we see these policies be weaponized by those who seem to have agendas more than children, I'm wondering if some of the standards applied in other aspects of government should be applied by policy makers here.
The courts regularly demand that someone have standing before allowing them to bring cases before their jurisdiction. To avoid their dockets being filled up with activities, which if allowed, unchecked, would overwhelm them and take them away from their primary reason for being, to adjudicate crimes and civil matters for their citizens.
Is it wrong to apply a similar standard to complaints raised by those who have no children within the system?
Courts, local governments, agencies, etc. regularly charge a reasonable fee for time spent obtaining information for those requesting. To recover the costs of their activities.
If you're expecting librarians, teachers, administrators, etc. to read a book, compare it to a complaint and law, is it reasonable for the system to recover the money for that activity? Particularly when it is a complaint not raised by someone who is directly affected by the book?
Citizens have a right to redress. I get that. I agree with that. But if a citizen with their own agenda is using an unusual amount of other taxpayer's resources to further that agenda, should we be bearing the cost, just to be bearing it?
Our policies should have balance.
Time and again, throughout the nation, we are seeing where as little as 5-6 people for the whole nation, are creating untold work for already overtaxed jurisdictions to further their subjective opinions.
Maybe they ought to be paying for that, rather than the rest of us. If we can say the Governor's office can charge an hourly rate when releasing documents under the FOIA, or a court can recover court costs, is it unreasonable to charge similar rates for this?
Particularly when it involves someone not directly affected by a policy?
If you're gonna have culture wars, shouldn't you be the one paying for it?
Just a thought.
Quick question for posterity sake. Does FCPS operate with the same Rubric process? Like is there a form KLB-3.1415 that someone in the city could request that a book be evaluated with here?
Great article btw!! Keep up the good work yall!