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Rutherford County Schools Tell Parents
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Posted By: tisHimself, 8/20/2020 2:39:04 AM

Parents of students who attend Rutherford County Schools (RCS) must agree not to monitor their child’s online classroom sessions. Officials at all county schools are asking parents to sign forms agreeing not to watch these virtual classes. The Tennessee Star received a copy of such a form this week. “RCS strives to present these opportunities in a secure format that protects student privacy to the greatest extent possible, however because these meetings will occur virtually RCS is limited in its ability to fully control certain factors such as non-student observers that may be present in the home of a student participating in the virtual meeting,” according to the form. Correction*

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Reply 1 - Posted by: ColonialAmerican1623 8/20/2020 2:56:50 AM (No. 515209)
Excuse me ? You are going into their homes via the Internet and telling the parents what to do ? Parents need to grow a spine.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: BarryNo 8/20/2020 3:04:49 AM (No. 515212)
Neither public nor private schools have any right to deny parent monitoring.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Highlander 8/20/2020 3:23:36 AM (No. 515220)
RCS spokesman explained the intent was to protect the privacy of the other students in the virtual classroom. I can see their point; it wasn’t to keep the parents out of their own children’s school, but to protect the other kids displayed on the computer screen. In a ZOOM meeting, you can see who’s there in all the little boxes. The idea of sending government employees to private homes for “child welfare checks” is from the state. To which I say, Absolutely not!
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Reply 4 - Posted by: PostAway 8/20/2020 4:18:19 AM (No. 515232)
This version of “it’s for the children” is just creepy. What kind of parent would sign a form that says their children can meet with adults for several hours each day but they aren’t allowed to observe what takes place? No responsible parent would ever agree to this. Especially not in today’s world.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: chase9365 8/20/2020 4:40:01 AM (No. 515234)
"Now, after that statement, you better believe we will be watching!" said every parent.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Toby Ten Bears 8/20/2020 6:08:51 AM (No. 515257)
You're NOT the boss of me!
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Reply 7 - Posted by: NancyD 8/20/2020 6:31:26 AM (No. 515267)
I would be sitting next to my kid watching every second. Who do they think they are? My kids belong to my husband and me NOT the State. When are people going to open their eyes?
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Reply 8 - Posted by: globalwarmer 8/20/2020 6:56:18 AM (No. 515277)
We don't want to give away our indoctrination techniques.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: hershey 8/20/2020 7:07:22 AM (No. 515288)
#8 just beat me to it...they don't want you watching because they don't want you to see the garbage they are throwing out as 'teaching points'...if I signed it you can bet I'd be watching, and recording the classes...which I'd be doing anyway.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: chumley 8/20/2020 7:27:08 AM (No. 515306)
What a bunch of communist doubletalk. Safe bet the reason they dont want monitored is not the reason stated, because the reason stated is a lot of words with no meaning. Tell me I cant do something. Then watch me do it.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Philipsonh 8/20/2020 7:27:37 AM (No. 515307)
No good parent will follow this edict. The school district needs a brand new administration badly.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: MMC 8/20/2020 7:38:09 AM (No. 515317)
Uh.. NO! If you are in my house, via any device - I monitor my kids progress and can listen and watch what is happening.. if a parent doesn’t want their child on zoom video- the parent can have audio only.. I do have another suggestion: homeschool! Homeschool options via an academy with virtual instructors are abounding! Parents don’t have to reinvent curriculum wheel, just chose curriculum best meeting need of child. Take charge of your kids education! Break up the NEA-
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Reply 13 - Posted by: sw penn 8/20/2020 7:53:20 AM (No. 515323)
If you don't have anything to hide...?! "For the protection of other students" - All parents are likely to protect all students. What is dangerous, bigoted, slanted, disinformation for mine, is dangerous, bigoted, slanted, disinformation for yours, isn't it? Does it only take a village to wreck children, but not to save them?
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Reply 14 - Posted by: lakerman1 8/20/2020 8:32:03 AM (No. 515378)
good point on Lady lucifer, #13. I suppose she meant 'certain villagers' rather than the entire village. i spent 25 years teaching, mostly at the graduate level. I never turned anyone away from my classroom, ever. In fact, I viewed it an honor that someone wanted to watch my class. I also did volunteer senior seminars, Jewish Community Center world forums, and Elderhostel courses. I wonder about that school district's curriculum on LBGTQ stuff. I hope it is not like one teacher's approach, where he told students not to disdain gay sex - that they wouldn't know if they liked it unless they tried it.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: franq 8/20/2020 8:34:34 AM (No. 515384)
What have they got to hide?
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Reply 16 - Posted by: petrichor 8/20/2020 8:42:09 AM (No. 515396)
I'm guessing that they are afraid it will turn into a reality show to see which idiot second grader needs to be "voted off". To get around this they could always let the children come to the school to be taught. Have they thought of that?
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Reply 17 - Posted by: VietVet68 8/20/2020 9:24:00 AM (No. 515456)
What are they afraid of? Are they concerned that parents might see some of their indoctrination techniques or how they use revisionist history to turn children against their own country? I hope parents wake up to see what a threat the teachers union is to the future of their children.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: Maryland_Patriot 8/20/2020 9:28:09 AM (No. 515465)
And folks still ask me about why I didn't trust the "school" system with my children to the point I home educated them. Challenging, yes. Worth it? Absolutely.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: zephyrgirl 8/20/2020 9:56:28 AM (No. 515505)
What are they hiding?
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Reply 20 - Posted by: earlybird 8/20/2020 10:09:00 AM (No. 515514)
Our parents were invited to come and sit in on classrooms. No one was hiding anything...
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Reply 21 - Posted by: birmingham 8/20/2020 10:18:52 AM (No. 515524)
My local elementary school strongly encouraged parents to volunteer in the classroom. What is this district afraid the parents will hear??
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Reply 22 - Posted by: RuckusTom 8/20/2020 11:24:12 AM (No. 515611)
Those teachers' unions don't like the prospect of scrutiny. Might give the taxpayer pause as to what they're actually paying for.
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Reply 23 - Posted by: or gate 8/20/2020 1:41:23 PM (No. 515750)
It's easier to brainwash them if the parents are out of the picture.
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Reply 24 - Posted by: DVC 8/20/2020 4:26:31 PM (No. 515884)
They are afraid that parents will find out what lies and trash that these folks are teaching to their kids.
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