Something Doesn’t Add Up With National PTA’s Intimidation Letter To Delaware PTA…
I was thinking about this a lot the past two days. Since I posted theNational PTA “Comply Or We Will Make You” letter to the Delaware PTA, something didn’t feel quite right. Was it the absolute absurdity and gall of National PTA, or the timing of it?
The Delaware PTA heavily advocated House Bill 50, the Delaware opt-out legislation that our cowardly weasel of a Governor vetoed last July. When an attempt to have our legislators do the right thing and override Markell’s veto, the Delaware PTA staged a rally outside of Legislative Hall in Dover. This was a month and a half ago. The very next week, the Delaware PTA announced National PTA would be coming out with a position statement against opt-out very soon. They did so in the beginning of February.
Let us flash forward to last Wednesday. The Wilmington Education Improvement Commission has their post-State Board meeting where State Board of Education President Dr. Teri Quinn Gray is grilled and served on a plate by Wilmington school districts and members of the Commission. State Board Executive Director Donna Johnson is most likely highly embarrassed about the allegation she advised State Board members how to vote on the WEIC plan. The very next day, President of Delaware PTA Dr. Terri Hodges gets the comply or die letter from Laura Bay, the President of National PTA. Right before the assessment inventory meeting at the Delaware Department of Education. Right before. As she walks into the meeting, handouts are provided to the committee and members of the public. One of them is the National PTA position statement on assessment and opt-out. It was a very odd choice for a hand-out. Especially since it was NEVER discussed at all during the meeting. Dr. Hodges attended the previous meeting, and I’m sure the DOE knew some type of Delaware PTA representation would attend the meeting. I’m not coming right out and saying this, but I’m sure you can see where I’m going with this.
Yes, the National PTA did issue the position statement against opt-out. For what reasons, I absolutely cannot fathom. But Kilroy’s Delaware did present something very interesting today in regards to National PTA President Laura Bay. It turns out she is the coördinator Something Doesn’t Add Up With National PTA’s Intimidation Letter To Delaware PTA… – Exceptional Delaware:
