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The Love America Project is aimed at sharing activities and lessons with children and teens that create a love for our country. Love America Project The Pavement Education Project wants to share our love of America with children and teens of our state. We plan to accomplish this with special lessons and activities that reveal the story of our country, the struggles, the truth of our history, and the bright future we believe still exists. If you would like to be part of the team by co teaching or creating content, contact us with your information and background. The Creation of the US Constitution Members of the Love America Project (LAP) recently completed writing a Constitution Day Readers Theater for 5th graders. Several classes had the opportunity to use a script to re-inact our Founding Fathers as they debated the morality and economics of slavery, trades and tariffs, power, and legislation. Through the story, students learned the how the creation of the Amendments to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were a process of compromise and sacrifice. Contact/Join What's Next? LAP is working on activities for Presidents' Day currently. Contact us to share your ideas that promote the love of our wonderful country. Donate to support the projects. Contact/Join

North Carolina Statutes regarding material harmful to minors. LAWS, STATUTES, AND OPINIONS 2025 Proposed NC Legislation Related to Education and Children Bill Number/Name URL Link Purpose Status Sponsor HB 636 Promoting Wholesome Content for Students https://tinyurl.com/467yjh6w Process to ensure harmful content not made available to minors, process for parents et al to report violations and punishment Sent to Senate after passing 3 Readings in the House N. Jackson; Biggs; Willis; Balkcom (Primary) Almond; Arp; Branson; Kidwell HB 595 Parental Rights for Curriculum and Books https://tinyurl.com/yc2a94k9 Create standard course for health education, library book selection, prohibit harmful content for books and libraries and teaching materials, repositories for instructional materials Referred to Rules, Passed 1 House Reading Torbett; Blackwell (Primary) Clampitt HB 83 Revise Laws Governing Minors https://tinyurl.com/44vpac7n Create standard course for health education, library book selection, prohibit harmful content for books and libraries and teaching materials, repositories for instructional materials Referred to Rules in the Senate after passing 1 Senate Reading and 3 Readings in House Torbett; Blackwell (Primary) Clampitt SB 442 Parents Protection Act https://tinyurl.com/yk8ykb3e Parents who do not socially transition a child are not abusive; helps those who may want to adopt Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate Burgin; Galey; Sawrey (Primary) Daniel; Hise; Jones; Moffitt; B. Newton; Sanderson SB 55 Student Use of Wireless Communication Devices https://tinyurl.com/59a2wxf4 Resolving Senate and House differences: all wireless devices vs. only cell phones Passed Senate (3 readings) Passed House (1 reading) e (1 reading) Lee; Burgin; Barnes (Primary) Adcock; Alexander; Brinson; Chaudhuri; Daniel; Galey; Hanig; Jones; McInnis; Moffitt; Mohammed; Overcash; Robinson SB 516 Women’s Safety and Protection Act https://tinyurl.com/yzvftbvh Define 2 genders, protect females in bathrooms and protect females in overnight school field trips Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate Sawyer; Overcash (Primary) Barnes; Brinson; Daniel; Hanig; Hise; Jarvis; Sanderson SB 227 Eliminating DEI in Public Education https://tinyurl.com/467yjh6w Remove DEI content in schools, including instructional content and administrative practices Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Berger; Lee; Overcash (Primary) Alexander; Barnes; Brinson; Britt; Burgin; Corbin; Craven; Daniel; Ford; Galey; Hanig; Hise; Hollo; Jackson; Jarvis; Johnson; Jones; Lazzara; McInnis; Moffitt; B. Newton; P. Newton; Rabon; Sanderson; Sawrey; Sawyer; Settle FIND MY NC LEGISLATORS Parents and Guardians send their children to school with expectations that they will receive a good education, and have access to appropriate materials and texts. They also expect an environment in which their child's physical and mental health is protected. Content defined as obscene is now included in libraries and classrooms by North Carolina Statute § 14-190.13. Content may show graphic images or have descriptions of sexual acts. Please take note of North Carolina Statute § 14-190.15. It allows a defense for schools, libraries, and museums to have a pass. No one ever thought such inappropriate literature would appear within the walls of a school. Furthermore , some book titles appear to be in violation of the newly ratified SB 49: The Parents' Bill of Rights. § 115C-76.55. of SB 49 addresses the requirement for age-appropriate instruction for grades kindergarten through fourth grade. It states that " instruction on gender identity, sexual activity, or sexuality shall not be included in the curriculum provided in grades kindergarten through fourth grade, regardless of whether the information is provided by school personnel or third parties." It also prohibits the use of inappropriate inappropriate core and supplementary materials. Look at your child's school district and school on this website to see if there are inappropriate materials available to your child. Some books and materials available in schools may be in violation of NC General Statute 115C-81.30. Reproductive Health and Safety Education. This content and subject matter may lead children to question their own sexual identity. *The NC Department of Education is currently updating healthy living standards for K-8th grade. The PEP team is monitoring their work to make sure it is true to North Carolina Statutes. The Pavement Education Project team working with concerned citizens have identified a selection of books believed to be in violation of North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 14. Criminal Law § 14-190.1. Obscene literature and exhibitions. Other North Carolina General Statutes regarding Materials Harmful to Minors. Read Subchapter VII Offenses Against Public Morality and Decency Article 26 for the entire statute, definitions, and related offenses toward minors. Contact your legislators with your concerns related to this statute and the intent of the law. The PEP website shows books, book lists, and related information under the BOOKS tab. North Carolina school districts, books, and links to excerpts are shown under the LOCATIONS tab. If you are interested in assisting with book searches in your NC school district, we can help you get started. Book banning is not the focus, but the appropriateness of such books in a public school setting is questionable. OTHER IMPORTANT NC STATUTES Recently ratified SB 808: An Act to Prohibit Gender Transition Procedures for MinorsGender Transition for Minors limits medical transitioning procedures or to prescribe, provide, or dispense puberty-blocking drugs or cross-sex hormones to a minor. The statute makes provision for children that have disorders, under treatments for a variety of medical maladies, or suffer physiological abnormalities. The statute outlines penalties for violation of the statute. HOUSE BILL 574: Fairness in Women's Sports Act also became law. It will "prohibit male students from playing on middle school, high school, or collegiate athletics teams designated for females, women, or girls". It also will "require a student's sex to be recognized solely based on reproductive biology and genetics at birth for purposes of athletic participation." Changes in laws affecting charter schools were enacted in HB 219: The Charter School Omnibus. It clarifies requirements of charter application and renewal. It addresses enrollment in low performing schools. Admittance of out of state students and children of military families are also outlined. SUPREME COURT RULINGS AND DECISIONS RELATED TO BOOKS AND LITERATURE The Miller Test is the primary legal test for determining whether expression constitutes obscenity . It is named after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Miller v. California (1973) . The Miller Test i s a three-prong legal standard used to determine if material is considered obscene. It requires that the average person, applying contemporary community standards, find: 1) the material appeals to the prurient interest (a sexual interest) 2) the material depicts or describes patently offensive sexual conduct defined by law 3) the material, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. Island Tree School District VS Pico In the Supreme Court case Island Trees School District v. Pico (1982), the Court held that the First Amendment limits the power of junior high and high school officials to remove books from school libraries because of their content. The Supreme Court ruled in the students’ favor on First Amendment grounds, holding that the right to read is implied by the First Amendment. The government—in this case, a public school—cannot restrict speech because it does not agree with the content of that speech. The decisions called libraries places for “voluntary inquiry” and concluded that the school board’s “absolute discretion” over the classroom did not extend to the library for that reason. The ruling also established that public schools can remove books from libraries if they are deemed "pervasively vulgar" or not suitable for the curriculum. However, schools cannot remove books simply because they disagree with the ideas presented in those books. The ruling acknowledges the First Amendment rights of students to access information, while also allowing for school boards to exercise reasonable control over the educational environment. Case v. Unified School District (1995) This case concerned the removal of Annie on My Mind, a book about a lesbian relationship, from the Olathe, Kansas, school district’s high school libraries. The book’s removal was challenged as a violation of the First Amendment. The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas ruled that the school district’s decision to remove the book violated the First Amendment rights of students. The court found that the removal was motivated by the school board’s disagreement with the book’s content rather than any legitimate educational concerns. The book was ordered to be returned to the school libraries. CONTACT/JOIN OUR TEAM

Follow the action steps to protect your child from harmful content. STEPS TO PROTECT YOUR CHILD FROM INAPPROPRIATE LITERATURE 1. Monitor your child's reading assignments. Parents may request alternate materials if the text is objectionable or in conflict with your religious or moral beliefs. Your child's grades and standing should not be affected. 2. Know what your child is choosing from the media center and choosing on ebook apps. Our searches identify books in school libraries but not all the ebooks available through Destiny Follett. Libby, Sora, NC Cardinal, and NC Kids Digital Library. View links at the bottom of the page. Learn more about NC Cardinal, NC Kids Digital Library, and Sora on the READING, BOOKS, AND MORE page. 3. EMAIL the teacher, Principal and School Board Representative with your concerns about the materials your child is expected to read or use. An email provides a written record of your concerns and requests. Phone calls or written notes do not. 4. EMAIL your Representative and Senator about what you see happening in your child's school and/or district. We have been told that an email is more meaningful, provides a record, and carries more weight than a phone call. View links at the bottom of the page. Know Your School District Policies View Many School District Policies and Policy Changes Through the Online Webhosting Services of the NCBCA. The North Carolina School Board Association (NCSBA) provides online web hosting for many of North Carolina's school boards. It offers services such as manual updates and evaluations. It is a member organization. What policy changes have been made in North Carolina to help districts follow the Parents' Bill of Rights directive that took effect in January 2024? Click here to for easy access to many district policy manuals. Challenge a Book Understand that book banning is not PEP's goal, however we have become increasingly aware of books and materials with sexually inappropriate texts and gender concepts are available to minors in school libraries and in some classrooms. Books that contain extreme violence, self- harm, suicide, and horror are also making there way into schools. You have a right as a parent to challenge inappropriate instructional and supplementary materials placed in your child's school whether it be in a media center, part of a classroom library, used for instructional purposes, or part of an assignment. The Process Reconsideration of Instructional Materials First - Print and complete the REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FORM from your child's school district. It may be found online at the school or school district website. If it isn't, contact the Principal or Media Specialist at the school. Letter and Artifacts Second - Write a personal letter to the Principal explaining your thinking. Submit your letter, the Request for Reconsideration form, and book artifacts such as photos, chapter, and page references with objectionable material BY EMAIL. Email will provide you a paper trail if needed. Principals and Review Committees Lastly - After the Principal's review, hopefully your book will be out of circulation or use. If not,the challenge will go through a series of committee reviews. The number and make up of the review committees will be directed by school board policy. In many districts it is SB policy 3210. It will be most likely be composed of school personnel, librarian, and parents. Ask who will be on the committee. They should read and review the book just as you did. Check back on their progress weekly. Now What? If the book is approved to remain on the shelves, continue to ask school personnel to send your book challenge to the next level, which will likely be a school board committee. If you do not receive the decision you wanted, contact your district Superintendent, State Superintendent, the NC Board of Education and legislators. Email them with your documents and steps you have taken to change the situation. Address the School Board with Your Concerns Most schools have an online sign up process for comment. Check the Board's website. The process in some districts takes place on location before the meeting begins. Check it out a few days before you plan to speak. You may be asked whether you will be responding to items on the agenda or policy changes. Observe a board meeting to learn how the meeting is structured. Most school boards allow 2-3 minutes for public comment. Prepare your remarks with that in mind. Its not typical for the Board to ask or answer questions during Public Comment time. State your key idea or point. Preparing facts and statistics are helpful. So are personal stories. Be confident, this is your school district and you have every right to be heard even if others present do not agree with you. OPT IN or OPT OUT of Reproductive Health Lessons Parents currently have the option to opt out from human sexuality instruction for their children. Schools will usually have you opt in or out of instruction when you register your child for school, or they will send home forms throughout the year for special programs, or training events. You must OPT OUT as of this posting. Anti-bullying, mental health, family diversity, social emotional learning (SEL) and sex education trainings are pathways of influence with your child. Opt out of everything or pull your child out of school during these instructional times when such material is being presented. Unless you have reviewed the curriculum and materials, parents have no way of knowing what is actually being taught and some curriculums approved for use in North Carolina are not faithfully following state statutes for NC children. Do you know what comprehensive sex education really is all about? Take a look at the graphics to learn just a few concepts and values that of some CSE programs. from Siecus There are many curriculums that North Carolina school districts may choose for their students. The Parents' Bill of Rights prevents sexual instruction before grade 4. See PBR for complete text. There are many curriculums that are not in compliance with North Carolina State Statutes. Opt Out or wait to Opt In until you have thoroughly inspected all materials and digital resources that students may access. SL SESSION LAW 2023-106 SENATE BILL 49 49 § 115C-76.25.Parent legal rights for their child's education. (a) Parents have legal rights with regards to their child's education, including the following: (1) The right to consent or withhold consent for participation in reproductive health and safety education programs, consistent with the requirements of G.S. 115C-81.30. (2) The right to seek a medical or religious exemption from immunization requirements, consistent with the requirements of G.S. 130A-156 and G.S. 130A-157. Stop the Viewing of Sexually Inappropriate Material on Public School Devices. REPORT INCIDENTS. We need your help to stop North Carolina schools from ignoring the harm being done to innocent children when they access adult websites on school devices. This is happening in the classroom, on the bus and at home. Please take a few minutes to hear from one mom’s experience in Wake County. See the blog: Pornography on School-Issued Device If you know of a family that has been impacted by this issue, please have them contact us . With enough complaints, legal action might proceed. It’s time to hold the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, the Board of Education, and District School Boards accountable for violating obscenity laws and for not protecting minors from sexual content on school devices. OTHER GROUPS CONCERNED ABOUT EDUCATION IN NORTH CAROLINA Our Mission Activities Overview: Empower and unify member teachers to provide unbiased sound content and to improve public school quality and literacy; provide affordable tutoring and online courses. Pender County Concerned Citizens- CONTACT US

Steps to protect your children, Challenge book forms, addressing your concerns with the school board, groups with similar interests WHAT CAN I DO? TAKE ACTION. Protect your Child From Harmful Content Challenge a Book Address the School Board OPT Out of Reproductive Health Lessons Join our Team Groups Concerned About Education in NC OPT Out of APPS Linked to ebooks REPORT INCIDENTS of Students Accessing PORN on School Devices What is Social and Emotional Learning? CONTACT/ JOIN OUR TEAM

Has Your Child Been Exposed to Inappropriate Content at School? What is Your Story? Are you concerned about your child being exposed to age-inappropriate or obscene materials in their school library, such as books with explicit sexual content, violence, or other mature themes? Research shows that such materials can negatively impact brain development, potentially leading to depression, challenges in forming healthy relationships, and addictive behaviors in young people. Many parents are alarmed by the increasing presence of these books. We Can Make a Difference: Legislators are considering laws to address obscenity and age-inappropriate materials in schools, but they need to hear real stories of how these materials have caused trauma or distress for students and families. Your experiences can help shape effective policies to protect children. Share Your Story Confidentially : Would you be willing to share your story anonymously to support this effort? We are gathering facts to assist lawmakers and will not share your personal information. Your input can help ensure school materials are safe and age-appropriate. What You Can Do : Review Materials: Identify specific books or materials in your child’s school that concern you, noting their content and impact. Talk to Your Child: Discuss their exposure to these materials and any distress or confusion they’ve experienced. Contact School Staff: Ask teachers or librarians about the selection process for these materials and voice your concerns. Meet with Leadership: Request a meeting with the principal to discuss revising library policies or removing inappropriate content. Join Other Parents: Connect with parent groups to advocate for transparent book selection processes and age-appropriate standards. The Pavement Education Project would welcome your help. Share Your Experience: Contact us confidentially to share how these materials have affected your child or family. Your story can inform legislators drafting protective laws. Engage Further: If issues persist, reach out to your school board, review district policies, or explore alternative schooling options. Why It Matters: Recent X posts and web discussions highlight parental concerns about books like Gender Queer and All Boys Aren’t Blue in school libraries, citing explicit content as unsuitable for young readers. While some defend these books for their perspectives, many parents report their children experiencing distress or confusion from such materials. By sharing your story and taking action, you can help ensure schools prioritize your child’s well-being with age-appropriate resources. Contact Us : If you’re willing to share your story anonymously, please reach out through our secure, confidential form at [insert contact method, e.g., website or email]. We respect your privacy and will use your input only to inform legislative efforts.

Resources for parents making decisions for their children. Resources for Parents RESEARCH AND STUDIES ON THE EFFECTS OF PORNOGRAPHY AND VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN AND TEENS Click HERE Are you a parent or educator with concerns? Contact us. What Can I Do? Take Action Online School Board Policy Manuals by District Evaluating Books for Schools OPT Out or OPT in of Reproductive Health Lessons OPT Out of Apps and eBooks Plugged In by Focus on the Family exists to help families make appropriate entertainment choices in movies, TV, music, games, books, and youtube channels. Check the Books in My Child's School Recommended Reading... Books We Love Reading, Books, and More Local Groups in North Carolina Research the Schools in Your District Using Follett What is Social and Emotional Learning? CONTACT /JOIN OUR TEAM RESEARCH AND STUDIES ON THE EFFECTS OF PORNOGRAPHY AND VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN AND TEENS Is Reading Erotica as Harmful as Watching Porn? Early Sexualization and Pornography Exposure: the Detrimental Impacts On Children A Rasmussen Reports Poll Voters Against Obscene Books in Public Schools Sponsored by The Capitol Resource Institute

NC School Report Cards, DEI programs supported by Federal Tax dollars, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT View the academic achievement of North Carolina students HERE. Choose the county, then the district. You may view academics as far back as 2015. We leave it up to you to decide whether you are satisfied with the academic achievement of NC students. Did you look at the performance of subgroups? Are North Carolina schools meeting the needs of all it's students.You decide. Students Make Gains in 2022-23, Continuing Recovery from COVID Losses Accountability Data Sets and Reports Resources Growth in Administative Staff and Students since 2000 Allotted Average Daily Membership NC Education Trends Over Time Students At or Above Proficiency in Both Reading and Math Grades 3-8 NCDPI: NC State Testing Results (Green Book) 2 022-23 How are NC School Districts Spending Their Federal Dollars? Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training for Teachers in Wake County WCPSS recently introduced their equity plan. View the document. Will this expensive initiative improve academic achievement or is it meant to transforrm student thoughts and beliefs about themselves and their families? An opinion piece written by Joshua Peters in The Carolina Journal highlights some of the issues with the WCPSS Pathways to Excellence and Equity plan. Contact / Join Our Team

Books read and recommended for all ages. Classic and contemporary books. Books We Love Books We Read and Loved These are some of our favorite books. These clean reads help us to understand the trials and tribulations of our fellow man (or woman). Some are self help books. Some books are merely for entertainment. If you have a favorite you think should be on our list, let us know. OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL READS Click on a photo to link to Amazon. Your purchase will support our work. MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSICS AND GREAT READS Click on the image to link to Amazon for a purchase. All purchases support our effort. Excellent Reads for 3rd-5th Grade Students Click on the image to link to Amazon for a purchase. All purchases support our effort. Primary Reads Click on the photo to link directly for an Amazon purchase to support our efforts. Delightful Picture Books Click on photos to link to Amazon. All purchases support our work.

Age inappropriate books found in Graham County Schools, NC. Graham County Schools We congratulate the Graham County School staff on a job well done monitoring books and materials made available to their students. Their list of inappropriate books is short. These books may have sexually inappropriate or confusing gender concepts or content, some including self harm, suicide, violence, and/or racism. No data base is available to determine whether or not classrooms may contain these books. Therefore, we encourage citizens to ask teachers and administrators if these books are present or being used for instruction of any kind. Some Ebooks can appear in the online card catalog. Some districts allow students to sign up to read ebooks using Sora or Libby, as well as other online ebook providers using their school ID. PEP does not know or have access to find out if any safeguards are in place to protect children from reading or seeing graphic material that is inappropriate for their age or grade level. Ask your school administrators if your child's school is providing access to ebooks. Again, congratulations to Graham County Schools and parents. We do our best to keep the lists up to date. If you see a change that needs to be made, please contact us. The Content Based Rating System was inspired by the widely accepted MPA rating system . This rating system is meant to be a quick guide for busy parents who want to know what objectionable material is found between a book's covers. While it is a great tool, it does not meet the standards needed for schools to use for evaluating materials for student use. Robbinsville Elementary School no inappropriate books found Robbinsville Middle and High Schools Ask the Passengers (AS King) Rated 3 A Child Called “It” (David Pelzer ) Rated 3 Looking for Alaska (John Green) Rated 3 Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold) Rated 3 Native Son (Richard Wright) video Rated 3 Speak (Laurie Anderson) Rated 3 The Truth About Alice (Jennifer Mathieu) Rated 3 Water for Elephants (Sarah Gruen) Rated 4 Contact/ Join Us

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Sign petitions related to educational and family issues in North Carolina. Petitioning for Changes in Legislation to Protect Children and Families Important Changes That Need to Take Place NOW The Pavement Education Project supports NC Values in asking for changes in legislation to protect North Carolina children. Click on the photo to learn more and sign the petition.

A look at the history and implications of social and emotional learning on children. SEL Social Emotional Learning CASEL is the Company that sets standards for Social Emotional Learning. Students are called human capital, and an equity lens is applied to transform an entire school by dividing students into groups by race, gender, income, etc. The expressed goal is to achieve “equal” outcomes (equity) for designated groups, especially “marginalized” ones such as minorities or those with LGBT identities. Equal opportunity is now passe’ for the current educational culture. Founders, Funding and Educators of SEL include, but are not limited to the following: John Fetzer of the Fetzer Institute, a New Age enthusiast and devotee of Alice Bailey who was the controversial occultist that founded the Lucifer Publishing Company (aka Lucis Trust); Linda Darling-Hammond, board member emeritus of CASEL and associate of communist terrorist turned educator William Ayers; Kamilah Drummond-Forrester, an educational consultant who wrote “Teaching (white children) to be aware of their racial identity would allow them to better understand the privileges that accompany that identity,” adding that this would help them dismantle the “concept of ‘ whiteness’”. Millions of dollars from the Gates and Dell Foundations, et al. are spent to replace the values and beliefs that are compatible with individual liberty. The goal appears to a transformed global student that is easily manipulated by a one world government. Framework of CASEL is Backwards. SEL is at the core with the government and schools supplanting the responsibility of parents to raise their children fundamentally in the way they see fit. Family beliefs and values will be replaced by the values of the government in teaching these five competencies: self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision making, relationship skills and social awareness. See diagram below. Is SEL a school course? No. It’s a transformative methodology rooted in a worldview with goals of molding students' beliefs and behaviors, manipulating impressionable minds, and creating activists for progressive social causes. Although the intent appears to be therapeutic, the results appear to be counterproductive. In application, SEL is woven into many classes and school activities and its use will: Promote data collection on students with assessments that are recorded in a student’s permanent data records. Many responses are private information best suited between a counselor and patient. Impersonate mental health services. Designed to shape a child’s developing brain to accept world views regarding sexuality, racial attitudes, and other social issues. Operates under the guise of providing a mental health benefit and used on the ENTIRE student population of a school, not just kids with behavioral issues. Promote psychological evaluations by unqualified school staff. Selective interventions may be prescribed by staff with limited training. These records may adversely impact a student’s record and impact future college admissions and/or job applications. Disclose student data that could be used against parents regarding personal choices they make for their children. This is an issue of Private Policy Concerns. Example: Based on his/her responses to assessments on issues such as gender, sexual orientation, etc. a student may be removed from a home. Seek to replace the family in teaching values and social norms. This is a form of cultural Marxism where sacred family beliefs may be classified as unkind or unacceptable instead of a matter of morality. This may be seen as spiritually, mentally, and emotionally abusive as a student may be forced to choose between two leaders in authority (parent vs. teacher) resulting in even more anxiety for the child. Impact education on sexuality by undermining traditional values and beliefs taught by abstinence-based/risk avoidance programs. SEL brings obscene sexual behavior into the classroom by teaching elements of the Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) curriculum which embraces high risk behaviors that align with the LGBT movement. It may include normalizing anal and oral sex practices; implying sexual promiscuity, such as hooking-up; teaching sexual pleasure; eroticizing the use of condoms; etc. Require students to accept false concepts such as sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). The endless gender identities are not based in science and present false concepts as based in factual truth. Other false concepts presented by SEL are a student may be told she may be trapped in the wrong body, she can pause her puberty without adverse consequences, her parents don’t need to know, etc. Violate North Carolina’s sex education law as stated in #6. Controversial teachings on sex, sexuality, and gender in the name of sexual education are not compliant with current state laws. Promote activism, allegiance, and division. This is a form of social engineering where Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Marxist lessons are taught regarding oppression, oppressors, race, gender, and religion in ways that promote concepts that may violate the US Bill of Rights. Community organizing events and after school programs are often promoted. Advance revisionist programs. Remember Common Core Math? Math concepts were transformed to fully embrace SEL by progressive agendas. How well did that go for students and parents? Unfortunately, history and science classes aren’t exempt from revisions either. SEL is part of the Common Core State Standards used in every school district in North Carolina. There is a tremendous incentive to integrate SEL in the curriculum of every school as it is tied to federal funding, Sales Pitch for SEL Behavioral problems in school are nothing new. Unfortunately, children are experincing an increasing level of anxiety with the onset of social media and the extensive use of electronic devices. Teachers and parents want children to be more attentive, less disruptive, and more civil to classmates and others. SEL appears to be sold to educators as the means to resolve problematic behaviors. Self-examination is one of the tools used in SEL tools that prompts students to perform frequent intropections. However it appears that the power of suggestibility from SEL-infused lessons may actually increase anxiety in a child. For example, how would the following questions impact your thinking? “How often do you keep your anger in check?” “How often did you remain calm, even when someone was bothering you or saying bad things?” This is just a sampling of the numerous questions from a Panorama SEL survey in an elementary school. Malpractice? How is SEL used to improve behavior and help students cope with stress? Interventions and group work can be assigned based on SEL survey answers. The role of schools is shifting from academics to SEL with a nanny-state like focus on mental health. Is this a form of malpractice? It appears there is a movement to replace guidance counselors with mental health counselors in school- based health clinics. The American School Counselors Association (ASCA) which promotes DEI and other Marxist concepts appears to support this move. Managing mental health issues would best be done by referring a student to a professional clinical psychologist/therapist in a clinic off the school campus and after instruction hours. In October 2023, a wellness center for Clyde A. Erwin Middle school was opened for care. The Warrior Wellness Center is one of 34 school-based health centers operated by Blue Ridge Health in seven Western North Carolina counties. This development raises a number of questions. Are there duplications of services provided by local health departments? Although parental/guardian consent is required, is it a blanket consent? Will parents be informed when a child recieves treatment? When is it appropriate for a child to receive medical care without the presence of a parent/guardian? Who benefits financially from opening a doctor’s office on a school campus? What happened to the school nurse who used to provide medical care for students? Second-Step Program in North Carolina. This SEL program is used by many individual school districts in North Carolina. More on that program will follow. Statistics that shock. The problem with education in America is illustrated in a report by the Department of Education. Between 2000-2019 the percent growth of population in public schools for district administrators grew by 87.0 % during those years, far outstripping the growth in the number of students (7.6%) and teachers (8.7%). There has been a radical fundamental change in education with the administrative system/bureaucracy and other institutions/stakeholders draining resources that would benefit students. Collecting and managing data from SEL programs is just one of the many uses of funds that have no educational purpose. Who benefits? What can parents do? Reinforce your belief system at home with your child. Caution your child about group think and emphasize the importance of personal responsibility and decision making. Demand parental rights and privacy for your child’s and family’s information. Write to your legislators. Speak out at school board meetings and to other parents. If possible, consider homeschooling or enroll in private school. But beware, SEL is being found in private schools too. Resources: Karen Metzger; Parents on the Level; 2024 Alex Newman, Trading Academics for Far-Left ‘Social Emotional Learning’; 2021. Larry Arnn, Imprimis, Education as a Battleground; November 2022. UtahParentsUnited.org/SEL https://cdn.secondstep.org/static/pdf/funding-grants/federal-funding-for-purchasing-second-step-programs.pdf https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewDocSiteFile/39601 Share your stories or photos of examples of SEL in your child's school. CONTACT US Contact Us/ Join our Team

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