Breaking now on the intertubes, Brandywine School District says it will show the president’s speech.
Interim Superintendent Dr. Dane Brandenberger said there was a mixed message sent about Brandywine not airing the speech that was incorrect. Last week, parents said they’d heard that the speech would not be shown in the Brandywine School District.
“Somehow people thought we were against Obama. Nothing could be further from the truth,” Brandenberger said today.
Brandenberger said what the school district has asked teachers to prepare lesson plans or activities based on the president’s speech.
He said some teachers might air the speech live and others, especially those teaching younger students, will create activities or plans for students the next day or later in the week.
BSD makes it sound like it was all some innocent mix-up. I suspect that BSD got some angry feedback from parents after they decided not to show the speech. The decision is supposedly being left up to the individual teacher’s discretion.
Thank you to all the BSD parents who called and wrote the school district about showing the speech.