I'm thinking he must have been behind this USA acronym, given that sign he was holding.
One banned cheer in particular, where students chant "U.S.A.," brought parent Mary Williams to the Baraboo School Board last week asking why students couldn't have a voice at athletic events.
Even after learning that the chant had a second meaning to many students — an acronym not printable in a family newspaper — Williams said that only applied to overly-sensitive ears.
"Any cheer you can come up with, if you want, can be perceived differently. In my opinion, it stands for U.S.A.," she said. "It's really sad because we went to the (boys basketball) game on Monday night and the students never peeped the entire time… Truly, they've been having more fun when they're not in their home gym because they can cheer."
But check this out - came across it via Google. It's old, from May, 06 - I must have missed it back then.
New Baraboo School Board member Kevin Bartol stirred up some controversy at his second meeting Monday night when he suggested district policy be amended so that only teachable students be enrolled in Baraboo's public schools.
"There are some people in this country that cannot be educated," Bartol said to the board. "They may have their eyes open, but there's no one awake upstairs."
It would be great if, as a nation, we admit that some children must be left behind. What do you get when you educate a child beyond his intellectual capacity? The Group of 88, that's what.
Posted by: w3 | Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 06:42 AM
"What do you get when you educate a child beyond his intellectual capacity?"
George W. Bush?
Posted by: TheSpartan | Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 07:06 AM