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Brooklyn council executive session canceled due to improper notice

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Ratcatcher
Saturday, October 16, 2010: 7:14 am
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Who is to blame for the incorrect notification? Was it a media outlet that got the wording wrong via typographical error or was it a board member or secretary that wrote the notice incorrectly in the first place?

Chuck2810
Saturday, October 16, 2010: 8:49 am
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It was canceled because they knew it was 'out there' and they would have nothing to stand on when they had to face the public. Hard to do a secret backroom deal when 75 people are in front of the place. Want to force the roaches to run and hide, turn on the lights. This situation needs the Att General or Governor's office to get involved. Please not the Feds.

Ed
Saturday, October 16, 2010: 10:38 am
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Chuck, I would agree that Sams and Chie-Chie~(Seriously?) et-al, found a loophole via the town attorney to cancel the meeting, in the light of 75 protesters. The Brooklyn drama stemming from the aforementioned individuals during the past few years is an embarrassment to our county and I am sick of these kind of jokers constantly giving us repeated bad press and black eyes!

I seriously doubt that the Indiana Attorney General, Feds and especially the Governor would ever intervene in this matter. In fact, I would not want to afford the Brooklyn town-clown leaders the courtesy of a formal investigation. I think that they should be treated with the same lack of respect that they have afforded others. Nothing short of a good ole' fashion tar and feathering should be conducted, followed up with a final running out of the county!

Liberty
Sunday, October 17, 2010: 12:15 am
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Muslim Is part of the culmination at Martinsville Schools Christianity is not.
Parent Stews Over Son's Islamic Assignment
Reporter-Times won't report but Channel 6 did.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. --
Some parents of a Morgan County middle school said they are outraged by an assignment that asks students to write about their experience on a Hajj.A Hajj is a pilgrimage to Mecca and is one of the pillars of the Islamic faith.Seventh-graders at Martinsville East Middle School were asked to write at least 125 words "as though you are on the journey to Mecca and are writing in your journal about what you see and experience,"
6News' Joanna Massee
reported.

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"I feel strongly that if the same assignment was given from a Christian standpoint, whether it was your experience at the Passover or if you were there when Christ was crucified or anything like that, the ACLU or any other organization like that would be up in arms," said Ron Fletcher, a
parent
of one of the students.Fletcher said he has no problem with people of the Islamic faith, but he thinks the assignment was inappropriate for a public school."My daughter's perception and other parents' perception by speaking with them by Facebook and on the phone is that we want our children to write about experiencing one of the pillars of Islam -- I think that takes it a little too far," Fletcher said.Principal Eric Bowlen defended the assignment, saying that it is all about expanding students' knowledge of the beliefs of others and that there are examples of various cultures taught in class. He referenced a specific state education standard -- 7.1.4 -- as the reason Islamic studies are part of curriculum."I can give you a couple of examples that we've done. For example, these kids, when they're done with this culmination, which is a comparison of the religions that the state of Indiana has, they're going to be able to write like 'The Diary of Anne Frank,'" Bowlen said. "In class, I have had students write a letter
home
from the war front as if they are a soldier fighting for our country. Obviously, I am not recruiting the children for the military, but I am putting them in a position to understand what a soldier will go through."Parent Lisa Ratts said she disagrees with Fletcher and is happy that her son is being exposed to the cultures of others."What concerns me and what upsets me is that I think this is such a beautiful thing, learning about other people's cultures," she said.Bowlen said that parents who have an issue with an assignment should talk to him, and that the school is willing to be flexible.Bowlen said the Islam assignment may be adjusted in the future to include different options for students.
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What does anyone expect from a system run by a drug convicted leader who's on probation for doing drugs in school property then driving around risking the lives of all children in the county ?

Parent, how much more do you need before you love your children enough to take them out of the GEC system. ?

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