Mother Says Parents Asked To Sign ‘Ridiculous’ Waiver That They Will Not Eavesdrop On Kids’ Online Lessons In Tennessee School District

A school district in Tennessee is asking parents to sign a form promising to not listen in on the virtual learning classes of their kids. Needless to say, parents are outraged. The school claims this is being requested so parents don’t “overhear confidential information.”

Confidential information like what?! I call B.S. on that and my answer to the school would be, “Hello no!”

The school doesn’t want the parents to hear something, that’s for sure. This pandemic has shone a light on the secrecy of the public schools over the content they are teaching kids. Hopefully, we will all look back on this time years from now, and see this as a turning point in the public education system. Maybe these unusual times will cause parents to force transparency from the public schools and take more control and ownership over their children’s education.

From Fox News:

A Tennessee school district is under fire for asking parents to sign a form agreeing not to eavesdrop on kids’ virtual classes over concerns they could overhear confidential information.

After significant pushback, Rutherford County Schools is allowing parents to tune in with permission from the teacher but they can’t record the classes.

“It’s ridiculous. It’s so hypocritical because they’ve been data mining our children for years, compliments of common core,” Laurie Cardoza-Moore, founder of Proclaiming Justice to the Nations, said on “Fox & Friends Weekend” Saturday.

“What are they trying to hide? What is the problem? Why won’t they let us sit in?” the homeschool mom of five asked.

“Obviously, because they are teaching our children propaganda that they should not be teaching,” she said. “They are trying to socialize our children.”

She added: “We have had a major problem in education, not just here in Tennessee, but across the country where they are indoctrinating our children with propaganda.”

The School Responds

“We are aware of the concern that has been raised about this distance-learning letter that was sent to parents,” James Evans, communications director for Rutherford County Schools, said.

Evans added: “We have issued new guidance to principles that parents can assist their children during virtual group lessons with permission of the instructor but should refrain from sharing or recordings any information about other students in the classroom.”

This is all super shady. A school should NEVER hide what they are teaching kids from parents. Parents should have free and open access to curriculum and should be able to visit the classrooms. This is all the more true when the school is requiring them to stream content from the school into their own home. I don’t let my kids use the internet or watch YouTube unsupervised. Why should parents let their children watch Zoom sessions  that include the teacher and access into every classmates’ home? Who knows what could be said or displayed on the screen!

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This! Also, some good lawyer might want to take on the Rutherford School District's new "forced policy." This may be illegal at a publicly funded school. I thought parents were encouraged to engage with their children's curriculum at board meetings, etc. When did that change? https://t.co/smuaYlKYjF

— PatLynnFor 🐘🐘🐘 (@PatLynnFor) August 22, 2020