I'm not suggesting that at all. My point is that we shouldn't assume that it couldn't happen here, if we stop paying attention or stop speaking up to oppose censorship and bans. It has happened in many places, including 'good' districts like ours.
Speaking in generalities can create unnecessary fear in a community. Can you be more specific as to who is not protecting such opportunities for the arts and who in East Penn you are referring to does not have a commitment to freedom of expression? My wife Angelic Schneider is running for a board seat and would love to join in your efforts to expose those interested in censorship. Our daughter an EHS student is Grandma Tzeitel in Fiddler, was in Adams family and a lead in 3 Eyer productions. We would like more information as to who you believe would or has begun a movement in our community of censorship.
I disagree that my comments were speaking in generalities. I wrote about a specific part of our schools, theater, and note both its value and the specific threat-- bans and censorship-- that theater in lots of school districts face right now. The number of bans on school theater productions has gone up dramatically in recent years nationally, and at the local level. It is happening in specific schools in Pennsylvania that are not so far from our community and share a lot of commonalities with our community. My point is that we shouldn't assume it couldn't happen here too: the school board members who have instituted these bans in other districts never openly said to voters that they were in favor of censorship. They used-- and continue to use-- euphemisms instead. They say these aren't bans, but merely assuring materials are 'age-appropriate,' for example. I'm glad to hear your wife is interested in this issue too, and congratulations to you for having your daughter be so successful in theater. She should be rightly proud of the success the whole cast and crew had at the Freddy Awards this year!
I'm not suggesting that at all. My point is that we shouldn't assume that it couldn't happen here, if we stop paying attention or stop speaking up to oppose censorship and bans. It has happened in many places, including 'good' districts like ours.
Speaking in generalities can create unnecessary fear in a community. Can you be more specific as to who is not protecting such opportunities for the arts and who in East Penn you are referring to does not have a commitment to freedom of expression? My wife Angelic Schneider is running for a board seat and would love to join in your efforts to expose those interested in censorship. Our daughter an EHS student is Grandma Tzeitel in Fiddler, was in Adams family and a lead in 3 Eyer productions. We would like more information as to who you believe would or has begun a movement in our community of censorship.
I disagree that my comments were speaking in generalities. I wrote about a specific part of our schools, theater, and note both its value and the specific threat-- bans and censorship-- that theater in lots of school districts face right now. The number of bans on school theater productions has gone up dramatically in recent years nationally, and at the local level. It is happening in specific schools in Pennsylvania that are not so far from our community and share a lot of commonalities with our community. My point is that we shouldn't assume it couldn't happen here too: the school board members who have instituted these bans in other districts never openly said to voters that they were in favor of censorship. They used-- and continue to use-- euphemisms instead. They say these aren't bans, but merely assuring materials are 'age-appropriate,' for example. I'm glad to hear your wife is interested in this issue too, and congratulations to you for having your daughter be so successful in theater. She should be rightly proud of the success the whole cast and crew had at the Freddy Awards this year!