Remove ImagesLetter to the Editor
Concern about Clarkston Schools’ global curriculum
June 20, 2012
Dear Editor,
Beyond the dollar controversy surrounding the recently defeated - for now - school bond issue there is a lurking philosophy that I find more distressing then the request for a tax hike.
When I moved here in 1994 my children were out of K through 12 and, fortunately, beyond the clutches of teachers who wanted to make them "citizens of the world."
The Bloomfield Hills schools they attended provided a good education and taught them the value of international awareness.
But, at that time any way, they also wanted their pupils to understand the inestimable value of being Americans.
I must confess that because my children did not attend Clarkston schools I was not paying the attention that the system deserved.
It has my attention now, and I would like to know if the residents of Independence Township are listening to the current school superintendent.
His stated long term goal is that the children "learn to adapt to a diverse and dynamic global society."
Is one world government next on the curriculum?
JoAnn Sellers
Independence Township