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(The agenda item in question starts at the 3 hr 24 min mark).
Transcript as close as I can get it:
President: 9-A, board member requests discussion regarding the presence of personal ideology in schools. I believe this is Ms Dungan's...
Dungan: ...And thankfully I have a summary, just as an introduction as to why and what this agenda item was requested. So I thank you, Mr President, for adding the discussion of ideologies in our schools to tonight's agenda. My purpose in bringing up this topic for discussion is so that we as a board can ensure that every Conroe ISD student is allowed to think freely at school. We can likely all agree that when children are told what or how to believe, whether it be verbal, in writing, or through visual symbols, they miss out on the freedom to think for themselves and use the skills that they are learning in the classroom. Since November- last November- a number of parents have reached out to me regarding individual concerns regarding what I believe is a growing trend in our schools, a trend that allows personal ideologies to be posted on walls, in hallways, and verbalised in our classroom settings. I wish I was shocked by each of the examples that were shared with me, however I am aware these trends have been happening for many years. That said, as a board I hope we can agree to take steps in working with superintendents and school administrators to ensure the ISD has the best learning environment where personal ideologies are left at the door. Additionally and most importantly I hope we can adher to the Texas education code section 25.082, which requires the United States flag and the Texas flag be prominently displayed in accordance with 4 USC sections 5 through 10, and chapter 3,100, state flag of our government code. And that these flags in respective school and college-- that these two, US flags and Texas flags and pennants are the only ones allowed to be displayed in our schools. And I would appreciate thoughts from you guys on this topic, and hopefully we can move toward an action.
Board Member A: I have a question on that: I think this thing is mislabelled. It says, 'requests discussion regarding the presence of personal ideology'. I think you're more referring to personal ideology being shared or taught, right, as opposed to 'having' personal ideology.
Dungan: Both. Because it can't be represented, not being...
A: If I have an ideology as a teacher, and i go into a classroom-- because they all do, every teacher does, every individual has their own personal ideology. What's... what's the violation, what's the infraction?
Dungan: it's not necessarily that you possess some form of belief. It's the way that it's posted in our schools.
A: So, that's what I'm saying. This is extremely vague. It says, "the presence of personal ideology in schools". We can't prevent that. They're gonna have their own personal ideologies.
Dungan: Well, for example, just last week-- I'm speaking more to posters or things that are laid on walls, in classrooms, on bulletin boards.
A: That clarifies it for me. Second question, I've been inclined for most of my life, when multiple flags from multiple eras, multiple states, are posted in-- especially geography, history classrooms etcetera. Are we not allowed to do that?
Dungan: One thing that is quoted in the summary that I just read is that the American flag and the Texas flag are the only two, that are....
Board Member B: Outside of any instructional materials. Outside of any instructional materials.
A: So you put all the state flags along your classroom, that's an infraction?
Dungan: No, because its actually just showing the different flags of our country. Its when you start putting the presence of personal ideologies out there, not educational ones. As long as its in accordance with what's being taught, with the teaching, it can be presented on a poster in a hallway. It's in our curriculum.
A: Oh, it has to be associated with the curriculum. So if I have a flag that... I'm teaching about....
Dungan: if its in the textbook or if its in the curriculum that's being used for that lesson. I only bring the flag argument up because that's a good example of how we could approach a restriction or a standard.
A: So what would that restriction look like?
Dungan: if there was a question as to what could be displayed, we could reference that Texas education code, section 25.082. Which is in regard to the two flags, US flag and Texas flag, being prominently displayed. Right? I'm just giving an example.
A: OK. I'm a bit clearer about what you're trying to accomplish here, and how it relates to how it's posted on the agenda.
Dungan: And that's why I wrote this summary out. I apologise.
[Multiple board members briefly talking over eachother]
Board Member C: The agenda may be vague but that'd be my fault.
A: But just to be clear, we do expect folks to have their own ideologies, their own backgrounds, personal beliefs, personal what-have-you... as any other employee of the school district. Right?
Dungan: Right.
B: So how would they hide that? Or not display it? What if they were displaying a quote in their classroom, and one person felt it was an ideology, and somebody else didn't, so now we can't have quotes? Could you let us know what the examples were, so we can have a better idea of what parents were complaining about?
Dungan: So like an example of a poster that shows "all belong here", with racially-coloured hands. This was an example that was brought to me early this year. Where the intention of the poster was good, and the parent thought the intention of the poster was good, however the unintended consequences of that poster made the first-grader feel like "wait, why wouldn't I be safe, why wouldn't i be accepted here?" So it had a reverse effect on this first-grader because it was in the classroom.
A: Wait, so, my wife has these [unclear] sometimes, with the multiple hand prints, hand prints in different shades. And it says "all means all", or "everyone's included" or whatever-- is that an infraction?
Dungan: It's an example of a scenario that was brought to my attention.
A: I'm just saying, from your perspective is that an infraction? People bring everything to my attention, but I don't deem it to be worthy to...
Dungan: i was asked for an example. I'm saying that was a concern, of one of our parents at an elementary. And the district addressed it, the child was moved into a different classroom. And I'm saying to avoid situations like that, maybe as a board we could adopt some standards, guidelines, that could be passed down to our schools, so that if something surfaces it could serve as a starting point.
[At this point, 2 board members point out there is already a rule about the display of non-curriculum materials on school walls]
Board Member D: just so I understand, so you are seriously suggesting that you find objectionable a poster indicating that all are equal?
Dungan: I never said that. I gave an example.
D: what is the problem with that?
Dungan: I'm saying that as a school district, that we can follow the guidelines that if its not in the curriculum, we can't have it on the walls in the schools.
A: I think this is a slippery slope. [...] I see biblical quotes, I see "thou shalt not kill", a lot of stuff that comes directly from the bible. Noones jumping up and down about that. But that could be deemed offensive to many folks. Right? So are we to go into each classrooms, and rip.... because I guarantee if we did that we'd have a whole other uproar. Do you agree?
Dungan: I... I don't know.
A: because then people would say you're being anti-conservative, anti-Christian, and so forth. However you're meant to have separation of Church and State. And when you do that, you are sort of violating...
Dungan: I'm saying you follow the law. If we have a standard based on how you interpret the law then it removes all that personal involvement.
(It continues a bit further but that's the most directly relevant bit to the details in the article)
