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Next sign of the Apocalypse...Gay Pride Public Schools

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saltyone So Mote It Be

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City leaders to recommend approval of gay high school

Pointing to studies showing that gay high school students are at greater risk of dropping out because of stigma and fear of violence, Chicago Public Schools leaders said Wednesday that they will recommend opening a campus aimed at these students.

Final approval of the School for Social Justice Pride Campus, designed as the city's first school for gay, lesbian and transgender teenagers, along with 17 other schools, is expected to come Oct. 22 when the Board of Education votes.

Schools chief Arne Duncan said he will ask the board to approve the schools, which are expected to open in the fall of 2009 and 2010, to give greater choice to parents and students. "We want to create great new options for communities that have been traditionally underserved," he said. "If you look at national studies, you see gay and lesbian students with high dropout rates. . . . I think there is a niche there we need to fill."

About 50 people attended a public hearing Wednesday night, with most supporting the school.Supporters said they envision a high school with a maximum of 600 students. It would have the same staffing and oversight requirements as other district schools. Students would be admitted from throughout the city on a lottery basis, officials said. A site has not been chosen

Chad Weiden, an assistant principal at the Social Justice High School who would be principal at Pride Campus, said the school would incorporate lessons about sexual identity in literature and history classes and offer counseling. The school would be prohibited under state and federal laws from asking about a student's sexual identity, officials said.

A 2003 district survey shows that gay and lesbian youths are three times more likely to miss school because they feel unsafe. On Wednesday, the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network released a national survey of more than 6,000 middle and high school students that found that nearly 90 percent were harassed at school and about 61 percent felt unsafe.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/content/education/chi-gay-school-09oct09,0,6688471.story

But...there is no agenda. That's just a stupid right-wing conspiracy theory.

saltyone, Oct 9, 2008

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saltyone So Mote It Be

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Social Justice High School which is already up and running...

http://sj.lvlhs.org/sj/mission_vision.jsp

They point out in their F.A.Q. that there is no ROTC offered...Diversity unless your patriotic I guess.

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Well at least we won't have to worry about our kids catching the gay.

LSUsupaFan, Oct 9, 2008

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As an LSU fan in Florida I'd like concessions made for me as well. I just don't feel comfortable in the midst of all these UF and FSU fans...

Seriously, sounds like a gay idea.

lsu-i-like, Oct 9, 2008

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guess their athletes will sign up for touch football and wrestling

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LSU Rubi Founding Member

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Why on earth do people wish to have equal rights and then others do something such as wanting to go through the whole segregation thing again. No need to waste tax payers money on something like this. Punish the people who cause problems with those just wanting to get their education. Last I saw Chicago was a pretty big city....how on earth are they going to bus kids in from all over the place?

LSU Rubi, Oct 10, 2008

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I bet their uniforms will be fabulous!

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On the baseball team, EVERYBODY wants to be pitcher or catcher.

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On the baseball team, EVERYBODY wants to be pitcher or catcher.
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They will also have a lot of receivers on the football team!

LSU Rubi, Oct 10, 2008

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Robidoux87 You call that a double?

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What if the gay school is better than a neighboring public school? Will parents tell their kids to act gay in exchange for a better education?

So dumb.

Robidoux87, Oct 10, 2008

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