Bono’s ONE may be part of curriculum?
According to a June 10, 2009 article from Seacoast Online, N.H. schools may join Bono’s ONE poverty program if member John Lyons has his way.
“The state Board of Education will hear a proposal today from representatives of ONE, a national grassroots effort of more than 2 million people — co-founded by U2 lead singer Bono — designed to raise awareness about the issues facing Africa. The plan is to integrate some of the components of the organization into classrooms throughout the state and, potentially, the country.
Board Chairman John Lyons, a Portsmouth resident and active ONE member, came up with the idea and met with representatives in Washington, D.C. to discuss it.“
Parents, taxpayers and citizens should see this as a red alert. Notice that Mr. Lyons did not confer with parents and taxpayers about this first, but he went to DC to cook up this idea? By the time it would be foisted on the unsuspecting public, it would be too late.
There should be obvious and good reason to object to this blatant use of our children as political pawns, using our own tax dollars. The “ONE” campaign is clearly a political agenda, and it does not belong in our public schools. It is a worldwide propaganda tool (Google it and you will find 29 million hits) to promote the redistribution of the wealth among nations, as promoted by the United Nations. This is a similar agenda to IB. (See below) The overuse of the word “ONE” in the last election in reference to a certain candidate may be a chilling reminder of how many political parties we actually have in this country and how ‘oneness’ is being promoted.
What would happen if a conservative program were suggested for a permanent part of the public school curriculum? Perhaps the teaching of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and their proper role in our government in America should be included as well?
Parents should be outraged that public schools are already fraught with political agendas thanks to federal programs like Goals 2000, Follow the Child, and the most insidious International Baccalaureate. International Baccalaureate, or IB for short, is a program whereby the taxpayers must actually fork over EXTRA money for tuition, books, and tests (sent to foreign countries for grading) to a UNESCO-partnered group that eventually seeks total control over schools they accept as “IB Schools”.
“New Hampshire is the right size to be an incubator for all these new programs” Lyons stated.
We beg to differ. We think that not only is it wrong to force children to be part of a political campaign, but it is illegal to do it with taxpayer monies.
If the taxpayers do not want their children to be subject to this sort of thing, it is suggested they write to the NH State School Board and register their strong objections to the idea that this program, or others like it. Tell the NH State School Board that you do NOT approve of this program and others like it being integrated into the actual curriculum of public schools and further, demand the schools stop using your children for political pawns.
The general address for the NH State School Board is: ltemple@ed.state.nh.us
So you will know where your correspondence is going, the Chairman is John Lyons and other members are as follows:
Fred Bramante (at large)
Helen G. Honorow (District 5)
Daphne A. Kenyon – (District 3)
Stephen R. L’Heureux (District 4)
Tom Raffio (District 2)
William Walker (District 1)