“What can I do?” I get asked this question all the time. People often think that if they are not a confident public speaker or confrontational that there isn’t anything they can do. That cannot be further from the truth. Here are easy quick things you can do that will collectively make a big difference. Just start with something simple. Remember, fear is a habit, but so is courage. (Note: this post will be updated periodically with new tools and forms as we find or create them).
General Actions
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1) Email the Carmel Clay School Board and tell them STRONGLY that you oppose any and all books, curriculum, concepts and tenants that is brought in by the Diversity, Inclusion, Equity (DIE) Officer. DEMAND that any pornographic and inappropriate material, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), which leads to Critical Race Theory (CRT) ideology, are completely removed from the culture of the school. INSIST that they get back to focusing on excellence in academics and leave the rest to parents at home.
Here is a list of their email addresses for ease of copy & paste to send emails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Also include the following people in your email:
- DIE Officer: [email protected], [email protected]
- Superintendent: [email protected]
- Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment: [email protected]
- Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources: [email protected]
- Mental Health Coordinator: [email protected]
2) Schedule an in-person meeting with your child’s school principal and superintendent. Bring documentation of political indoctrination happening at the schools. This could be activities or books directly impacting your child or a fellow parent’s child in the same school. Be specific as possible in your details, print out a physical copy, and do not let them make excuses. Hold their feet to the fire that it is unacceptable and you will not allow this to indoctrinate your child all in the name of “diversity, inclusion, and equity” (DIE). Here is a how you prepare for that meeting.
3) Opt-out your child by downloading this form and following our suggested method of delivery HERE.
4) Request the curriculum that will be taught to your child at the beginning of every semester. After you’ve reviewed said curriculum, send a written notice to your principal that you are to be informed if anything will be added or changed to this curriculum.
5) Take photos of your child’s classroom library, posters in the hallway, and any signage that leans political. Share this with your social media or at the very least send it to your fellow parents. Then schedule a meeting with the principal and the offending teacher.
6) Volunteer at your school library or the lunchroom. You will learn so much about what is being pushed in the schools just by being around kids and hearing their general conversation.
7) Talk, talk, talk, talk to other parents and share your knowledge with them. Most parents, understandably, are too busy with life to pay attention. It is this unawareness that the DIE, CRT, and SEL ideology pushers count on.
Elementary School Parents
Request the “Teacher Input Form” from your child’s administrator or principal. This form allows you to describe the type of teacher and/or learning environment in which your child needs to be successful in the classroom. On this form, you need to request that your child be placed in a classroom that will NOT participate in any SEL activities. Further instruct that should those activities take place, your child will receive an ALTERNATIVE ACTIVITY. (This includes any books that are read out loud in the classroom pertaining to any SEL tenants). The demand for “alternate activity” is crucial otherwise they will just put your child in the hallway. If enough parents do this they will be forced to give it up time-wasting SEL activities as they cannot continue to prepare 2 separate lessons.
Middle School Parents
Schedule a meeting with your child’s counselor and request that he gets a teacher that does not bring her politics into the classroom in any form. Be hyper-vigilant of the books being read to your child or the ones that he has to bring home. If you find ANYTHING that makes you feel uncomfortable, schedule a meeting with the counselor and the teacher. Let them know you are paying attention and will return if they overstep their bounds.
High School Parents
Schedule a meeting with your child’s counselor and request that he gets a teacher that does not bring her politics into the classroom in any form. Ask your child about specific speakers that are presenting to classes and all-school events. Ask your child specific questions related to clubs being formed in the high school. For example, in 2020 a Satanic Club was started and the great majority of parents had no idea. If you find ANYTHING that makes you feel uncomfortable, schedule a meeting with the counselor and the teacher.
Every action, no matter how small, makes a collective difference and puts pressure on our irresponsible school board and superintendent. Please do not make the same mistake we did in California. Stop compromising. Stop making excuses. Take action. Don’t just die in silence. Punch back now!
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Thank you, Kelli for being a parent that is standing up for children, staying engaged, and informing other parents. Without parents like you, we will quickly fall to the same fate as we did in CA.
Alvin, I am a concerned taxpayer living in Carmel. I’m not a parent. Are there any other actions we can take as residents without children at CCS?
Hi Concerned – absolutely you can. Here is what you can do right away! Thank you so much for jumping in and helping us. https://unifycarmel.org/books/sexually-obscene-materials-found-in-carmel-clay-schools/
As someone who has been in youth ministry for more than twenty five years, I am thankful for groups as yours. We as Americans need to have a voice in these areas, as we see the lefts agenda to sexualize our young. If we don’t speak up more and more of the decency of our country will be gone. Schools should be educational for our young and not indoctrinated children with this sick sexual agenda, having the LGBT community and Planned Parenthood’s agenda being done.
I thank God we can rest in God’s grace as Americans, when I see stories like in this link, I also ask for strength to share our faith for our future young children. In a culture that is sometimes Christian unfriendly.
Isaiah described the Sovereign Lord’s heart for His people to enjoy their salvation through repentance, rest, quietness, and trust. These attributes were the fuel for their strength. Though they initially resisted, the Lord remained compassionate to remind them of His justice. If they would wait for Him, He would fulfill His promises to His people. Blessings come when we wait for God’s best. When burdens beset us we don’t panic and act like we are alone, but quietly trust.
I ask God each and every day when I see stories like this on the news, the story in this link is shocking. Fourth grader told not to tell mom and dad about LGBT curriculum and teaching. May we as Americans keep a voice and not be shy in sharing our Christian values when we see something like this happening in “American Schools”
Praying 🙏
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This would be a good choice for young to discern and discover who they were created to be, not as the culture of our day would have them believe.
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Thank you Matt for your support and your service to the community and churches. We need everyone in this fight for the hearts and minds of our children.
Your school board video made offthepress- an aggregate website. I live in Carmel and kids are grown but I had no idea it was happening here. We need to fight this. Most people are not aware- you have to get the word out. People are shamed into silence but at some point you can no longer be silent.
We are doing our best, but the word getting out depends on good people like you. Share this video and blog post as much as you can. Help inform your fellow parents and grandparents. Here is what you and others can do right now: https://unifycarmel.org/books/sexually-obscene-materials-found-in-carmel-clay-schools/
This is so sad. Maybe you should listen to the music the kids are listening to or the movies they watch. Maybe you should organize a book burning party. That’s a really good way of getting rid of the material.
Glad you said that. Music and movies have ratings that alerts parents to what is age appropriate. Schools do not. Great point, thank you! https://unifycarmel.org/books/are-we-book-burning/
The irony of course is that you are creating even more interest in the books. I purchased the Max series for my kids, as did several other families. Censorship of books won’t get you very far. There’s a long history of censorship of great works of literature, couched in language of fear and morality. https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/classics
Great, you indoctrinate your own kids in the privacy of your home. That has nothing to do with schools.
It is powerful that parents are exposing these sad realities. Some parents may also want to vote with their feet and find a private school they can afford. Scholarships can help too. This sexual and racial indoctrination is well funded and deep within the university system producing young teachers. It’s admirable to fight at the front lines, but keeping our children away from the front lines is worth a thought.
You’re right, Mark. It has to be both. If you can get your children out, get them out. But everyone has to still fight and get this poison out of our schools or eventually every state will be California.