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| Cambridge says it ‘did not authorize’ rejection of Melania Trump’s book donation | |
| 2017-09-30 | |
| [BOSTONGLOBE] Officials at Cambridge Public Schools are distancing the district from a letter penned by a school librarian rejecting books donated by first lady Melania Trump. In the blog post, published Tuesday on the Horn Book, Liz Phipps Soeiro, a library media specialist at the district’s Cambridgeport School, began by thanking the first lady for the 10 Dr. Seuss books sent to her school "for its high standards of excellence." But she went on to explain why they would not be keeping the gifted titles. "Cities like Philadelphia, reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,... , and bankrupt, increasingly impoverished, reliably Democrat, Detroit ... ruled by Democrats since 1962. A city whose Golden Age included the Purple Gang... are suffering through expansion, privatization, and school ’choice’ with no interest in outcomes of children, their families, their teachers, and their schools," she wrote. "Are those kids any less deserving of books simply because of circumstances beyond their control? Why not go out of your way to gift books to underfunded and underprivileged communities that continue to be marginalized and maligned by policies put in place by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos?" The school district said in a statement that while it supports its employees right to voice their personal opinions, Phipps Soeiro’s letter wasn’t an official school position. "The opinions expressed in the Horn Book editorial were those of the writer, and not a statement on behalf of Cambridge Public Schools," the school said in Thursday statement. "This was not a formal acceptance or rejection of donated books, but a statement of opinion on the meaning of the donation.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 She says they don't need any more funds/donations for the library. The lifetime of a book in a school library is probably 8 years(?). Apparently her library funds for acquisitions of |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-09-30 17:56 |
| #4 Man, Pappy is on fire today. library media specialist Like a "librarian", but with more Marxism and less focus on books. Anyone care to wager how many copies of "Heather Has Two Mommies" she bought? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-09-30 14:51 |
| #3 Not far from the press box to the cash box. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-09-30 13:44 |
| #2 Iowahawk: It was a surprisingly short journey from Robert E Lee to Dr Seuss |
| Posted by: Matt 2017-09-30 10:46 |
| #1 See Spot. See Spot backpedal. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-09-30 09:55 |