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modrepub

(3,611 posts)
Wed Jun 21, 2023, 03:20 AM Jun 2023

Parents and educators demand to know Vermilion's plans for their children

EAST ROCKHILL TWP., Pa. - A chaotic school board meeting with a lengthy agenda is still underway in Bucks County.

It's not the first time the Pennridge School District has seen an hours-long meeting with a lot of fighting.

Tonight, most of the fighting centers around a curriculum firm that the school board hired.

At least 1,300 people oppose it.

And that's not all.

At least one board member said a policy set to be approved is illegal.

I've been to a lot of school board meetings as a reporter. This, by far, is the most chaotic.

Board members don't seem to agree on much.

But they've still moved ahead with a curriculum consulting firm that has dozens of people still speaking out.

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/southeastern-pa/parents-and-educators-demand-to-know-vermilions-plans-for-their-children/article_850c9876-0fd3-11ee-9001-9b49fe59b39e.html#tncms-source=Homepage-Top-Stories

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Parents and educators demand to know Vermilion's plans for their children (Original Post) modrepub Jun 2023 OP
"4 month old firm" with ties to Hillsdale college lostnfound Jun 2023 #1
This is just insidious - Vermilion Education LLC is filed for business in Florida also FakeNoose Jun 2023 #4
People keep spelling Hillsdale College wrong. gibraltar72 Jun 2023 #2
Interesting and horribly so. concretebluetwo Jun 2023 #3

lostnfound

(16,581 posts)
1. "4 month old firm" with ties to Hillsdale college
Wed Jun 21, 2023, 05:21 AM
Jun 2023
https://buckscountyherald.com/stories/pennridge-scholl-oks-controversial-curriculum-consulting-contract-vermillion-education-llc-hillsdale-college,24531

Vermillion Education LLC is a four-month-old firm with ties to Hillsdale College and its “1776 Project,” which critics say whitewashes history. It will be paid $125 per hour to work with administrators and teachers to update the district's K-13 social studies curriculum

FakeNoose

(35,512 posts)
4. This is just insidious - Vermilion Education LLC is filed for business in Florida also
Wed Jun 21, 2023, 09:51 AM
Jun 2023

The same company tried to get a contract with the Sarasota, FL school board, until a large protest by parents shut it down.

(link) https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/education/sarasota-school-board-vermilion-education/67-289f2ecf-fd25-4504-965f-3ba244c7b796

Contract with Vermilion Education won't go forward, Sarasota School Board decides
Vermilion would have been a consultant for the school district on a wide-ranging number of issues, including district policies and procedures.

SARASOTA, Fla. — The Sarasota School Board has voted against getting into a contract with Vermillion Education, a firm that would have consulted with the board on a range of school issues.

Tuesday afternoon, dozens of protestors gathered outside the Sarasota County School Board meeting to push back against the proposed hiring of the controversial consulting firm. The protest bled into a passionate school board meeting with more than four hours of public comment.

Ultimately, the board voted 3-2 against the contract with Vermilion. The Vermilion Education partnership was proposed by conservative School Board Chair Bridget Ziegler.


- more at link -

Vermilion was shot down in Sarasota Florida, and now they're trying to infect the school board of Bucks County? Kick over a rock and you'll probably find that cockroach Leonard Leo involved somehow.

Parents and teachers in Bucks County - GOOD ON YOU for fighting this!



More info on the Vermilion Education LLC here: https://vermilioneducation.com/


gibraltar72

(7,629 posts)
2. People keep spelling Hillsdale College wrong.
Wed Jun 21, 2023, 06:33 AM
Jun 2023

Correct spelling is Christian Nationalist Hillsdale College.

concretebluetwo

(114 posts)
3. Interesting and horribly so.
Wed Jun 21, 2023, 08:50 AM
Jun 2023

The "News" article does not interview any of the parents or board members to explain their opposition. Neither does it explore the origin of the extremist consulting firm's contract.
Why would that be?

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