{"id":5966,"date":"2021-12-15T15:48:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T20:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/el-paso-teller\/?p=5966"},"modified":"2022-02-10T15:25:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T20:25:11","slug":"elementor-5966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/el-paso-teller\/elementor-5966\/","title":{"rendered":"Judith Sears Addresses new D11 School Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5966\" class=\"elementor elementor-5966\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3cc988b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3cc988b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eda3fd7\" data-id=\"eda3fd7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7650c14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7650c14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>D11&#8217;s new School Board, which includes newly elected members that ran on a commitment to universal values, had its first working meeting on Dec. 8, 2021. Local chapter member Judith Sears represented FAIR in General Comments to the board as we seek to keep the spotlight on pro-human values in education.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Remarks are included below the video.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a304fd8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a304fd8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67e260b\" data-id=\"67e260b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a5d7b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"6a5d7b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:1170}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/655390069?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=1&amp;byline=1#t=00h19m30s\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70a191f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70a191f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b60d758\" data-id=\"b60d758\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fddc107 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"fddc107\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-606d84f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"606d84f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c1631f\" data-id=\"8c1631f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-067c9fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"067c9fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good Evening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m Judith Sears, a resident of District 11. I\u2019m speaking tonight on behalf of the El Paso\/Teller County Chapter of FAIR, the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FAIR counters intolerance in all of its forms by appealing to the universal concepts of fairness, understanding and our common humanity.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe the current D-11 board was elected because of widespread community concerns about the educational philosophy currently guiding instruction in our schools.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe the board members should see this election as a mandate from the community to review carefully and reject any approach that emphasizes skin color or other group identity categories as\u00a0the most important aspect of a person.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The term, \u201cequity\u201dis in frequent use today.\u00a0 Conventionally, equity has meant fairness, but equity is currently being redefined by some as equal outcomes among groups.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unequal outcomes, according to this view, are ipso factor evidence of racism, about which it is said, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe only remedy to racist discrimination is antiracist discrimination. The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This reasoning depends on an understanding that racial characteristics count more than anything else, more than a person\u2019s conduct, values or achievements. This is divisive and regressive. It can lead to the belief that people of different color are inevitably each others\u2019 enemies. We have enough trouble coming together. We should not train our children in fear and distrust.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We urge the board to take the following steps:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chart a new course. Reject any form of race-essentialism in instruction and unequivocally advocate for one human race and universal civil rights and liberties.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We urge the board to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">thoroughly review and revise the Equity Policy adopted on May 27, 2020 to eliminate race-essentialist assumptions about systemic racism and group outcomes. Revise the equity policy to reflect the need for fair and equal treatment of all individuals, regardless of group identities.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We urge you to halt the rollout of any actions based on the recently performed Equity Audit.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We urge you to allow for extensive public review of the Equity Audit\u2019s assumptions and findings. This should take the form of several public forums that maximize the public\u2019s ability to ask questions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We urge you to empower parents by moving to curriculum transparency. Links to free cloud storage systems, such as Dropbox or Google Drive, would give parents easy access to accurate information about the learning materials and activities of D11 students.<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D11&#8217;s new School Board, which includes newly elected members that ran on a commitment to universal values, had its first working meeting on Dec. 8, 2021. 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