August is OPT-OUT of the Teacher’s Union Month

By: Diane Benjamin The Teacher’s Unions don’t need money to get their candidates elected to local school boards. They didn’t have to spend a dime last April because only their candidates ran. Unions now control the schools. https://www.illinoispolicy.org/august-is-teacher-union-opt-out-time-what-you-need-to-know/ Excerpts: Illinois teachers’ unions spend little on representing teachers, what should be their core focus. So why should teachers […]

Only posting because I had trouble finding it

By: Diane Benjamin This is where citizens in Bloomington can opt-out of electric aggregation: Opt-Out Constellation Bloomington This is where citizens in Normal can opt-out: Opt-Out Constellation Normal Be careful. A guy who tried to opt-out told me it kept opting him in.

Schools that opted out of the New Sex Ed:

By: Diane Benjamin This is a link to a spreadsheet of Illinois School Districts that refuse to teach the National Sex Education Standards. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sU4MdybeSthyh6sr6TmTBIXG8j1JuGRluyaWkwJ31S0/htmlview# Unit 5 opted in for grades 8 and 9 – they didn’t have to! Unit 5 didn’t have to spend money developing the curriculum to comply with exposing your children to: […]

Read between the lines

By: Diane Benjamin See this Press Release for Gov. Pritzker: https://www.illinois.gov/news/press-release.23781.html This was issued after 2 bills related to sex education were signed: SB 818 and HB 24. What you need to notice in this press release: Sex education has been replaced by “Sexual” Education Comprehensive Health Education is more “inclusive” If you don’t know […]

Bloomington Nanny State

By:  Diane Benjamin PDF page 221:   http://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=19712 The bigger government gets, the more it costs you.  When government seizes your money for the good of all residents, you are no longer free to self-determination.  Notice a lot of really stupid people in recent years?  Government has made it possible for way to many to live […]

I opted my child out of PARCC

I received this email today.  It is printed with the permission of the writer.  Did you know the schools are wasting time practicing for the test that doesn’t count? WJBC is reporting that Normal Community students are planning a walkout to protest the test.  Opting out would be much easier. “Local School Official & Teacher […]