Therefore, it is hereby ORDERED that the Members of the DeKalb County BOE should appear on Thursday, January 17, 2013, at 1:00 p,m. before the State Board for a hearing and to present evidence as to why the State Board should not recommend to the Governor that he suspend, with pay, the Members of the DeKalb County BOE pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 20-2-73
In recent weeks, hundreds of children learned about the dangers of drugs through interactive drug education. In one Dekalb County school, Narconon presenters learned from the teachers that the major drug of abuse was marijuana and that some of the families of the children were smoking crack. One class of 300 learned about the dangers of both drugs. The children were taught refusal skills through role playing and discovered there were several ways they could be comfortable in telling their friends that they didn’t want to use drugs.
Contact Mary Tieser Narconon of Georgia 877-413-3073 Email Jeannine Dowdell Narconon East US 727-265-3998 Email
The Superintendent shall develop and maintain a wellness plan that is in compliance with federal law, including the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 and the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kinds Act of 2010. This plan shall address nutrition education, physical activity, use of nutrition guidelines, and other wellness-based activities in the schools and shall include measures for accountability and evaluation.
Critics of a Narconon antidrug program for schools have charged that concepts at the core of the program are doctrinal beliefs of the Church of Scientology and that the medical theories underlying the program are irresponsible "pseudoscience."
Thanks for your recent report on Narconon. With the mess the DeKalb Co. Schools are in, has anyone noticed that Narconon Georgia slipped into the schools?From PRWeb Dec. 20, 2012 : http://www.prweb.com/releases/Narconon-Georgia/Holiday-Drug-Education/prweb10258905.htmPerhaps Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson, could answer some questions about the statements PRWeb is making. California's BoE rejected Narconon's drug "education" program after a thorough study. Other states have also banned them from schools. SF Chronicle:http://www.sfgate.com/education/article/Schools-urged-to-drop-antidrug-program-2728677.phpGod in the classroom: religion and America's public schools:"...concepts at the core of the program are doctrinal beliefs of the Church of Scientology and that the medical theories underlying the program are irresponsible pseudoscience."May be worth looking into, for the kids sake.
There may be more to unravel here, so starting a new thread. (Ethercat swoops in and cleans up mess?)
It was actually a series of articles on the SFGate blog of the SF Chronicle. This is the list I dug out of my archives, which I believe is complete, but I won't swear to it:Original article by Nanette Asimov (NA below), and yes, she's the niece of THE Asimov:http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-06-09/news/17430691_1_drug-residue-drug-treatment-centers-flush-drugsNA - 1st Follow-up: Points out links to Scientology teachings:http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-06-09/news/17430542_1_scientology-anti-drug-public-classroomsNA - 2nd Follow-up: Narconon lecturers put on notice to fix inaccuracieshttp://articles.sfgate.com/2004-06-10/news/17429168_1_scientology-late-science-fiction-writer-san-francisco-schoolsClark Carr's (Scientology/Narconon Spokesperson) response to the above articles, full of the usual nonsense:http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-06-23/opinion/17432673_1_drug-prevention-drug-czar-john-walters-drug-abuseArticle by Heather Knight on NN defending the program to the SF School Board:http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-06-23/bay-area/17432719_1_narconon-program-san-francisco-schools-school-boardNA - 3rd Follow-up: LA Schools look hard at Narconon following SF & state review of NN program (pretty much shoots Clark Carr's response down in flames):http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-06-23/bay-area/17432748_1_scientology-narconon-los-angeles-schools-school-districtNA - 4th Follow-up: SF schools ban Narconon program, along with 4 other school districts including LA:http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-08-25/news/17439395_1_anti-drug-program-narconon-international-san-francisco-schoolsNA - 5th Follow-up: Narcon program flunks test by panel of experts (includes usual 'experts are biased' response from $cilon spokes person):http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-10-02/bay-area/17447419_1_san-francisco-schools-narconon-international-medical-expertsNA - 6th Follow-up: Schools urged to drop Scientology linked antidrug program:http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-02-23/news/17362142_1_drug-residues-san-francisco-schools-school-healthNA - 7th Follow-up: California Medical Association backs schools dropping the Narcon program:http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-03-27/bay-area/17365828_1_narconon-smaller-districts-california-schoolsBigBeard
Canadian High School Principal Bud Rattan said the group has been at the school several times over the years.“They have been coming here and giving their presentation every year for the last seven or eight years,” Principal Bud Rattan.Bitinas said the group usually visits the school twice a year.“We try to do a bi-annual presentation,” he said.Bitinas said Narconon plans to visit several schools across Oklahoma over the next few days. “We have about five schools scheduled,” he said.Principal Rattan said Narconon Arrowhead representatives, Niko Bain and Bitinas, spoke to the students for about an hour.During the presentation Canadian students were taught that all medication is poison, according to the press-release.“One of the points of focus was combating the widely spread misinformation about the ‘positive’ uses of drugs, stating that all drugs are basically poison to a person’s body,” the release states.
Scientologist, Dr. Joel Benk, DDS, Combats Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic| Atlanta, Georgia • DECEMBER 16, 2012 |Scientologist and dentist Joel Benk is a drug prevention activist helping to curb soaring prescription drug abuse by making the Truth About Drugs available to colleagues, educators and law enforcement professionalsIt was no surprise to Dr. Joel Benk, DDS, that the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy is calling prescription drug abuse “the nation's fastest-growing drug problem.”...Seeing the program’s effectiveness with his patients, he disseminated it to those who deal with drug abuse and provide drug prevention professionally—local police departments, school systems and drug courts.“Three years ago, I presented the program to the Cobb County Juvenile Drug Court. The judge and her aide immediately recognized its value,” says Benk.Benk says the judge, who observes offenders returning to court time and again, was eager to implement the program and share it with her colleagues. She invited Benk to the annual meeting of Georgia drug court professionals, which he has attended every year since.
Get SchooledD-day for DeKalb: State board considers fate of school board Thursday10:19 am January 13, 2013, by Maureen DowneyThe state Board of Education will hold a hearing Thursday on the fate of the fractious DeKalb school board, which was the subject of a devastating critique by the district’s accreditation agency...The state board will hold its hearing at 1 p.m. in the Twin Towers in downtown Atlanta.
Published on Jan 31, 2013$cientology has been going into High Schools and taking kids out, signing them up for Staff, and this needs to be made known. IF you are a parent, please find out IF your children's school has ANY L Ron Hubbard ANYTHING on it (Stress tests, Drug education, Applied Scholastics, Way to Happiness, OR recruiting for $cientology Staff) and make sure they understand ALL of those are Under the umbrella of the "Church of Scientology" and thus violate Church vs State laws. Secondly, IF you are a HS student---do NOT "try it". They are good at capturing people. Don't be a pawn. Expose them to your school and get them OFF your campus. And $cientology? You know why.
Cheryl Atkinson is officially out. Georgia labor commissioner Michael Thurmond is new interim superintendent.DeKalb Superintendent Atkinson replaced by former Georgia labor commissionerThe board goes before the Georgia Board of Education for its hearing on Feb. 21.
After a grueling 14-hour hearing that went into Thursday night, the Georgia Board of Education voted unanimously to recommend suspending six of the nine members of the DeKalb County school board.
DeKalb County school board hearing a lengthy legal drama
The report says the school system borrowed $12 million to buy new textbooks, “yet numerous interviews revealed that no one could identify any school that had received new textbooks.”Mike Perrone, DeKalb’s chief financial officer, said DeKalb borrowed $25 million to buy books, but returned $13 million to the bank because of budget cutting. Kathy Howe, a deputy superintendent, said she had receipts and spreadsheets that indicated the other $12 million was spent on books.
What’s next?The state board of education will make a recommendation to Gov. Nathan Deal. Deal will decide whether to remove current board members and appoint new ones....Who can stay, who might goThe six DeKalb County school board members recommended for suspension: Eugene Walker Nancy Jester Jesse “Jay” Cunningham Sarah Copelin-Wood Pam Speaks Donna EdlerThe three new board members recommended to remain: Marshall Orson Melvin Johnson Jim McMahan
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