Obama to speak to Alachua County school children

School District encouraging schools to show Obama speech to students Thursday

Published: Friday, September 4, 2009 at 6:05 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, September 4, 2009 at 6:05 p.m.
In other areas of the state and country, some school districts plan to tune out Tuesday when President Barack Obama makes his televised speech to schoolchildren amid opposition from some parents who allege the speech will serve as a political platform.

In Alachua County, Superintendent Dan Boyd is encouraging all schools to show the speech to students.

"We are going to respect the president of the United States of America, and we are going to provide an opportunity for the president of the United States of America to address teachers and students," Boyd said.

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The article states that as of Friday morning (9/4/2009) only 10 emails from parents in Alachua county have been sent to Superintendent Boyd complaining about the speech... Surely more than 10 people think that the President speaking directly to our children is not a good thing. Not because he is a Democrat, not because we have different political views, and not because of race. Because his moral values do not match mine, because his friends and acquaintances' morals do not match mine, and because he has done more to harm our children's future through out of control spending and overwhelming debt than any one man in the past 100 years.

Please wake up America... our responsibility to our children requires it.

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