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Huntsville ISD Implementing CSCOPE for the 1st Time?

Aug 05
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Steven Johnson, Hunstville ISD school superintendent is grasping for straws in winning over his community’s approval of the progressive CSCOPE curriculum. He posted a letter in the HUNTSVILLE ITEM promoting the idea that HISD cannot possibly do without the wonderful “curriculum management system”, CSCOPE. Seriously! It makes you wonder how any of us were educated in the Texas Schools when CSCOPE did not exist. These administrators seem lost if they lose access to CSCOPE. Parents and Taxpayers need to realize is CSCOPE is all about implementing Project Based Learning. Project Based Learning is built around the collective and not individual achievement. Built on teaching Globalization and Diversity not American Exceptionalism. Tomorrow August 6, CSCOPE is starting their annual CSCOPE conference in San Antonio on the taxpayer dime.

 

 

One of the break out sessions is titled “Diversity in the Classroom? Have No Fear, CSCOPE IS HERE!”

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CSCOPE PROGRAM/2013

In the comments section of the Huntsville Item article ESC 6, Component Director Dr. Cathy Moak responded to my comments. She stated that Huntsville ISD is in their first year of implementing CSCOPE. If that is the case why would Huntsville ISD spend 61,002.00 purchasing CSCOPE last school year, 2012/2013? Money doesn’t seem to be an object to HISD. They spend it like it grows on trees while at the same time joining forces with Texas Association of School Administrators and Texas Association of School Boards lobbying the Texas legislature for more money for schools. What is so sad is that this money doesn’t go back to the classroom to help students.

 

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What Mrs. Moak doesn’t realize is there are teachers in Huntsville ISD that have been telling the truth of what is going on with HISD.

 Mrs. Moak who works for the Texas Education Service Center 6 which sells various services to Huntsville ISD. Mrs. Moak’s husband, Sam Moak serves on the HISD school board. If I read local government code 171.002 correctly Mr. Moak’s voting and discussion of items that relate to ESC 6 appears to be a conflict of interest.

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Have No Fear CSCOPE Is Here?

Aug 05
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Did you know that CSCOPE is holding their 5th annual CSCOPE Conference starting tomorrow August 6 (in honor of my birthday, lol). Yes, that’s right more taxpayer money down the drain. Not only are school districts paying to send administrators/teachers to the conference, taxpayers are also funding their hotel and food bills as well.  It is astonishing that the same people (school administrators, TASA, TASB and legislatures) who are continually belly aching that there is shortage of money for education; think nothing of throwing it away on motivational conferences instead of bring the money back to the classroom.  What are they going to learn at this motivational conference? Read below.
I found the following post on Facebook yesterday by mom ~Kara Sands who is fighting CSCOPE along with hundreds cross the state of Texas.
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Well, looky here… CSCOPE is having their annual conference next week in San Antonio. If you don’t mind your head exploding go ahead and read the descriptions for the different sessions that teachers and administrators will be attending… clearly Common Core inspired. —- Here’s my personal favorite- Diversity in Your Classroom? Have No Fear, CSCOPE is Here! (yep, that’s the real title) “With a combination of demonstrations and videos, participants will see how children can be transformed as they engage in learning activities.” Gee, I had no idea that “diversity” was in the TEKS. And what exactly do they mean by “transformed”?Folks, this is bad.

It’s not only the CSCOPE lessons that are troublesome, it’s the methods that our schools are using to teach our children and the philosophy behind it. One word kept popping into my mind as I was reading the descriptions, and that word is … collectivism.

My children, like yours, are unique, wonderful individuals with different talents and gifts. Like me, you probably celebrate their individuality and are raising them to be independent thinkers and self-sufficient. If so, how can we allow them to be taught the opposite at school? How can we allow our children to be lumped into a collective group where they learn to rely on the group for answers and the teacher is merely a “guide”? And how can these schools that continue to use CSCOPE do so when parents and lawmakers have overwhelmingly come out against it?

The superintendents & school board members that allow any part of CSCOPE into their schools should be ashamed of themselves. I encourage parents to run against these school board members and then once your elected you can fire the superintendent and the administrators. It’s time to clean house in Texas public schools.

I am not backing down and I will not stop until these liberal-progressive teaching methods are out of Texas schools — our children deserve better.

School districts are using taxpayer money to send various teachers and administrators to this conference. This money would be better utilized in the classroom. ~~~

 

 

 

 

*****Get involved and file Public Information Request on your local school districts and find out who all attended the conferences and what the district expenses are the conference, food and hotel.*********

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