The following is an email from Joe Quigley
(Posted 5-11-02)

Here's one sure to toast your corn.
   According to an article in the Daily Diassapointment on May 4, Mayor Humphreys and DA Wes Lane have proposed stationing christian "community builders" in each OKC middle school, and if successful into elementary and secondary schools in a year couple of years (perhaps 3)
These builders will be supplied by the Christian Leadership Foundation of OKC at 40,000 to 50,000 per year to be mentors and counselors to students and to extend community and love to them. They are to build relationships with students and get to know their families.
   The foundation calls it its first major initiative to help transform the OKC public schools as a way to improve the community.
   I don't know about anyone else, but these sound an awful lot like chaplains or youth ministers.
   Of course the question comes up about not only other religions outside of Christianity, but which brand of "christianity" is going to be promoted.
   The fact that there is already a task force developing this plan would lead one to think that this has to be a little far along as it was announced at a luncheon for business, government and religious leaders, and no one is going to go ahead with the planning such a program entails if there were not a reasonable assurance it was not just an empty exercise or wishful thinking.
    this bears watching

Joe Quigley

 

Previous postings from Joe Quigley:

• Quigley - Response from the Principal (Posted 4-30-02)
• Quigley - A written verbal reprimand (Posted 4-27-02)
• Quigley - update on The Bulletin Board (Posted 4-22-02)
• Donated bulletin board gets 'special' visitors at NW Classen (Posted 3-29-02)
• Bulletin board, gift of GLBT Community, installed at NW Classen (Posted 3-7-02)
• GLBT Community presents bulletin board to NW Classen High School (Posted 3-5-02)
• Progress at NW Classen High School (Posted 2-13-02)
• Joe Quigley writes a letter to the Daily Oklahoman (Posted 2-12-02)
• Principal Davis does the right thing (Posted 1-29-02)
• Teacher alleges anti-GLBT vandalism done by NW Classen employee (Posted 1-25-02)
• Lambda Legal gets it wrong (Posted 1-13-02)
• January is Gay and Lesbian Recruitment Month (Posted 1-08-02)
• OKC schools censor GLBT websites (Posted 12-22-01)
• Joe Quigley & the Nativity banner (Posted 12-19-01)
• Our votes are important but we're not? (Posted 11-13-01)
• NW Classen High School censors GLBT Heroes of Sept 11 (Posted 10-23-01)
• Northwest Classen update - Fri, Oct 5 (Posted 10-7-01)
• NW Classen Update: being the latest installment in the ongoing (unfortunately) chronicle of deliberate harassment by Principal Weldon Davis in his campaign to get openly-Gay teacher Joe Quigley fired (Posted 10-4-01)
• Davis to Quigley: "No Gay and Lesbian History Month at NW Classen" (Posted 9-27-01)
• Latest developements at NW Classen (Posted 9-18-01)
• NW Classen principal intensifies harassment of Quigley (Posted 9-13-01)
• NW Classen Update - Tues, Aug 21 (Posted 8-22-01)
• NW Classen Update - Mon, Aug 20 (Posted 8-21-01)
• Joe Quigley's news from NW Classen: April 26, 2001(Posted 4-26-01)
• Northwest Classen High School administration shows anti-Gay animus (Posted 2-1-01)
• Joe Quigley, teacher - Part Five (Posted 12-8-00)
• Joe Quigley, teacher - Part Four (Posted 12-7-00)
• Joe Quigley, teacher - Part Three (Posted 12-6-00)
• Joe Quigley, teacher - Part Two (Posted 12-5-00)
• Joe Quigley, teacher - Part One (Posted 12-4-00)