In “Change ideas dominate SCUCISD board meeting” from the
November 28 issue writer John Heberling brought up the abandonment of CSCOPE as
one cause of the current lack of curriculum in the district. What he didn’t mention
is that the district didn’t drop usage of CSCOPE voluntarily; it was ripped out
of the hands of small and medium sized districts like ours all over the state
by a few legislators looking to earn their conservative credentials by vilifying
it as anti-American.
The witch hunt over the CSCOPE curriculum was uncalled for
as evidenced by its use in districts like Lackland ISD using it broadly. Dina
Webb, Lackland's executive director for curriculum and instruction, was quoted in
the Express-News in January saying “We don't mandate how teachers use it and
certainly, as a military district, wouldn't teach anything anti-American. But
we certainly don't have the money or staff to be able to write new curriculum
every time the state standards change.”
State Senator Donna Campbell didn’t stand up for our
district. In a year we have a chance to replace her with Daniel Boone, a retired
Air Force Lt. Colonel, who has the interests of our schools at heart because he
knows that education is the way to economic prosperity and a fulfilling life.
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