The 220 Board of Education will consider upholding the recommendation of these two books tonight.
The District 220 Board of Education meets this evening at 7:00 PM at the District Administration Center, 515 W. Main Street. Topics for discussion in their agenda include:
Consideration to Approve the Adoption of the 2022-23 Budget
Consideration to Uphold the Recommendation of the District Level Review of Materials – Flamer
Consideration to Uphold the Recommendation of the District Level Review of Materials – This Book Is Gay
The District 220 Board of Education meets this evening at 7:00 PM at the District Administration Center, 515 W. Main Street. Some of the topics on their agenda include:
Consideration to Approve TRS SSP Employer Participation Agreement
The District 220 Board of Education meets this evening at 7:00 PM at the District Administration Center, 515 W. Main Street. Some of the topics on their agenda include:
Consideration to Approve the Rejection of the Woodland Demolition Bid
Consideration to Approve License Agreement to Install and Maintain Bollards at Hough Elementary School
Consideration to Uphold the Recommendation of the District Level Review of Materials
A copy of the agenda can be viewed here. The meeting will be livestreamed on the district YouTubechannel.
Video capture taken the last time the District 220 Board of Education met.
The District 220 Board of Education meets this evening at 7:00 PM at the District Administration Center, 515 W. Main Street. Some of the topics on their agenda include:
Consideration to Approve the Second Reading of Board Policy
Consideration to Approve BSEO Job Reclassification Recommendation
Consideration to approve resolution authorizing the sale by sealed bid of real property located at 310 E. James St., Barrington, AND
Human Growth and Development and Senate Bill 818 discussion
A copy of the agenda can be viewed HERE. The meeting will be livestreamed on the district YouTube channel.
Most of the public comments voiced during Tuesday evening’s District 220 Board of Education meeting centered around inappropriate content contained in district libraries, and in Summer reading recommendations by staff. Here is one example:
“Good evening, I’m (name), and I have a fourteen and a sixteen year old here in the District, and I recently became aware of books available in my school to my kids, which you have discussed.
They’re titled, ‘This Book Is Gay,’ and ‘Gender Queer.’ My opposition to these books has nothing to do with their LGBTQ content, but of their pornographic nature. They discuss in detail how two men can pleasure each other, how to give a proper hand job, and a comic book cartoon demonstrating masturbation and oral sex between men.
These books have mature content that is considered R-rated and I consider X-rated, and I would be just as upset if these books with these pornographic images had heterosexual content as well. Perhaps that’s in the school library, I don’t know.
So, children’s brains gave not developed enough psychologically or emotionally to fully interpret this mature or only for adult content. Research has shown that exposure to pornography can impair a child’s developing brain, social interactions, emotional skills as well as impulse control issues up until their mid-twenties.
Our school libraries are not public libraries. Schools are supposed to be safe environments for our kids (exasperated sigh).
This pornographic content has no place in our schools. Our younger than seventeen age kids can’t go see an R-rated movie on their own, nor should they be allowed to check out these books without parental consent.
Why are these books even in our school libraries, because they’re award winning? Well, they’re not age appropriate, and that’s what we need in our schools. And who’s responsible for putting these books into our schools so our kids have access to them?
Speaking at the High School level I would like to see a system in place where parental consent is required to check out books that would be considered R-rated. And this needs to be a simple process for our kids.
We moved to Barrington in 2008 because of its conservative family values and D-220’s reputation of academic excellence. (Recording briefly cuts out) No parent would willingly send their children to school knowing it was not a safe place for them physically, socially or emotionally. Yet, my kids have access to pornography in school.
The sexualization of our children needs to stop. We need to preserve their childhood innocence. Please, (more static). I’m losing trust in you.”
This person’s comments can be heard here. All public comments begin here.
The District 220 Board of Education meets this evening at 7:00 PM at the District Administration Center, 515 W. Main Street. A copy of the agenda can be viewed here.
The meeting will be livestreamed on the district YouTube channel.
The District 220 Board of Education meets this evening at 7:00 PM at the District Administration Center, 515 W. Main Street. Topics for discussion in their agenda include:
Consideration to Approve the Negotiated Agreement Between the Board of Education and the BSEO (2022-2026)
Consideration to Approve Revised BHS Athletic Program Donation Agreements
Consideration to Approve District Administrative Center Roof Bid, and
Consideration to Approve Appropriating up to $299,752 for Initial 2023 Summer Capital Project Engineering and Architectural Preparation
The District 220 Board of Education meets this evening at 7:00 PM at the District Administration Center, 515 W. Main Street. A copy of the agenda, including, “Consideration to Approve a One-Time, Performance-Based Payment to Dr. Robert Hunt in the Amount of $15,000,” can be viewedhere.
The meeting will be livestreamed on the district YouTube channel.
The District 220 Board of Education meets this evening at 7:00 PM at the District Administration Center, 515 W. Main Street. A copy of the agenda can be viewed here.
The meeting will be livestreamed on the district YouTube channel.
The District 220 Board of Education meets this evening at 7:00 PM at the District Administration Center, 515 W. Main Street. Some of the topics on their agenda are:
Consideration to Approve BMS – Prairie Campus Parking Lot Bid
Consideration to Approve Food Service Renewal
Consideration to Approve Barrington High School Bids (?), and
Consideration to Approve Project Work Order #8 to the Pepper Construction Company Master Agreement for BHS Addition & Renovation in the amount of $34,409,093
A copy of the agenda can be viewed here. The meeting will be livestreamed on the district YouTube channel.
