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Use of Gender Pronouns (he/him) (she/her) on email signatures and profiles?
At the November 16, 2023 Miamisburg School Board meeting, Dr. Laura Blessing declared a calamity day on April 8th due to Miamisburg's being in the path of a total eclipse of the sun.
Dirty Politics
The Ohio Teachers Union PAC Educate Ohio Action Fund says that "Scott Taylor is wrong for Miamisburg". They are not only going after Scott Taylor, They are going after 85 other candidates who dare to stand against their policies.
Issue 1 and 2
While Issues 1 and 2 are not school board issues, It is important to know what these issues are and how they will affect students.
Issue 1's language is too broad. It states that "Every individual has the right to make and carry out one's own reproductive decisions including but not limited to...". Those individuals could be argued to be minor children and the "not limited to" could be argued to be hormone therapy or even a sex change. This amendment is an attack on parents rights and children should not be making medical decision with out parental involvement.
My concern with Issue 2 is that Marijuana Affects Developing Brains. Voting yes on Issue two is a vote for increasing adolescent use.
Is Critical Race Theory being taught in Miamisburg?
At the August 23, 2023 board meeting, Ann Niess, the vice-president of the school board, stated that she “has been asked a few times, now, if critical race theory has been taught in Miamisburg schools.” In response, she provided a history of critical race theory, but stopped short of answering the question.
Earlier this year, the Miamisburg school board approved a district representative’s travel to a conference sponsored by a partisan organization called Voice4Equity. The organization promotes the concepts of systemic bias, equity, social justice, and systemic oppression, using history to promote the agenda. The district also purchased a race-based equity training program called Equity Fellows.
Transgenderism
The reality is that individuals are male or female. Adolescents transitioning to the other gender is harmful to students and if in most (if not all) does not resolve the underlying issue. We need to stop making this a rights issue but focus on what is best for our students.
Some children latch onto gender dysphoria as a way of coping with trauma or other distress. A therapist needs to question their understanding of gender in order to determine why the they might have fixated on that as a source of their problem.
How will Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Affect Our Students
You need to know that Diversity Equity and Inclusion is a major push of the current administrations blueprint "Advancing Equity and Racial Justice Through the Federal Government".
Member of the Ohio School Board Constitutional Coalition https://osbcc.org/
The membership pledge of the Ohio School Board Constitutional Coalition (OSBCC):
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Support a facts-based, age-appropriate curriculum, which is available online for all community members to review and understand
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Protect student privacy by ensuring all data collected by outside parties via surveys and other means are not personally identifiable to individual students.
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Protect students’ physical privacy by limiting access to bathrooms, locker rooms, showers and other such facilities by biological sex.
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Recognize parents' rights to understand all aspects of their children’s school experience, and opt-out of all aspects parents find objectionable.
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Promote the teaching of American history in a way which reinforces students’ understanding and honoring of the exceptional nature of their country.
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Cultivate a learning environment which embraces freedom of speech and religion, while promoting respectful tolerance of differences.
Meet Scott Taylor
Scott has been married to his wife Laura for nearly 32 years they moved to Miamisburg in 2009. Each of their four kids attended a different Miamisburg school. One in Pre-school, One at Medlar Elementary and one at the high school. Their second son joined the Miamisburg marching band beginning a fourteen year journey as part of the Miamisburg band pit crew and taking on other volunteer positions.
Three of their children where part of the Miamisburg Marching Band.
Scott graduated from Trinity High School in Louisville Kentucky and competed in cross country, track and bicycle racing. In his senior year he places 17th in the state AAAA cross country championships, 5th in track and 3rd in the United States Cycling Federation (USCF) Kentucky State road race championships.
Scott has a lifelong love of bicycling, love roller skating and at the age of 40 took up figure skating. Scott earned his brown belt in Shotokan karate https://hskk-karate.com/
Scott is a professional software engineer that supports the United States Air Force. Since 2013 Scott has served on the board of the Greater Dayton Real Estate Investors Association.
Scott cares about his children and the next generation of children in Miamisburg.
Vote for Scott Taylor Miamisburg School
Board November 7, 2023