<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Isn't Luna using his office for politics? Why isn't he subject to the same guidelines he is trying to impose?</DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan Arnold<BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 5/17/11, Tom Hansen <I><thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Luna Cautions Teachers About Political Activities<BR>To: "lfalen" <lfalen@turbonet.com><BR>Cc: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com>, "Penni <SPAN>Cyr</SPAN>" <cpenni@gmail.com><BR>Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 11:05 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Get EFFING real, Roger!<BR><BR>This isn't the first time that Looney Luna has made an unsubstantiated<BR>allegation.<BR><BR>Remember when he alleged that some unionized, mobbed-up teacher vandalized<BR>his truck (complete with a photo of a vandalized truck)? What ever came<BR>of that? Any arrests?<BR><BR>(Didn't think so)<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Moscow, Idaho<BR><BR><BR>On Tue, May 17, 2011 10:50 am, lfalen wrote:<BR>> Teachers have the right to engage in any political activity that the<BR>> choose off duty. The classroom is a different matter. There they should<BR>> not espouse any view( political, religious or otherwise) that is not<BR>> germane to the subject matter at hand.<BR>> Roger<BR>> -----Original message-----<BR>> From: "Tom Hansen" <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=thansen@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</A><BR>> Date: Mon, 16 May 2011
14:29:25 -0700<BR>> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] Luna Cautions Teachers About Political Activities<BR>><BR>>> Courtesy of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News.<BR>>><BR>>> -------------------------------------------------------<BR>>><BR>>> Luna cautions teachers about political activities<BR>>><BR>>> BOISE - Teachers are being warned they could lose their certification if<BR>>> they participate in efforts to recall Idaho Superintendent of Public<BR>>> Instruction Tom Luna, repeal his new education reforms or engage in<BR>>> other<BR>>> political activities on school grounds.<BR>>><BR>>> In a memo Friday, Luna said his office had received numerous inquiries<BR>>> and<BR>>> reports of teachers using
their school email to coordinate political<BR>>> activities: proselytizing to students in the classroom and using pupils<BR>>> as<BR>>> couriers for political materials.<BR>>><BR>>> In a note to school superintendents and charter school administrators,<BR>>> Luna cautioned that these types of political activities were ethical<BR>>> violations punishable by a letter of reprimand, or suspension or<BR>>> revocation of a teacher's certification. He also warned that educators<BR>>> who<BR>>> are aware of such political activities and fail to report them face<BR>>> similar consequences.<BR>>><BR>>> "Those whose certificates are suspended or revoked can no longer be<BR>>> employed by an Idaho public school," said Luna, who has been targeted in<BR>>> recent months by education activists who are seeking his ouster over a<BR>>> package of new education
reforms.<BR>>><BR>>> The sweeping changes phase out tenure for teachers, limit collective<BR>>> bargaining and shifts money from salaries for technology upgrades in the<BR>>> classrooms such as laptops for high school teachers and students. The<BR>>> three-part plan was signed into law earlier this year and has landed in<BR>>> the crosshairs of a referendum campaign.<BR>>><BR>>> -------------------------------------------------------<BR>>><BR>>> Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR>>><BR>>> Tom Hansen<BR>>> Moscow, Idaho<BR>>><BR>>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to<BR>>> changeand the Realist adjusts his sails."<BR>>><BR>>> - Unknown<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> =======================================================<BR>>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>>>
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