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To: KLP who wrote (139439)	7/8/2004 4:15:50 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 281500

Yes- there are lots of non-NEA people- none of the parents on the panel belong to the NEA, and none of the non-certificated staff belong to the NEA. Actually the NEA people- the teachers on the panel (in our district), are in the minority- I wasn't even a member myself last year, but all the NEA bashing on SI convinced me to join, even though I don't agree with the NEA on everything- and specifically tenure, which I find hard to justify. On our school board there are no members of the NEA. I am fascinated that you would take the word of one teacher (most probably an NEA member) without being given any facts to back it up. I doubt your school board is made up of NEA people either- and the school board gives the Yay or Nay on what classes schools have, and what their descriptions (curriculum) consist of- including in our district, approved texts and literature books. In our district American history has been the same for years- in terms of the time spent on it- a full year. The points covered may change, and they varied from teacher to teacher- but there is less variation now due to standards. If you ever get any facts on the NEA actually eliminating history classes, let me know.