| Who We Are Parents
Active in Responsible Education,
(PARE), is
a group of parents, taxpayers
and residents of the Council
Rock School District, ("CRSD") and is opposed to the
current
practice of showing movies to students which contain scenes of
gratuitous
violence, sex, nudity, adult themes, drug use, adult language, torture,
misogyny and/or animal cruelty, all of which are rated "R" by the
Motion Picture Association of America ("MPAA"). The use of R-Rated
Films in the classroom is defined in CRSD policy/protocol 109-R-1 and is not being followed. In order to view the "R-rated" movies, CRSD requires a signed parental permission slip. Currently, these permission slips lack descriptive details regarding movie content that would allow parents to make an informed decision. Students who are not allowed to view the "R-rated" movie are given an alternate assignment in the library thus eliminating an equal education for all students in a PUBLIC school environment. This separation from a student’s class can lead to ridicule and embarrassment at an age when acceptance by peers is paramount. We are not against audio-visual materials which project human anatomy in a non-prurient manner in order to aid the instruction of human health, biology, anatomy or other sciences.To read the PARE Mission Statement, select this link. Parents Active in Responsible Education can be contacted at - crsdpare@aol.com. LATEST NEWS Council Rock - Principal apologizes after students see 'sexual video'. Bucks County Courier Times. Decemeber 12, 2011. R-rated movies in the classroom: Clear Play the Clear Solution. Bucks County Courier Times. Nov. 7, 2011 Are R-Rated Movies 'Educational'? The Moral Liberal. Oct. 29, 2011 Are R-Rated Movies 'Educational'? The Eagle Forum. October 2011
Lehigh Valley Commentator "Students and Teachers Demand Visual Literacy" Issue 13, pg. 6 CRSD Trashes Christianity By Showing
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Our Goals and Objectives The goal of PARE is
to inform those interested about all R rated movies on Council Rock’s
approved
curriculum list. Parents and citizens will be made aware of Council
Rock’s
protocols and any new and updated changes. Parents and citizens can use
this knowledge when addressing the school board regarding
this issue. Our main activities include - As collaborative guardians we are
questioning CRSD protocols and their ability to enforce and adhere to
those protocols. An objective of this website is to enable the user to read about offensive material found in the movies. We want to get this information out in the open so that people can make informed decisions and draw their own conclusions. The information available on this website has been presented to the school board and has been referenced by parents who have presented at different school board meetings. Please attend the School Board Meetings and contact the School Board Members SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER & MEETING INFORMATION 2012 Meeting Information - May 3 Next Meeting - May 3, 2012 Location The Chancellor Center 30 North Chancellor Street Newtown, PA. 18940 Start Time - 7:30 pm School Board Members contact information What Can Parents and Taxpayers Do? Contact Your State Legislators !!! |
The English and Health/Physical Education Departments appear to be having a contest to see who can do a better job of Trashing Christianity, especially Catholicism (and ignoring CRSD Policy 109-R-1 (Fostering Respect For Religion)). To be fair, the Superintendent and School Board are big part of the problem - they approved both of these films. Here are some quotes from our very own "Siskel & Ebert" in the Bucks County Courier Times article "Racy or educational? R-rated films debated", written by Rachel Canelli.
"These films aren't trash, but critically
acclaimed and award winning movies". CRSD Superintendent Mark
Klein
"Choosing to ban them all would be
like banning the artwork of Michelangelo or Rembrandt". CRSD
Board Member Jerold Grupp
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Department's entry in this contest is V for Vendetta. Watch this scene on You Tube and judge for yourself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTBO5ksaT2w The underlined comments are from Steven Gredanus of Decent Films. http://www.decentfilms.com/reviews/vforvendetta.html This picture would hardly be complete without a Catholic-bashing depiction of a corrupt, morally dissolute clergyman, and V for Vendetta delivers in spades, with one of the most flagrant offenders... Here the comic book supplies the ready-made whipping boy of Bishop Lilliman, a pedophile whom in Moore’s original story V murders with an arsenic-laced communion wafer.  Though the cleric’s role in the film is brief, it packs as much anti-Catholic punch as possible, with traditional Latin chant and soaring Gothic pillars framing the bishop and his highly deferential aide as they discuss the age of the girl waiting in the bishop’s quarters. Both the Bishop Lilliman (right) and his assistant are concerned that the girl might be too "old".  Bishop Lilliman gives his crucifix to his assistant prior to his planned sexual encounter with Evey. (Evey is the woman dressed as a young girl in the screen shots)  "Oh my - to think that I doubted your loveliness for an instant" says Bishop Lilliman to Evey. To further denegrate Christians, a painting of The Crucified Christ is shown to the left of Evey. Latin hymns are played in the background.  "I love the confession game ..." says Bishop Lilliman to Evey. The movie offers an alternative sacramental profanation, with a disgusting scene in which the bishop reveals that he likes to “play confession” with the young girls (as young as possible) his aides obtain for him on a regular basis. Bishop Lilliman then attempts to rape Evey. |
The Health/Physical Education Department's
entry in this contest is Basketball Diaries.
It appears that
CRSD Policy 109-R-1 (Fostering Respect for Religion) does not
apply to Christianity.
Basketball Diaries starts out with a women screaming the Our Father out side her window holding a rosary and she states: Our Father......Hallowed be Thy Name SU-K YOURSELF YOU S-N OF A BITC- BAST--... Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done YOU F---. She continues by stating, Jesus the Nazarene GO TO HE-- GO TO HE--. Mary the WHOR- THE HAIRDRESSER, THE HAIRDRESSER. The cross at the end of the rosary is held upside down. None of this material is mentioned in the R-Rated Film Approval Form or the permission slip. Select this link to access these forms.
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