NJEA HAS A REPORTING TOOL TO TRACK PARENTS WHO OPPOSE AGE- INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL CONTENT IN SCHOOLS!
It all started February of this year, we reported how Sparta parents challenged an inappropriate book in the middle school Called “The Upside of Unrequited,” which contained topics such has orgies and orgasms, explicit discussion of waxing genitalia, how one loses their virginity regarding specific sex acts, underage drinking and mixing alcohol with prescription drugs.
An 11 year old found this book on the library shelves.
The most outrageous part of this story, isn’t the part that 11 year olds were reading about orgies and sex acts in their school library. The worst part was that the mom who made the formal written complaint ended up with her family’s information in the NJEA’s “Center for Honesty’s Database”.
Imagine that you are not pleased with something in your public school, you formally report it, then your PRIVATE INFORMATION AND YOUR KID’S INFORMATION are put the New Jersey Teacher’s Union Database, by the teachers who are trusted with YOUR kids. This can be read by union leaders and they can NOW put this information online and use it to intimidate you and your child.
And that’s EXACTLY what two district librarians did (Kelly Kiff – middle school librarian and Angela Deluccia– HS librarian and union president). They created a petition to “Stop the Book Ban” and shared the personal information from the NJEA parent database, and thought it was appropriate to name the mom and the details of her minor child in the petition they created with information from the NJEA. (Screenshot below)
Ms. Kiff and Ms. Deluccia revealed data kept in the NJEA parent database, along with a Tap Into Sparta article, where the mom blamed the leadership and NOT the teachers. These 2 educators thought it was appropriate attack the mother in their petition to keep these inappropriate books in the library, after she didn’t even hold them responsible for the books.
The staff in school is supposed to prevent bullying between kids, but have no problem cyber-bullying parents and a child. Can a parent file a HIB report on school staff for this type of online harassment? What is the appropriate response from the parent and the school for this type of action from school staff librarians?
How do the parents or kids trust Ms. Kiff and Ms. Deluccia, knowing that they displayed the child’s last name ONLINE. They willingly subjecting the child to ridicule, just because her mother wanted a few books removed from the library that didn’t belong there in the first place? Keep in mind “Upside of Unrequited” was written for high schoolers 14 and up. NOT for 11 year olds in middle school.
Were these librarians reprimanded for this action by the school? Nope! The district awarded the middle school librarian with “ Staff member of the month”.
More disturbingly, the NJEA database is filled with this type of detailed information, entered in by the teachers and staff who are supposed to protect your kids. So far, this data has only been used by librarians with the purpose of harassing and intimidating families so that their authority will not be questioned. If your librarian decides that a book written for 14 year olds need to be given to 11 year olds, then they have the final say. If a parent complains, the penalty is results with an online harassment of the entire family using the NJEA database.
The NJEA database goes as far as labeling “concerned parents” who are on the NJ Fresh Faced Schools page (the largest New Jersey schools parent/teacher collaboration site), as being on “online hate group”. The NJEA accusing parents of “creating problems” when trying to advocate for their children.
New Jersey Teacher’s Union “Center for Honesty” database allows teachers, school officials and anyone with the internet to report district parents, and anyone else, who opposes anything that is against the UNION ideology. Anything you do FOR YOUR CHILD can end up in this database. It really should be named “Parent database for harassment, intimidation and bullying use.”
This action by the union is a breakdown of trust between teachers and parents.
The website is called “NJEA Center of Honesty in Education” and aims to “combat disinformation, regressive policies, and dangerous rhetoric in local school districts.” Each district has an individual representative for the “Honesty in Education Team”. These representatives serve the district that they work in and must be sponsored by their local president of NJEA Staff Member.
What is the union doing here? They are supposed to be representing the teachers in contract negotiations, not tracking parents on some sort of “red scare” list. It’s pretty outrageous that a union is tracking a customer.
If you scroll to the bottom of their welcome page you can click on “GO NOW” and it will redirect you to the “Honesty and Integrity REPORTING TOOL”. There you can find the form to help them “identify issues in their school district so that the staff can be provided with resources to maintain integrity and honesty in the schools.”
Some issues that can be reported include “aggressive book banning, anti-inclusion activity, and organized political groups!” The page makes sure to tell the educator NOT TO use their district email address when making a report. Its important to make sure that teachers and staff DO NOT use their school accounts so that they can avoid an OPRA Request.
Watch the video below to see how to navigate this anti-parent reporting tool!
Try it yourself by clicking here:
