The goal of every parent in education is to ensure the academic success of their children. As BPASCC, we strive to achieve these goals by practicing the following objectives:
- Oppose any policy, literature, curriculum, teaching or ideology encouraging Black children to embrace a victimhood mentality or take on the identity of being perpetually oppressed.
- Discourage Black children from taking on roles of political activism or to promote social justice of any kind.
- Reject the classroom as a forum for socio-political discourse, but rather retain the sanctity of school as a institution of higher learning.
- Promote critical thinking skills by encouraging students to learn to think independently, review all sides of an argument and to defend their position with logic and reason after data-gathering, rather than blindly accepting all opinions as fact.
- Strongly support academic rigor, discipline and hard work as basic tenets ensuring success at basic fundamental levels.
- Empower, uplift and encourage Black students by instilling a positive sense of self-worth, dignity and value.
- We strongly believe schools are a place of academic learning. We therefore reject the introduction of politics into the classroom.
- We promote and defend parental rights. We strongly believe parents possess the fundamental right to raise their children, and oversee their upbringing, education, care, health, activities and religion.
- Transparency is fundamental. An open and honest relationship between parents and their child’s teacher(s), administration and all other school staff is foundational to building trust.
- We oppose the withholding of vital information of our children by school staff. This includes, but not limited to: grades, curriculum, and/or behavioral/psychological/mental changes.
- We strongly support school district employees, administrators and certificated staff collaborate with parents/guardians in evaluating the needs of students having any academic, attendance, social, emotional, or behavioral difficulties and in identifying strategies and programs that may assist such students in maximizing their potential.
We support school staff notify parents/guardians when they become aware that their child is:
- requesting to be identified or treated, as a gender other than the student’s biological sex or gender listed on the student’s birth certificate or any other official records.
- accessing sex-segregated school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, or using bathroom or changing facilities that do not align with the student’s biological sex or gender listed on the birth certificate or other official records.
- experiences any significant physical injury while on school property or participating in a school sponsored activity.
- experiences harassment, intimidation or bullying of any nature, whether from peers or other other school staff members.
- Whenever a certified or classified staff member or administrator suspects or has knowledge of a student’s suicidal intentions based on the student’s verbalization or act of self-harm, the staff member shall promptly notify the principal or school counselor, who shall implement district’s intervention protocols, as appropriate, and shall notify the parent(s)/guardian(s)immediately, or as soon as reasonably possible.
- School employees shall act only within the authorization and scope of their credential or license. An employee is not authorized to diagnose, treat mental illness, or administer a medical procedure unless specifically licensed and employed to do so. (Education Code215)
- School authorities will not remove a child from their parents/guardians home without proper parental written authorization and/or consent.
- We emphasize solutions that emphasizes strong academic excellence, discipline and hard work as keys to success, and not lowered standards or a victim-hood mindset.
- Our vision is achieved by ensuring school sites, administration, staff and the district consults Black families.
- Oppose district policies that speak for Black children without collective agreement from their parents, communities and designated representatives.