Many parents and guardians are unaware of the mess being made within their local school systems. It’s a big business, bringing more spending money to the schools, allowing them to control the narrative and keep the parents and others in the dark.
Much is being published lately about the DEI issue being put to rest, but don’t believe it. It’s only a bait and switch and will exist under a new moniker. The pandemic we’ll spotlight today is the big business of School Safety, Bullying, and Mental Health in our schools.
Sure, it’s real. Absolutely. That being said, it is being bred from within, and manipulated accordingly.
These youngsters are impressionable and can be shaped, molded, and manipulated in various ways.
(audio below of Cleveland County School Board member Walter Sprurling)
What you will see here, is that the kids aren’t “taught” the subjects shown here, but are somehow chosen or qualified to need the assistance and attention of these mental health counselors and safety providers. Of course, this takes away the students’ concentration and attention, as well as changes in their attitude, when having to undergo these sessions.
Why are all these changes necessary in schools today? Did the Covid pandemic inflict this much emotional damage on these school students? Having two grandchildren endure these same circumstances as other school students, was almost a delight for them in many ways.
However, the government decided that the kids needed help because they had to endure times without their friends, etc. And the government does what it is known to do. Create an issue so that it may create a solution. And the government did exactly that.
This didn’t exactly start with this Covid deal. COVID-19 was used to enhance it and took the opportunity to advance it as quickly as the public would allow. And thanks to some very lax government officials and school boards, the motivation by fear worked as intended.
School Safety-Gaggle.Net
Online Solutions for K-12 Student Safety
95% of district partners believe Gaggle identified students who no one knew were depressed.
Founded in 1998 as a secure email provider for school students, Jeff Patterson was concerned about school safety issues. Today, his Gaggle.Net has grown into an enterprise that towers above all others relating to school safety. Of course, there are two sides to all stories, and hopefully, we’ll give them both fair treatment.
Gaggle, an American student digital safety company based in Dallas, Texas, was founded in 1999. The company is led by Jeff Patterson. The company has collaborated with K-12 districts to manage student safety on school-provided technology accounts. Its services also include Gaggle Therapy & Coaching, a service that connects students with licensed counselors in their state for teletherapy.
While school safety ideas and practices have evolved over the last several decades, the variety of school safety tools, policies, and degrees of success highlights a need for more conversation about the very concept of safety: what it is (and isn’t), who gets to define it, how it’s achieved, and at what cost.
Who gets to define it? They do. And at what cost? The people foot the bill but the students suffer the cost of manipulation.
Physical school safety is not the only parameter in this equation. There is emotional safety, And there is digital safety. I find it interesting that the educational system today strives to encourage students to express themselves, reach out, explore, and find out who they are, while at the same time, being careful regarding who knows what they’re doing. You’ll learn that because of “who you are”, you’ll be oppressed.
The oppression will cause one to become bitter and angry. The oppression will lead to a feeling of entitlement, leading to rebellion. And then, they’ll begin to discuss mental illness. Who can imagine why?
Now that the schools are incorporating mental health issues into their curricular concerns, the schools have become judges in pretty much every segment of the children’s daily lives.
Another good primer is a set of articles written by John Amanchukwu, entitled Protect the Children.
We also see that Gaggle is far-reaching, even outside the public school systems. The DODEA is also a client.
It’s an amazing feat, especially given that military-connected children lead highly disrupted lives. They change schools every two to three years with a parent on active duty. With a parent sometimes deployed doing dangerous work, the children face stress others do not as they manage schoolwork, home responsibilities, and transition in and out of communities.
“Over the past decade, DoDEA students in the fourth and eighth grades have generally received among the highest assessment scores nationwide in mathematics and reading, according to our analysis of NAEP data,” the Government Accountability Office report found.
It appears there are fewer mental health issues related to the DODEA schools. Or at least, no mention of such. Isn’t that an oddity? From the outside looking in, one could surmise that discipline plays an important part in these schools where mental health is an issue!
Gaggle is not the only issue in this pandemic. The other major contributor is Common Sense Media. Unfortunately, this site is available as a resource for many public school students. In just a few clicks from the school’s website, you can arrive at that same link shown above.
Who and What is Common Sense Media?
For starters, a recent contribution to Democratic Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris, along with various others.
Here’s a blurb from the Influence Watch organization:
Common Sense Media is funded by a variety of left-of-center foundations including the Bezos Family Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. 3 The group’s founder, Jim Steyer, is the brother of left-of-center megadonor Tom Steyer. 4
Common Sense Media was created by Tom and Jim Steyer. It’s almost poetic that the Steyer brothers were concerned about children’s privacy, as one of the main issues for birthing this Common Sense Media. Seeing how Gaggle.net isn’t so keen on privacy, as they actually monitor kids even when they are not at school functions or on school property.
Jim Steyer’s interests are wider than his brother’s; he has focused on education, technology, poverty and children’s privacy.
He also has a broader network than his brother. While Tom has worked almost exclusively with Democrats, Jim Steyer counts many Republicans as friends and allies. Margaret Spellings, the education secretary for President George W. Bush, calls him a “ball of fire” with “unbounded” passion and energy. Top GOP strategist Mark McKinnon is so much a fan that he agreed to serve on the board of Steyer’s new 501(c)4 advocacy group.
Remember, when you send your kids or grandkids to school, the phrase School Safety is not exactly what you would like it to be. Their cause and effect is much different than what most parents and families consider.
Safety does not need manipulation via fear. Fear should not be taught. It will be learned soon enough in their natural environment.
Do not feed this pandemic.
