From TheNewAmerican.com…
Upperclassmen in a Seattle high school who wish to serve as mentors to freshmen must agree to be kind, have a positive attitude — and support Black Lives Matter, abortion, and other left-wing causes.
Eastlake High School operates a “Link Crew” program, which “pairs juniors and seniors with incoming freshmen to help them navigate the demands of high school,” according to KTTH talk-show host Jason Rantz, who broke the story. “Students are chosen to participate for being ‘kind, responsible, a positive role model, has blossoming leadership qualities’ in addition to wanting to give back to the school.”
In order to participate in the program, students must agree to abide by a code of conduct supplied by faculty advisors Jason Wessels and Michelle Okroy. Students must initial each statement in the code and then sign the document. “Students who do not follow through with their promises will be removed,” noted Rantz.
The two-page code consists of four categories, three of which are noncontroversial, asking students to be good role models, show a positive attitude, and so forth.
The fourth one, however, consists of a litany of political statements, most of which clearly fall on the left side of the ideological spectrum. Students who want to be members of the Link Crew are forced to pledge fealty to such assertions as “Black Lives Matter,” “Love is Love,” “No Human is Illegal,” “Women’s rights are human rights,” and “Kindness is everything.”
Those very statements — plus the equally vacuous “Science is real” — adorn signs posted on virtue-signaling progressives’ lawns across the fruited plain, announcing to passersby that the inhabitants of these often-pricey abodes favor “mostly peaceful” protests that destroy black neighborhoods, unlimited sexual gratification of any kind, open borders, and abortion on demand (not to mention liberty- and livelihood-killing Covid and climate mandates).
“This Code of Conduct is so wildly and obviously inappropriate that it strains credulity to think Wessels and Okroy thought it wise to demand fidelity to these political causes,” observed Rantz. “And it’s hard to believe any non-partisan parent — or student — would allow their kid to sign this document.”
Of course, given Seattle’s prevailing political persuasion, it’s quite possible that the teachers and many students and parents found those statements innocuous since they and all their acquaintances agree with them.
