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IB removal of US History and History of the Americas

8/29/2013

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What follows is a letter I sent today to the Principal of Ridgeview High School, the Chairman of the Clay County School Board as well as Superintendent Van Zant:  I urge those of you who feel the same way to echo these concerns.

I'm writing at my shocked, disappointment upon learning that our County's elite learning environment, the IB Program, had chosen to drop the AP US History and History of the Americas classes and replace them with Human Geography.

Along with other IB parents who believe it is vital that our children have a firm understanding of history to keep, as Churchill stated, "those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it," I am writing on all our behalfs to urge your administration to reinstate at the very least the APUSH class and rethink your focus in this area.

At a time when progressive groups are working hard to revize and demean our great nation's history, there can be no valid reasoning for our County's brightest students to not be offered the opportunity to learn from where we've come and what makes the USA so unique, with all of it's warts, while still being the most sought after place in the world.

Many of us moved to Clay because its school system reflected our conservarive values and we believe it is much more important for these students to know the "why" than the "where" in their educational foundation of history and social studies (plus have the opportunity to earn college credit that the AP clssses provided).

We believe this to be important on so many levels so we therefore expect a prompt response. My number is below if you wish to contact me.

Sincerely,

Rod D. Swartz
Parent of IB Student Mark Swartz '15
2 Comments
William
1/7/2014 06:24:51 am

Shocking indeed. I still see it listed on their website. Can you tell me how you were informed? Thanks for sharing!

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Rod Swartz
1/7/2014 07:18:03 am

As is the case with most of the school websites in our County, RHS's is out of date perhaps on purpose in this case. I have spoken with several in RHS' History department who are quite frustrated with the changes that were made unilaterally by Principal Segreto who claims vehemently that the US History is still included in the curriculum when the fact is that it is included as part of a 2-year course called History of the Americas where our country's history will be subjugated along with that of Central America and Canada.

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