So there was this video making the rounds today showing school children singing praise to Obama. Here it is:

I read online that the school has been identified as:

B. Bernice Young E.S. (05-0620-030)
School Type: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Ms. Denise King, Principal
1203 NECK ROAD
BURLINGTON, NJ 08016-9741
(609)386-3520

So I called the school at 609-386-3520 and asked if they were a public school. They refused to answer that questions. I asked what school district they belonged to and they refused to answer. They gave me a number for media relations and hung up on me.

I called the school back and got a different person. I asked them if what school district they were a part of and they said “Burlington Township”. I asked if they were a public school and they refused to answer. I told them that whether they were a public school or not should be public information yet they refused to answer. They gave me their media number (609) 699-4025 and hung up again on me. I was completely civil through all of these conversations.

I then went to the New Jersey Department of Education website and found that the “B. Bernice Young E.S.” was listed as a state school in the “Burlington Township School District”. I then proceeded to call the media relations (609.292.4469 option 8 ) of the New Jersey Department of Education who seemed surprised that the school was not answering basic questions. I asked them for comment about the behavior of this school in not answering basic questions and they said they would get back to me so I left my name and number with them.

I then called the media number that the B. Bernice Young school gave me and it went to a mailbox that was 100% full.

I am now going to try to call the school district and see if I can get comment from them. My questions are:

1) Can you confirm that the video of children singing praise of Obama is the B. Bernice Young elementary school?
2) What is the name of the teacher and what class does the video depict?
3) Does the video accurately depict the school’s understanding of the classroom exercise?
4) Does the school district support the classroom exercise depicted on the video?
5) Does the school district have a policy against classroom exercises with a partisan political message?
6) Does the school district consider the event depicted on the video to be a partisan political message?
7) Has the school district opened an investigation into how the event depicted on the video came to be?

These questions can be modified and asked of the school itself or the state Dept. of Education.

If you would like to try to get comment from this school, they list the following email addresses on their website:
Principal Dr. Denise King, dking@burltwpsch.org
Vice Principal:  Mrs.  Carol Zulla, czulla@burltwpsch.org
School Nurse:  Mrs. Debbie Ford RN, dford@burltwpsch.org

UPDATE:

School district mailbox is also full. The front office of the school won’t answer any questions. Looks like a school that has no idea how to defend their actions and is getting overwhelmed. Why that can’t answer basic questions like whether they are a public school or not is beyond me. I guess this is big government, or rather corrupt government that uses taxpayer money for political gain at its finest.

STATEMENT FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT

MICHELLE MALKIN COVERAGE