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		<title>New Jersey &#8220;Praise Obama&#8221; Song Scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Schmidt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse of Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Bias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new jersey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So there was this video making the rounds today showing school children singing praise to Obama. Here it is:</p>
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<p>I read online that the school has been identified as:<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>B. Bernice Young E.S. (05-0620-030)</strong><br />
School Type: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL<br />
Ms. Denise King, Principal<br />
1203 NECK ROAD<br />
BURLINGTON, NJ  08016-9741<br />
(609)386-3520</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">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.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">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 &#8220;Burlington Township&#8221;. 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.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I then went to the New Jersey Department of Education website and <a href="http://www.state.nj.us/education/directory/" target="_blank">found that the &#8220;B. Bernice Young E.S.&#8221; was listed as a state school in the &#8220;Burlington Township School District&#8221;</a>. 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.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I then called the media number that the B. Bernice Young school gave me and it went to a mailbox that was 100% full.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I am now going to try to call the <a href="http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/directory/directory3.pl" target="_blank">school district</a> and see if I can get comment from them. My questions are:</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">1) Can you confirm that the video of children singing praise of Obama is the B. Bernice Young elementary school?<br />
2) What is the name of the teacher and what class does the video depict?<br />
3) Does the video accurately depict the school&#8217;s understanding of the classroom exercise?<br />
4) Does the school district support the classroom exercise depicted on the video?<br />
5) Does the school district have a policy against classroom exercises with a partisan political message?<br />
6) Does the school district consider the event depicted on the video to be a partisan political message?<br />
7) Has the school district opened an investigation into how the event depicted on the video came to be?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">These questions can be modified and asked of the school itself or the state Dept. of Education.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">If you would like to try to get comment from this school, they list the following email addresses on their website:<br />
Principal Dr. Denise King, <a href="mailto: dking@burltwpsch.org">dking@burltwpsch.org</a><br />
Vice Principal:  Mrs.  Carol Zulla, <a href="mailto: czulla@burltwpsch.org">czulla@burltwpsch.org</a><br />
School Nurse:  Mrs. Debbie Ford RN, <a href="mailto: dford@burltwpsch.org">dford@burltwpsch.org</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">UPDATE:</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">School district mailbox is also full. The front office of the school won&#8217;t answer any questions. Looks like a school that has no idea how to defend their actions and is getting overwhelmed. Why that can&#8217;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.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://exurbanleague.com/2009/09/24/confirmed-kids-praising-obama-an-official-public-school-activity.aspx" target="_blank">STATEMENT FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://michellemalkin.com/" target="_blank">MICHELLE MALKIN COVERAGE</a></p>
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