Got one of those mass e-mailings today from a coach at school, the one that shows several Dem candidates at a steak fry in, I don't remember, Indiana? where Barrack Obama is the lone person on the stage without his hand on his heart during The Pledge. Supposedly, he "refused" to say it, although there is no evidence of what really happened.
Now, I am not trying to start a political mud slinger here. I just want to know this:
Is the school-wide e-mail system the proper place to air political views of any nature? I know that when I worked for the State of Texas, we were not allowed to espouse any sort of political views, even going so far as to not allow bumper stickers endorsing any given candidate.
I believe that this particular e-mail was meant to communicate a message about where this particular teacher stood politically, and I don't think school is a good venue for these views.
I personally do not talk to anyone at work about the choices I make at the ballot box.
I sent her back a reply stating that I thought she was being a little too political and that she, along with all of us, do not really know what was going on in that picture at that moment in time.
Did I mess up?
Now, I am not trying to start a political mud slinger here. I just want to know this:
Is the school-wide e-mail system the proper place to air political views of any nature? I know that when I worked for the State of Texas, we were not allowed to espouse any sort of political views, even going so far as to not allow bumper stickers endorsing any given candidate.
I believe that this particular e-mail was meant to communicate a message about where this particular teacher stood politically, and I don't think school is a good venue for these views.
I personally do not talk to anyone at work about the choices I make at the ballot box.
I sent her back a reply stating that I thought she was being a little too political and that she, along with all of us, do not really know what was going on in that picture at that moment in time.
Did I mess up?