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well we've been telling you about this
and now
some good news the new jersey school
board has reversed plans to remove
all holiday names from their school
calendar after parents expressed
outrage at an emergency meeting on that
dumb decision
i think some forget that one's own
agenda or beliefs
may not be what is good for the
betterment of the community and the
education of our children we do care
about diversity and inclusion but this
is not the way
we have distressed our town all over the
world
and they take it off the calendar your
actions have made randolph the laughing
stock of the nation
two of those parents tom tatum and james
jacoby from randolph township in new
jersey join us right now good morning to
both of you
more steve good morning so tom you
started this a week or so ago
calling for the resignation of all the
school board members and
for some strange reason they got the
message
uh the the parents in that school
district did not think that that was a
good idea
that's correct i mean they got the
message they reversed course on their
decision
which is very much appreciated there
were no resignations which was a little
surprising
because to truth be told they've lost
the trust of our community
and feel between a mixture of their
arrogance and incompetence that they're
not really the best people to proceed
forward
in helping to rebuild and help our
community heal when they came up with
the decision
tom to get rid of the names it was a
majority decision yesterday the vote was
eight to one
so obviously they realized hey wait a
minute those are the people we represent
and they're all really angry at me right
tom
you would think that there was actually
quite a bit of discussion uh leading up
to that vote to get to that point
where for a while it seemed like they
actually might reverse course and keep
the cat the holidays on the calendar so
i'm glad uh you know
more calmer minds prevailed and it was
well thought out
and they moved forward with um the path
that they did okay
you're talking about the discussion the
school board members had about the
backlash from the meeting last night
we've got a little of that let's watch
i regret that this issue is so upsetting
to so many and that has shown a negative
light on our town
what started with the best intentions
became a political bubble our school
superintendent
administrators and personnel are being
unfairly
and inappropriately harassed it is
important to
recognize and learn from our community
as a
whole not just the vocal loudest
people
okay so james one of the speakers there
said uh it is important to
recognize to learn from our community as
a whole not just
allowed as people you are one of the
loudest people but ultimately
you know it's supposed to be a majority
wins isn't it
it is and i hope the lesson that
everyone's
seen from this not just from our town
but from across the country is it's not
about being the loudest to get your way
it's really about you know learning that
this needs to be a transparent
accountable and collaborative process
with the town that you live in
and that's the one of the biggest
messages we were giving the board last
night consistently across 40 different
speakers
and that's what they really need to come
come and think about it as we move
forward
and james one of the things is you know
they decided to get rid of all the
holiday names because they said
initially you know some of these names
really upset people or trigger people
but how does memorial day trigger
anybody or how does
the fourth of july trigger anybody they
didn't really
articulate well why they should get rid
of all the holiday
names in randolph high school and
instead just say
day off yeah it's a really um
concerning point right steve i think
that's what got a lot of people riled up
is it seems like
there was either a huge lack of
awareness or there was something else
that was going on there
i personally lost uh my first cousin in
in an iraq that was killed in action
on on so memorial day is a very
important day for me personally
and it is for a lot of folks in their
their armed veterans i think
what senator bucca who attended made a
great point to say listen yeah
the importance of days off if we if we
eliminate this right take take ten years
out and there's no calendars for our
kids to learn from
how do we teach american tradition in
the schools that we can then talk about
at the family table
at home it was such a good point yeah i
think that's the really underlying tone
here
well uh clearly the parents there like
the movie
network they were as mad as hell and
they weren't gonna take it anymore
uh tom and james thank you very much for
joining us after a very busy
yesterday thanks steve thank you steve
all right there you go
day one