Parental rights continue to be attacked. When will it end?
In a CJN Exclusive, Middletown Board of Education President Frank Capone offers his take on the controversies involving school boards.
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Long before I was afforded the title of President of the Middletown Board of Education, I was blessed to be given the most important and cherished title that I hold closest to my heart: Dad.
My name is Frank Capone, and I am the father of 5 children who are part of the Middletown public school system. Like many of you who may read this op-ed, I was insanely frustrated in 2020 with the prospect of having no say in the failed experiment we now know as virtual school. With no end in sight and a board of education leadership that seemed quite content, I— along with my good friend Jacqueline Tobacco—decided to run for the Board to get our schools back to in-person learning.
The last three years have been very sobering for me as a board member. If you put the interests of the children first, all should work out. This would be true if we weren't led by an administration in Trenton that cares far more for special interests and political agendas than putting children first.
We are blessed with a Governor who mandates rules (oftentimes to meet his radical political agenda) via guidance and executive orders without any legislative law.
From masks to radically progressive sexual education mandates starting in early elementary to what a parent can and can't know that a teacher can, the current administration has zero care for parental rights. They trample parental rights under the guise of "they are all of our children."
That's a bunch of bull.
Nobody knows what's best for their child better than their parents. The state is trying to systematically dismantle that sacred bond we have at home. We cannot let that happen.
Parental rights are under attack, and it's only going to get worse. As parents, we must continue to run for Boards of Education and support those candidates who are parental rights advocates. Nobody will ever be a better advocate for your child than you. Try as they may, the Governor and his administration will never be Mom or Dad to your child.
They just need a constant reminder.
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Frank Capone is a proud father and the President of the Middletown Board of Education.
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This the best and most succinct description of what has been happening in the schools in NJ and across the county that I have read. What Mr. Capone describes is due to the belief by politicians at the State and Federal level that they know what's best for our children. Commend Mr. Capone for taking a stand and working to get elected. Also for taking a stand that goes against the current wave that allows the state to indoctrinate your children with beliefs that are not in line with a parent's beliefs or moral standing . No doubt cancel culture will try all it can to minimize, discredit, and harass him for taking a stand that is against their agenda. We need to ensure that we support him and the other elected officials who are willing to speak out.
Right on! My wife has bravely homeschooled now for years. Mr. Capone, please be resolute and permit no "settlement" in connection with the Autocratic Governor and Attorney General's injunction and subsequent litigation efforts. Else we'll be living in a parallel but nevertheless unacceptable version of the protagonist's life from Grisham's acclaimed book "A Time to Kill". Mike Mulligan, Esq., michaelmulligan@comcast.net.