Were you there? Tell your story.
Are you a student, parent chaperone, or teacher who attended the EBR Schools’ Day of Hope event? Did your child attend? Share your story here.
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Taxpayer funded trauma for our kids? Just Say “Nope.”
On September 20, 2022, EBR Schools held a field trip called “Day of Hope” for over 2,000 high school seniors, which they claimed was a “college and career fair.” The real intent was purposefully concealed. As covered in the parish’s journal of record, The Baton Rouge Advocate, school buses transported students to a local church, where event leaders required students to disclose their gender identity and divide into two groups. Boys were encouraged to perform macho acts while girls were advised to forgive men who rape and assault them. Speakers subjected students to graphic tales and reenactment of suicide, which left some students with past loss due to suicide disturbed and upset with no emotional support to help them. Students were found in the bathroom weeping. In violation of federal law, lunch was conditioned on completing voter registration forms and other election related materials were distributed to students. Students were lured to the event with promises of free food and educational opportunity. Once there, they lived a day of trauma, not a “Day of Hope." Please join us in the fight to help our kids heal and to ensure this never happens again.
Our public schools have a duty to educate and protect our children. As parents, we cannot trust district leaders who lie and conceal something as important as where they are taking our children and what they are doing to them. EBR students are eager to expose the wrongs and hold those responsible accountable. Together, our community can do better for our children.
