If you’ve been following the hubbub over the public school music teacher who has been suspended with pay from her position over controversy from her showing elementary age students an educational video about opera, I hope you caught an article appearing in the 03/10/06 edition of the Rocky Mountain News…
The article reports that the teacher, Tresa Waggoner, is looking for a new position and has been informed by the Bennett School Board that she will not be allowed to return to her classroom in the Bennett School system. The article also reports that Ms. Waggoner’s removal may by connected to other issues involving some parent’s displeasure over her decision to not allow traditional Christian songs in the school’s holiday pageant.
In addition to the latest article from the Rocky Mountain News, you can find additional information on a website which supports Tresa Waggoner, located at http://www.savetresa.org/
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3 thoughts on “Just In Case You Were Wondering About Bennett, Colorado”
After reading the lead sentence, I thought, “What on earth? Did she show them a clip from Salome or something?” After reading the article, I’m still puzzling over it all. Get a grip, Bennett!
Starting 2nd and 3rd graders with “Faust” just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense from a teaching standpoint. “Magic Flute” might have been a better choice given the ages of the children. The story aside, the musical language of Mozart is much more acsessible to the novice.
Also, having opera and all its components as part of a well contructed music curriculm with clear goals and expectations might help reduce the fear factor among the parents…as long as no one mentions “Rigoletto.”
After reading the lead sentence, I thought, “What on earth? Did she show them a clip from Salome or something?” After reading the article, I’m still puzzling over it all. Get a grip, Bennett!
Agreed, some of the scenes in Salome would probably classify as a little over the top for elementary school age children.
Starting 2nd and 3rd graders with “Faust” just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense from a teaching standpoint. “Magic Flute” might have been a better choice given the ages of the children. The story aside, the musical language of Mozart is much more acsessible to the novice.
Also, having opera and all its components as part of a well contructed music curriculm with clear goals and expectations might help reduce the fear factor among the parents…as long as no one mentions “Rigoletto.”