Rocklin Parents Want Action After Controversial Quiz Question: ‘Complete Attack On Conservatives’

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ROCKLIN (CBS13) — Parents successful Rocklin were frustrated implicit a quiz question involving the KKK and Fox News, and they are calling connected the territory to instrumentality action.

Frustrated parents came look to look with the Rocklin Unified schoolhouse committee for the archetypal clip since a arguable quiz sparked concern.

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“I cognize determination is authorities successful history, but I don’t privation to cognize your authorities and I don’t deliberation my kids should cognize your politics,” said Whitney High School genitor Kari Hamilton.

The past quiz question astatine Whitney High School asked:

A radical of implicit idiots is

a “KKK”
b “all of Florida”
c “Fox News”
d “Texans”

“It felt similar a implicit onslaught connected conservatives,” explained genitor Tina Fancher. “Parents successful a household are laying down a instauration for their children, it’s not their relation to alteration that foundation.”

“This benignant of onslaught connected this feline is truly not warranted,” explained District genitor Curtis Burton.

Burton doesn’t judge the teacher did thing wrong.

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“There is an work for teachers to support things benignant of interesting. The happening is the trial question was evidently a ace astatine the KKK,” helium said.

The territory precocious opened an probe into the incident, promising disciplinary enactment would beryllium taken.

“Whitney High School continues to behaviour a thorough investigation, which volition effect successful disciplinary action. Once the probe is complete, the schoolhouse volition find improvements that tin beryllium made astatine its field truthful each students consciousness invited each day,” said Sundeep Dosanjh, a Rocklin Unified School District spokesperson

Hamilton, who participated successful a genitor protestation Monday warring against divisiveness and governmental beliefs successful the classroom, wants to spot much enactment taken.

“To accidental determination is going to beryllium disciplinary enactment means thing to america anymore. We person been told that and person not had immoderate action. At slightest a suspension,” she said.

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The territory did not springiness a timeline connected however agelong the probe volition instrumentality to complete.

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