Recently the Gay Straight Alliance meeting was held at High School South. It is a prime example of one of the major reasons that High School South has seen such a precipitous decline in its annual rankings (as shown in New Jersey Monthly’s 2012 ratings). This, while our already high property taxes continue to climb.
First we will stipulate, as all decent people should, that any form of bullying for any reason is always to be condemned. However, for the lavishly paid Superintendent Victoria Kniewel and her lackey, Principal Dennis Lepold, to hold and extol the virtues of this event is the height of supercilious social engineering. It is also in contravention to the religious and moral teachings of many orthodox faith traditions in this town.
When incontrovertible evidence has demonstrated that homosexual men live on average 20 years less than heterosexual men, one wonders why Kniewel and Lepold would be so supportive of the recruitment of children into a demonstrably dangerous lifestyle choice. As practicing Roman Catholics we are not asking that our religious/moral beliefs be taught in the schools — only that topics inimical to people of various orthodox faiths not be espoused using our hard-earned tax dollars.
In light of the failure of Kniewel and Lepold to keep High School South in the state’s top rankings, they should both seriously consider resigning their posts. We will not hold our breath for that, but in any case all concerned citizens who care about traditional values and the squandering of our tax money should barrage them with phone calls and E-mails to protest their lack of respect and antipathy toward our values.
Paul and Mediatrix Milazzo
West Windsor
