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Thursday, August 28
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Source: SnoValley Star Hutch: Qblog , Qnews Snoqualmie, Wash. -- The Mount Si High School teacher who sparked a town controversy by asking a question of right-wing preacher Ken Hutcherson during a school assembly is leaving the school in Snoqualmie. Related in seaQwa : Mount Si tolerance controversy Kit McCormick accepted a position at Seattle School District's Garfield High School in July, SnoValley Star reports. McCormick told the Star that a conservative parent-founded group, Coalition to Defend Education (CODE), influenced her decision to leave. She described the group as a "closed...
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Wednesday, April 30
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Source: Federal Way Mirror Hutch v. Mount Si Federal Way, Wash. -- Sometimes silence speaks quite loudly. Students at Federal Way High School, as well as more than 200 high schools throughout the state, participated in the National Day of Silence event on April 25. Both gay and straight students banded together to raise awareness of the bullying and harassment that gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual students often face. They made their statement by going all day without speaking, instead signing their names to a list of supporters and passing out cards describing their cause. A student leader...
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Friday, April 25
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Source: MyNorthwest.com KIRO Newsradio , Qblog , Seattle Times , KING5 News SNOQUALMIE, Wash. -- Ken Hutcherson called last week for 1,000 to join him for a protest outside Mount Si High School this morning. He objects to a student-led observance called " Day of Silence " that's designed to raise awareness of anti-gay bullying. The numbers that heeded his call were far lower according to all estimates. Associated Press put the count at "about 250 protesters and counter-protesters," but it's number appears to be generous by more than two times. AP's story emphasizes...
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Friday, April 25
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Source: Seattle Times , KIRO Newsradio Seattle Times catches up with the controversy that a Redmond pastor has worked to create at Mount Si High School in Snoqualmie by interviewing former student Neil Lequia. As a gay-rights activist, he's helping to organize a news conference in support of students participating in the national Day of Silence, an event meant to highlight the silence gay students say they often must maintain at school, the Times reports. As a gay teenager growing up in the Snoqualmie Valley, he remembers "the bullies," popular, athletic boys vamping in the hall and...
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Monday, April 21
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by Robin Evans Tens of thousands of students at colleges, high schools, and some middle schools are expected to participate this Friday, April 25, in an observance of the National Day of Silence . Now in its twelfth year, the observance is meant to "bring attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment on campus, " but the goal of day is to make schools safer for all students, not just LGBTQ students. The local observances of Day of Silence are usually organized by students in each school, but are supported and encouraged by Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network ( GLSEN...
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Friday, March 14
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Source: Snoqualmie Valley Record The Snoqualmie Valley School District Board of Directors heard more about the perception of bias at Mount Si High School at its March 6 regular meeting. Mount Si librarian Elaine Harger said she had received an e-mail from Rev. Ken Hutcherson that referred to Mount Si's Gay-Straight Alliance as a "sex club" and asked if Harger wanted to be added to the list of Mount Si teachers he was pushing to have fired. "What had I done to justify that he would try to get me fired from my job? This is intimidation, pure and simple," said Harger. Hutcherson...
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Friday, March 07
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Source: Seattle Times and Seattle PI Big Blog Hutch: Qblog , Qnews Snoqualmie, Wash. -- A group of parents in the Snoqualmie Valley doesn't want Mount Si High School to hold its annual Day of Silence in support of gay and lesbian students. The parents say they aren't anti-gay but are concerned about teachers expressing personal views on controversial subjects. About 80 people filled a Snoqualmie Valley School Board meeting Thursday night to voice concerns over the national event that is meant to call attention to the silence in which many gay students say they must lead their lives. Students...
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Friday, January 18
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Source: PI Big Blog and KING5 News The Rev. Ken Hutcherson , an outspoken opponent of gay rights who last week launched a stock-buying campaign to try to win influence over gay-friendly Microsoft, is apparently creating controversy again. The administration at Mount Si High School, part of Snohomish Valley Public Schools, invited him to speak at a Thursday assembly honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But when Hutcherson was introduced, some people booed him. As he wrote in a message to church members , "One of the sponsors stood up and challenged me during the assembly. Then one of the teachers...
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