Tuesday, June 21, 2016

EUSD Board meeting tonight on Baird yoga fiasco

There could be fireworks.

Parents for Responsible Spending:
EUSD released a Q&A in which it claims the Superintendent's only duty on the Sonima Advisory Board was "to make an annual report" about the EUSD H&W program. Well look here- Baird enjoying a private benefit luncheon at the Tudor Jones mansion in Greenwich, CT! He has a big ole smile with his arm around Sonima founder Sonia Jones and her fancy friends. Hmmm... Try again Baird. Your hand has been caught in the cookie jar!

Meeting is at 6 pm (after a closed 5:30 pm circle the wagons session) at EUSD headquarters at 101 South Rancho Santa Fe Road.

36 comments:

  1. If Baird was supposed to report on the program, he failed to report truthfully. He made claims that were not even supported by the studies to convince the Board to continue the yoga program before other academic topic for which there are state standards. He has lied and placed his own interests before those of the children and parents in this educational community. He should be ousted.

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  2. From wwwinsidephilantrophy.com
    "Paul Tudor Jones is one of the first investors to really use rigorous metrics to measure the effectiveness of the programs he supports, and has been known to quickly discard programs if they prove ineffective" LIKE THE ENCINITAS YOGA AGENDA. The billionaire doesn't want anything to have to do with it any longer and the parents of Encinitas school children do not want the money supporting yoga in place of core academic programs or simple PE. SO, that leaves us with WHO, who in Encinitas is pushing for this anti-American form of mediation and stretching to fill our children's hearts and minds?

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    1. "anti American"?

      Now that's stretching.

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  3. Baird continued to spew his "83% of parents surveyed support yoga" line last night. That survey was taken when yoga was not costing the district anything. I was one of those 83%! But now that scarce district funds are being used to fund it, I can't support it. But that does not stop Baird from bringing up that number time after time. I dare him to take that poll now.

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  4. 8:13AM. Teaching yoga based stretching, breathing, and using quiet moments for reflection is anti-american? Your true colors are showing through.

    I feel for your kids having to live under such ignorance until the day they move out on their own. Living with blinders over your particular brand of faith reaffirms that the opiate of the masses is limiting ones brain power and your kids eventually will, as do all of them, see the lost potential that they will blame on no one but your one size fits all outlook. Religious aspects were removed from the program, but that would never be enough for you.

    As for the on-going debacle, it is a shame that such a fine exercise that can advantageously serve these young people throughout their whole lives, has been stained by such a poorly implemented program. The blame game is just beginning and there are some at the top who are so deserving of finally paying some dues after exhibiting such poor management of the EUSD system over the last few years.

    Some new blood on that school board has now become mandatory. There is not one of those board members who deserves to keep their seats along with the soon to be outgoing Superintendent. Good riddance to them all. Their wasteful intransigence will not be missed.

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    1. Teaching religious-based Hinduism through Yoga and then subversively striping the religious aspects away to get it 'acceptable' for the masses of Christians in order to further denigrate the principles and values that make their family's strong and that helps their kids make good decisions. If you've gone through puberty and you walk into some sweaty yoga class...think that this may tempt a young man, seeing his favorite girl with no bra on bent over in a position that he masturbates to hourly when in private? Sex sells and yoga is a $6,000,0000,000 industry and climbing. get the kids back outside where they belong and out of the 'sexy studios.' Why don't we show some integrity and communicate our religion so we know who you are, undoubtedly an atheist. I am Christian and one of the 83% of Americans that vehemently support Christian values and traditions and praying to Hindu gods is not one of them. Peace out;)

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    2. 1:50 Thanks for clarifying in one sentence why I support Tim Baird, Yoga, and Atheism.


      P.S., Try to get out more often, and I don't mean to church. You have a very distorted view of the world.

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    3. .....and one wonders where "rape culture" comes from? 1:50 - shame on you.

      - The Sculpin

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    4. 1:50 Pm Where's the nearest yoga studio! I feel like a convert now!

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    5. Have Muir model some yoga pants - that'll cool off the libido!

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  5. 11:15- You mentioned "the outgoing Superintendent". Do you know if Baird is leaving? I haven't hear this, although I would not weep if he were leaving.

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  6. Wow, please view this video of the Jois openeing in Encinitas and tell yourself it's not religious/spiritual:
    https://youtu.be/Uv-e58z4M4A

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  7. America is a Christian nation and the Constitution is based on Christianity. So if 85% of Americans consider themselves Christians today (see reference below) and subscribe to Christian/Western values which are rooted in Jesus Christ and the bible, would you say that Hindu derived yoga, meditation, ayurvedic natural healing, self-realization are all part of anti-American anti-Christian genre that denigrates and erodes the teaching of the bible as it promotes other to find spirituality in other foreign sources. Foreign religions found among the coastal atheists are often described as New Age, Eastern, mystical, Buddhist, and environmental fascists and almost always supported and promoted by 1960's era baby boomers who drank heavily on this intended church-destroying Kool Aid and now their brainwashed children as lining up for more of it as the apple never falls far from the tree.
    Do you disagree with this? BTW here is the 83% reference: http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=90356

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    1. Americans go to church less now than in any time in our history, so. But yes, we coastal atheists are in fact almost 100% environmental fascists and we're coming to your town to take your children.

      Er, weren't we talking about Baird having a conflict of interest? Maybe it's time for Gene Scott...

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  8. I am always dumbfounded by how few people have read Michael Crighton's piece on Environemtnalism as a Religion. This thoroughly defines many of you 60 and 70s-something atheist Environmental Fascists. Please read and enjoy a compelling look at what you have become since you abandoned Christianity:
    http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/ID/2818/Crichton-Environmentalism-is-a-religion.aspx

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  9. You can't get rid of Baird yet, he still has more useless,toxic land to sell to the city at grossly inflated prices....

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  10. 12:19, that Yoga gathering is pretty scary looking: billionaires and Far Eastern freaks all the way!

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  11. Mike Slater on Radio 760 AM has been discussing the Baird yoga controversy. The show runs from 10 am - 2 pm. He spends anywhere from 15 -30 minutes on it. Not every day. He spoke about it today.

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  12. Mike Slater listening file podcast from yesterdays show:
    worldnow.com/kfmbam/podcast/audio/the_mike_slater_show_17420.mp3

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  13. I just watched the video Jois Opening in Encinitas then found a bunch more. This billionaire couple appears to be trying to spread Hindu-based Ashtanga yoga around the world.
    Please take a look at all of the shrines set-up in this Encinitas Jois studio...very scary... https://youtu.be/n0w7WqqWgFU?t=41s

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    1. Nothing scary at all. A clothing shop, with standard clothing. A yoga studio with some cultural artifacts and a deity. Having a deity in the studio is not appropriate for public school, but this is a private business. Why can't people retain their religion and also respect that of another culture without following it themselves? Lot's of non-Christians visit Notre Dame or St Paul's Cathedral without being scared.

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  14. This is probably the best Encinitas yoga video that I have found that truly defines the physical aspect and benefits of yoga and does not promote any religiosity or spirituality whatsoever. The best thing about these instructional videos are that the kids can do them at school AND at home with their assigned iPads. I am going to share this video with my pre-teen kids this evening when I get home.
    https://youtu.be/53pscRM1xqk

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  15. Great article on Jones and Yoga in Vanity Fair titled:
    WHOSE YOGA IS IT, ANYWAY? Sonia Jones, lithe blonde wife of hedge-fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones, has partnered with the family of the late Ashtanga-yoga master Krishna Pattabhi Jois to launch a chain of money-making yoga studios and boutiques. That’s got many of Jois’s devotees in a distinctly un-yogic twist.
    http://www.vanityfair.com/news/business/2012/04/krishna-pattanbhi-trophy-wife-ashtanga-yoga

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  16. Whoa...it turns out that Jois was a TOTAL perv...check this freak out then put your daughter in her place:
    http://thatisoffensive.blogspot.com/2011/06/pattabhi-jois-was-yogi-pimp.html

    http://thatisoffensive.blogspot.com/2011/06/pattabhi-jois-was-yogi-pimp.html

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  17. Isn't yoga simply a gateway for our kids to eventually become curious about meditation and other psychospiritual and physio-spiritual practices INSTEAD of placing their faith and trust in God and the bible?

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    1. 3:00, sometimes a girl can only dream.

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  18. 3:00PM One goal - many pathways.

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  19. Isn't algebra simply a gateway for our kids to discover geometric symmetries first developed to construct and decorate mosques in the 9th to 15th centuries?

    Aren't all advanced mathematics just derivative works designed to convert our children into radical ISIS suicide bombers?

    http://www.storyofmathematics.com/islamic.html

    Maybe have a glass of champagne without worrying if you share theological beliefs with the Benedictine monks in France who developed it.

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    1. Algebra leads science, which leads to evolution. Terrible gateway for good Christian fundamentalist folk.

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    2. Don't forget Scientology...

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  20. Who here thinks that it would be easy to staff a great, high quality yoga program in EUSD with parent volunteers? Is there a compelling reason to use only paid teachers? Wouldn't there be more than enough qualified parents to volunteer? That would satisfy both sides of the issue - yoga would stay, but it would not take funds from academics.

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    1. Great idea...and another parent to run them like dogs outside!

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  21. The issue is the money this program will cost, not the philosophical ramifications. It comes under PE - it should have lower priorities than the 3-R's.

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  22. Baird kissing up to billionaires - sounds like he is planning for future employment.

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  23. My greatest issue is that Baird lied about the results of their studies. The conclusions of their studies showed no measurable benefits to student participants, yet Baird used his position to say that there were results. However, there is a CLEAR benefit to Baird personally since he gets to travel and seemingly got a job for his own daughter with this foundation.

    If this had just been a failed research study, it would be one thing, but now he wants to rob the General Fund so that he can pay for a failed program that he maintains benefits kids. Research results contradict that position. He seems to support having elementary students sell Sally Foster Gift Wrap to fund their own reading, music, and science programs so that he can take over funds to finance his own travel and other personal benefits at the expense of EUSD children and their hard-working parents!

    He is another advanced degree liar and slime like Lisa Shaffer on council. Baird and Shaffer give all people with advanced degrees a bad name, but they are the exceptions. They are both liars who push their own agendas regardless of vetted scientific results.

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