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Support public education! The School Board needs to see and understand just how much our community supports them in holding firm against the outrageous demands of LifeWise. You don't need to speak, just show up. And wear BLUE ! The Everett School District's policies existed long before LifeWise arrived. District policy protects the safety of children leaving their care during the school day. And, District policy also maintains the neutrality required by both state and federal

(For context, read the last blog post found here .) With a looming deadline of responding to LifeWise’s threat letter by December 5, it is more important than ever to reach out to the Board with your voice of support. The Everett School Board attempted to play it safe by allowing LIfeWise to operate in the district and it backfired spectacularly. Right now we ask you to send a wave of encouragement and support to empower the ESD Board to do the right thing: DO NOT capitulate

Last week, Everett School District received a threat letter from a law firm representing LifeWise. With ridiculous demands and an impossible-to-meet deadline, the District will almost certainly be sued. The threat letter claims that the District privileges secular organizations and that it demonstrates “an animus toward religion.”  Let’s be very clear - there are no secular organizations taking children out of school and returning them during school hours at Emerson Elementar

Schools with LifeWise programs do NOT improve attendance, academic performance, or result in fewer disciplinary actions. In 2023, LifeWise commissioned and paid for its own study, making unverifiable claims that schools with LifeWise programs offered to students helped improve overall attendance, academic performance and fewer disciplinary action. LifeWise's paid-for study has been refuted before. Honesty for Ohio Education disputes the study's highly flawed and sometimes pur

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With little fanfare, LifeWise Academy has changed their vision statement. Where once they provided plausible deniability, saying that...

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For the past couple of weeks, we have given examples of small, but impactful actions you can take to help protect students in public...

Tell the Everett School District that you are tired of their inaction in protecting our public school students from Christian...

Many in our community are feeling hopeless and lost in the wake of recent events, not only in this last week, but in the last several...

I know my children are not unique in this, but trying to get them out the door in the morning is almost impossible. On school days they...

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LifeWise bills itself as an optional nondenominational “Bible education” class that shares universal Bible stories, while stressing...

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From the book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3: 1-8 A season is set for everything, a time for every experience under heaven:       A time for...