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alp227

(32,044 posts) Mon May 6, 2013, 10:35 PM May 2013

(Katelyn Campbell) GW student's request for injunction denied

Source: Charleston Daily Mail

A Kanawha County circuit judge has denied a George Washington High School student's request for an injunction against her principal.

In an opinion issued Monday afternoon, Judge Duke Bloom said the squabble between senior Katelyn Campbell and Principal George Aulenbacher, which stemmed from Aulenbacher's decision to allow a controversial sex education speaker at the school, probably didn't belong in court.

"Finally, the Court would like to emphasis (sic) that sometimes parties are too quick to run to the courthouse to resolve matters like the one presented in the instant case," according to the ruling.

"It is clear to the Court that this matter would have been better addressed by Kanawha County Schools where the day to day administration of the school system is most properly addressed."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.com/News/Kanawha/201305060086

Campbell responded on facebook:

Although I was not granted the injunction I hoped for, I am not done fighting. While I may not be protected from retaliation under the law, I still remain dedicated to my previous efforts to expose the efforts of those who knowingly and willingly allowed Pam Stenzel to speak to a captive audience at GW regarding the "facts" of sexual intercourse and furthering the cause of the implementation of sex education in Kanawha County and beyond. Please note also that the denial of my requested injunction was not on the basis of either my or Mr. Aulenbacher's testimonies being incorrect, but that the burden of proof was not fully met. There are other channels through which the plight of the student body of George Washington High School can be examined.

All my love, and thanks for all of your support,
Katelyn

And another interesting note: the Charleston area, with a metro area population around 240k and city population near 50,000, is still to this day served with TWO daily newspapers: the Daily Mail and Gazette.

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(Katelyn Campbell) GW student's request for injunction denied (Original Post) alp227 May 2013 OP

Quite right. elleng May 2013 #1

A bright light for the future of our country. I'm unfamiliar with Pam Stenzel but any abstinence okaawhatever May 2013 #2

Courts try to avoid engaging in school operation decisions. CincyDem May 2013 #3

The snip is quite misleading the injunction had little to do with Stenzel's appearence at the school azurnoir May 2013 #4

Pam Stenzel is an Abstinence only sex educator who wants kids to fasttense May 2013 #5

elleng

(131,028 posts)

1. Quite right.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Mon May 6, 2013, 10:41 PM

May 2013

'It is clear to the Court that this matter would have been better addressed by Kanawha County Schools where the day to day administration of the school system is most properly addressed.'

okaawhatever

(9,462 posts)

2. A bright light for the future of our country. I'm unfamiliar with Pam Stenzel but any abstinence

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Mon May 6, 2013, 10:51 PM

May 2013

only sex educator isn't teaching sex education they're promoting church dogma.

CincyDem

(6,375 posts)

3. Courts try to avoid engaging in school operation decisions.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Mon May 6, 2013, 10:54 PM

May 2013

We had an situation in our community that led some of us to seek some professional advice regarding school board operations. Talked with several local attorneys. Not sure if it's a broad conclusion but every one of them said courts give school boards wide latitude on what would be considered operational or curriculum oriented decisions. General consensus here is "that's what the elected school board is for".

May just be in our area but it seems to be the case in a lot of places.

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)

4. The snip is quite misleading the injunction had little to do with Stenzel's appearence at the school

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Tue May 7, 2013, 05:11 AM

May 2013

but rather Ms Campbell's claims that the school Principle had somehow threatened her

Although she did not attend, Campbell said many of her peers found the event distasteful and offensive.

Campbell skipped the presentation in protest, calling Stenzel's actions "slut shaming."

A conversation between Aulenbacher and Campbell afterward sparked her request for injunctive relief.

Aulenbacher said in a previous court hearing that he told Campbell he felt betrayed when she went to reporters instead of coming to him first. He likened her actions to a hypothetical example of him speaking with Wellesley College -- Capmbell's presumptive destination this fall -- without her knowledge.

fasttense

(17,301 posts)

5. Pam Stenzel is an Abstinence only sex educator who wants kids to

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Tue May 7, 2013, 06:30 AM

May 2013

do as they are told NOT as she does. Don't tell me that this 40+ old woman hasn't had sex out of wedlock, ever. She is a fool to think she can con these kids.

Pam participated in President Bush’s Faith-Based and Community Initiatives meeting held at The White House, May 2001. And she voted for the bushes too. She is making money off the stupidity of the right wing religious fundies and is now bringing it to a school near you.

Here is her website, if you can stomach it. http://pamstenzel.com/MeetPam.aspx

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