Why Does Chuck Fugate, Ozark School Board President, Need to Remind Parents of American Commitment as they Sell the International Baccalaureate Program as Good for Students?

As a student of rhetoric, I couldn't help but notice the pathos Ozark Schools placed next to their story selling parents on the International Baccalaureate. Next to the story of Ozark's intentions to move forward with the IB, explaining the world of opportunities IB will open up for students, was a small column written by Ozark School Board President Chuck Fugate. If you read it, Fugate sounds like he was lighting fireworks, singing the Star Spangled Banner, and waving American flags when he wrote it.

As someone who studies rhetoric, I had to ask, why do we need to be reminded of Ozark High School's commitment to the United States and why was it placed next to the International Baccalaureate article in the most recent Ozark Schools news letter.

Ozark High School International Baccalaureate Program

Fugate writes in his short piece that sits next to the story on the IB, "The education Ozark students receive reflects the best values of our community. We teach your students to respect and support each other. We teach them to support their community and to respect, love, and honor America."

Would you expect anything less? Isn't it interesting where these words are placed on the newsletter--right next to the article on the International Baccalaureate information, which is clearly an article that isn't giving parents a total overall view of the International Baccalaureate program. In fact, it leaves many things out, and leaders from Ozark Schools like Fugate, Dr. Gordon Pace, and Sam Taylor are deceitful in their misrepresentation of the IB.

Fugates words are meaningless pathos in hopes you will just accept your kids will be taught American civics through the eyes of freedom loving Americans once Ozark begins participation in the IB. Nothing could be farther from the truth. A globalist body with ties to the United Nations will structure what your kids are taught because they issue and grade the tests for students participating in the program.

With that knowledge, it's important to know who the IB is tied to. When you discover that, it's no wonder the school board is trying to mask their direction with visions of American patriotism. They are lying to you about the wholesomeness of the IB. In fact, there is little about the IB that corresponds with the message of our founding fathers and the rights they stated are inalienable and provided by our creator.

The IB teaches students not to be good American citizens who embrace liberty and freedom, it teaches students to be global citizens who embrace the human rights messages of the United Nations and other far-left wing entities. Fugates words mask the truth. There is nothing American about the IB, and they support Marxist views like the redistribution of wealth.

The IBO supports a Earth Charter, a document that opposes many American ideas and a document the United States refuses to ratify. When you start looking into IBO's endorsement of Earth Charter, you will see that it is tied into Marxism and socialism. Surely, that's not what Ozark residents want for their children.

The following statement was issued by IBO:

We, the undersigned, endorse the Earth Charter. We embrace the spirit and aims of the document. We pledge to join the global partnership for a just, sustainable, and peaceful world and to work for the realization of the values and principles of the Earth Charter. We pledge to join the Global Partnership in Support of the Earth Charter Initiative for a sustainable way of life AND urge all governments to endorse the Earth Charter.

The following is a few items of interest parents may want to know before Ozark High School continues spending your tax dollars to enter this Marxist education program:

The Earth Charter is housed in the Arc of Hope and is correctly identified by the World Pantheist Association as a Pantheistic document. Besides Pantheism, the Earth Charter advocates:

1. The redistribution of wealth between nations and within nations [Art. 10.a.]
2. Same-sex marriage [Art. 12.a.]
3. Spiritual education [Art 14.d.] which means education in Pantheism.
4. Military disarmament [Art. 16.d.&e.]
5. Creation of an international agency to make the Earth Charter binding on all nations [in The Way Forward action-plan.]

As well, and international governing body will issue and score your children's tests. The tests are the same tests that other students take around the world. Consider what that means when it comes to civics lessons of the American experience in the classroom. IBO shed some insight on this.

In January 2004, The Washington Times reported the Director General of the IBO, Dr. George Walker, as stating:

The program remains committed to changing children’s values so they think globally, rather than in parochial national terms from their own country’s viewpoint.

As yourself, why is Fugate waving his American flag in the column left of the IB article in the most recent newsletter? The school board and Dr. Pace doesn't want you discovering the true anti-American truths of the International Baccalaureate.