The V1SUT Vantage joins Reclaim Oklahoma Parent Empowerment (ROPE) by podcast on the third Wednesday of each month. ROPE Report Live is broadcast live to ROPE’s Twitter, Facebook and YouTube accounts, from 9am to 10am, Wednesdays and Fridays (recorded podcasts uploaded to Rumble).
Oklahoma Public Ed is the talk of the nation for all the wrong reasons. Join ROPE & V1SUT on Wednesday morning as we break it all down.
The Focus for August 21st:
UniParty v UniPeople: Who is Mark McBride?
The Oklahoma legislature’s UniParty continues to attack overwhelmingly elected State Superintendent Ryan Walters (R). What do you really know about State Rep Mark McBride (Moore-R), the man leading the charge to stop the education agenda you voted for? Did the state legislature just blame Walters for their funding failure? And how is all this federal education funding erasing Oklahoma values? We’ll talk beyond the misleading headlines.
Shawnee Superintendent Accused of Sexual Misconduct: What’s Politics Got to Do With It?
Our Harmful Coaching series continues to tell the stories of the previously silenced victims of sexual abuse who attended Little Axe High School. New whistleblowers have come forward and the current superintendent of Shawnee Public Schools, a district known for previously protecting a pedophile coach, has been added to the OSDE’s investigation of the former Little Axe coaches. Are predators being promoted, and what’s politics got to do with it? We’ll connect the dots on some of education’s highest hires.
Another Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against OK School District: Did DA Leave Victims No Other Choice?
Yet another federal lawsuit was recently filed against an Oklahoma school district for giving a prolific pedophile continued access to students. The district, perpetrator and his superintendent wife are all named as defendants. Could tiny Wetumka, Oklahoma, be bracing for the state’s largest settlement yet? And did inaction by another local DA leave these victims no other path to justice? We’ll break it all down on Wednesday at 9 am.
