The Bellevue School District is among those that have made the decision to censor the President's speech.

Here is my letter to Bellevue Public School Superintedent Amalia Cudeiro:

Superintendent Cudeiro,

I am writing to express my outrage over your cowardly decision to censor President Obama. The speech to America’s students scheduled on September 8th is a simple message of encouragement. The faux outrage ginned up by the extremist right wing fringe of this country is based not on fact or reason, but on hatred, racism, ad hominem attacks and obstruction. What message have you sent the students under your charge with your decision? That President Obama is not worthy of respect because he is of African descent? That he should be ignored, minimized and mocked because he is a “liberal"? That when a small handful of “teabaggers” say jump, the Superintendent of Bellevue Public Schools says, “how high?”
Beneath is a letter sent out by a much more level headed and competent Superintendent than yourself. Read it, you may learn something useful for the future.

Dear Parent:
The President of the United States, Barack Obama, duly elected by the people of the United States, will be addressing our Nation’s children on Tuesday, September 8. In so doing, our President, like his earlier predecessor, George H.W. Bush, will be delivering an important message to the young people of our great country that calls on them to do their best in school by working hard so they can be successful in their personal lives and in the global environment in which they will live and that will challenge them in every way in the years to come.
As Superintendent of Schools, I am pleased that the President of the United States will be taking time from his busy schedule to deliver this important message to our students.
I have instructed our building principals and classroom teachers at all school levels that I am fully supportive of having them integrate the message of the President of the United States into their lessons on Tuesday, or on any subsequent date. Toward this end, we will be televising President Obama’s speech, video streaming it, or recording it on DVDs for teacher use. I anticipate that our professional administrative and teaching staffs will incorporate the President’s presentation into classroom instruction in the best way possible to enhance this learning opportunity for our students.
As the integration of the President’s speech into our instructional practice will constitute a vital learning experience for all our children, it is my expectation that any child in any class where the President’s speech is incorporated into instruction will be a part of that instructional activity. Being a part of an instructional activity means that the child can participate fully or elect not to participate fully while remaining in the classroom, as would be the case with virtually any instructional activity.
Thank you for cooperation and understanding.
Sincerely yours,
Elliott Landon
Superintendent of Schools
Westport, CT

I am happy that the children of Westport, CT, have as their superintendent a true leader who is not cowed by a radical, violent minority seeking to tear asunder our civic institutions. How sad the same can not be said for the unfortunate students of Bellevue.

Sincerely, XXX

For those who wish to contact the superintendent, her address seems to be;

cudeiroa@bsd405.org

at least that is the format used by the school district – last name first initial @, although the superintendents address is not listed on the Bellevue schools website. It is the address I sent the letter to, and it didn't bounce back. Apparently she is too much of a coward to publish her email address. What a disgraceful public servant.