Residents of several conservative Indiana towns have been riled up recently by manipulated hidden videos done by a Special Interest Group called "Accuracy in Media" in order to both:

1) take revenge on Republican State Legislators for not backing anti-CRT bills

2) to further the long attack on public education in a push towards voucher use for private education.

Sadly this mess has come to Plainfield, a mostly quiet, peaceful community with a thriving school system. In a time when political rancor had begun to calm down, at least locally, these Special Interest Groups have snuck in and turned friend against friend and neighbor against neighbor. Plainfield had been spared this drama, in my opinion because that is who we are.

Please sign this petition in order to:
1) Keep Plainfield the way it is, where we have different beliefs but we aren’t at each other’s throats about them. We don’t need outsiders coming in playing tricks and engaging in social engineering at our expense, trying to fix something that was not broken.

2) Keep Dr Laura Delvecchio from being fired. We have not seen the entire video yet. Martinsville is suing to do so, I would suggest Plainfield consider this so a proper investigation can be done. Some want her to answer for what they heard her say in the video, fine, then let her.

3) Keep this from getting worse. This may not stop with just the firing of one individual, book bans and other madness could follow.

4) The people calling for Dr Delvecchio to be fired will also be attacking any support our lgbtq students receive, although whether they like it or not this is a public school system, these kids exist, and they deserve to feel welcome and safe just like any other student. They will also attack Social Emotional Learning, although this approach is desperately needed with our persistent bullying challenges and the other mounting stressors our children face. And they will attack Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, even though 1 in 5 kids in our school system are receiving services from the schools. Our special needs and minority students have the right to be included and not be made into political fodder. We can say no, right now. We can let the School Board and Administration know that the ones shouting are not the only ones here.

Thank you for your time.