Millard West High School celebrates Day of Silence by muzzling GSA president: 'We were told by the district that we're not supposed to promote it.'

Millard West GSA President James Kasun

Now that school officials have been busted by KMTV, the finger pointing has begun.
     School administrators are blaming district officials. District officials, afraid of an ACLU lawsuit, are telling the student to talk to the principal.
     It started when Millard West Gay Straight Alliance president James Kasun wanted to get an announcement on the school PA and to mention last Sunday's bullied-to-suicide death of gay student Kenneth James Weishuhn who attended school in Paulina, Iowa, not far from Omaha.

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     Kasun was turned down flat by the Millard West administration. He said the school told him: 'We were told by the district that we're not supposed to promote it.'
     Millard Public Schools spokesman Amy Friedman, told KMTV, "The intercom system is for the use of the principal and we make announcements about meetings and that's pretty much the extent of it." The district policy is: No speeches over the intercom — only events.
     But James said other groups are allowed to use the PA system to talk about events. He has complained to the Nebraska ACLU.
     An email to teachers from the Millard School District specifically addressing Day of Silence said:

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Your classroom cannot be a forum for this activity or subject. The less said the better.

     KMTV said the District is encouraging James to take his complaint up with the principal, but he's waiting to hear back from the ACLU.

Below: the members and email addresses of the Millard Public School District's Board of Education, whose written instructions to teachers already may have triggered an expensive and forthcoming lawsuit.
Click to enlarge, but if the email addy's are still unclear, they are:

dmanderson@mpsomaha.org, ljpoole@mpsomaha.org, mskennedy@mpsomaha.org, mpate@mpsomaha.org, pmricketts@mpsomaha.org, tpclarke@mpsomaha.org