Respect Public Schools - Washington

06/27/2026

Exciting meetup opportunity: We'll have a table at Pride in the Park in Everett this Sunday with rocks to paint! It may be rainy but we have a tent. Bring a chair and come hang!

6th Annual Pride in the Park at Forest Park here in Everett!

If you're not already in our group, join us at Snoco Pride, where you can post about Pride related events in and around greater Snohomish County.

05/25/2026

This Memorial Day, we remember the people who gave their lives for this country.

Not for one religion.
Not for one political party.
Not for one version of America.

They served a nation built on the promise of liberty- including the freedom to believe, the freedom not to believe, and the freedom to raise our children without the government choosing a religious side.

Public schools are one of the places where that promise is supposed to be REAL.

They belong to Christian families.
Jewish families.
Muslim families.
Hindu families.
Atheist families.
Agnostic families.
Families still figuring it out.
Families who simply want their children to learn in peace.

Religious freedom requires neutral schools.

When public schools are pressured to coordinate, accommodate, promote, or normalize religious instruction during the school day, that neutrality is put at risk.

And when neutrality falls, the students who do not belong to the favored faith tradition are the first to feel it.

This Memorial Day, we honor sacrifice by defending the freedoms those sacrifices were meant to protect.

Public schools belong to everyone.

Secular Education Association

05/12/2026

TIME SENSITIVE ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITY! Call or email by midday Wednesday May 13.

KUOW SoundSide is interviewing Seattle Public Schools superintendent Ben Shuldiner this Thursday, May 14.

Submit your questions via voicemail: You might hear your call on-air: 206-221-3213 Or share your thoughts directly with the team at [email protected].

Let's make sure they get a flood of RTRI questions!! (if they don't have time to address them on Thursday, it may raise the stakes for them to do a separate piece on RTRI in Washington)

Possible questions:
Do you have concerns about Release Time for Religious Instruction in Seattle?

How does Seattle plan to respond to organizations such as LifeWise Academy who want to disrupt public schools by taking students off property in the middle of the school day for religious instruction?

What measures is Seattle Public Schools taking to ensure Christian Nationalist groups don't get a foothold in our public schools?

Is Superintendent Shuldiner aware that school districts are not required to permit RTRI programs to remove children during the school day?

04/27/2026

🎉 Exciting news! Washington State OSPI has updated their website to more accurately reflect guidance about religion in schools.

🫣 Spoiler alert: schools can say NO to school-day disruptions. For districts who are fearful of saying no, we've got you covered with a model policy to protect student safety, privacy, and the school.

🗣️ Schools across the state are having conversations about how to clarify local policy to support all students and all families in a neutral way that still allows families to provide religious instruction to their children if they wish. Here's a model policy to share with your superintendents, school boards, and members of WSSDA (Washington State School Directors' Association).

(This post was not written by AI. We just like using emojis sometimes🤷🏽).

Here's a shareable Released Time for Religious Instruction Policy to send to your school districts.

03/31/2026

We support ALL children and ALL families.

That includes our trans community. 🏳️‍⚧️

You are loved and valued.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1FpS6pJ2uF/

Every child belongs in public school. That includes trans students.

On Trans Day of Visibility, we want to say this clearly and without apology:

Trans students deserve to feel safe, seen, respected, and included at school.
They deserve classrooms where they can learn without fear.
They deserve adults who protect their dignity.
They deserve peers and communities that do not treat their existence like a debate.

Public schools are for every child. Not just the children who fit someone else’s religious or political worldview. Every child.

At the Secular Education Association, we believe public schools should be grounded in dignity, inclusion, and equal belonging for all students. That means standing up for the rights, safety, and humanity of trans kids.

Today, and every day, we see you.
You belong here.
And we will keep saying it.

03/12/2026

LifeWise's Washington state leader went on a public broadcast and discussed how they misplaced a student that they identify as a "hellion." How many programs are allowed to misplace children and publicly call them derogatory names without reproach?

She confirms that LifeWise believes parents have abandoned their children to the public school system.

LifeWise does not have respect for the public school system.

Their goal is to save these poor children from their parents' negligence (that's what I hear when you say that the kids have been abandoned - is there another definition of child abandonment that does not directly imply negligence?)

Here's the video clip from Secular Education Association. You can watch it yourself and make your own determination:

This is how LifeWise talks about your public schools and your kids.In this recorded conversation, a Washington State LifeWise representative and a supporter ...

01/24/2026

In a rare moment of complete honesty, LifeWise tells the truth - their goal is to "evangelize public schools." Their franchises are training grounds, teaching children below the age of discernment to proselytize and evangelize to their peers.

01/22/2026

It’s not really about the Bibles. Our latest post examines how LifeWise’s false narrative is being used to rally outside support and incite online attacks against the Everett School District. Read more: https://wix.to/bYcccd6

Following their lawsuit against the Everett School District, LifeWise and their program directors in Everett have rallied behind the cry that the school district is “forcing kids to hide their Bibles.” They have even appeared on a national rightwing TV show to spread this message, very likely be...

01/21/2026

Log in to this YouTube link at 6:00 p.m. to virtually support parents speaking at the Peninsula School Board meeting against LifeWise.

Join us!January 20, 2025 - Regular Business MeetingAgenda - https://go.boarddocs.com/wa/psd401/Board.nsf/Public

01/14/2026

🔔 4:30 pm today - Everett School Board meeting. It can be hard to show up in person, especially if you're following along from out of town, but logging onto zoom is just a click of a button...

https://everettsd.zoom.us/j/86896237109

There's nothing on the published agenda that would indicate a discussion about religious instruction, but there may be public comments of interest.

The lawsuit filed by LifeWise and Sarah Sweeny is docketed. No hearing dates have been set thus far, but we'll keep you updated.

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