Despite having her concerns “laughed at” by other parents, a Texas mother pushed back after her attempt to enter a school allegedly came with a non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
On Aug. 15, Amber Longacre arrived at Kitty Hawk Middle School in Universal City, Texas with the intent to enroll her child. However, according to a complaint that she had filed reviewed by The Daily Caller, the mom was told that to gain entry, she would first have to sign their NDA.
“Texas law is clear that parents are to ‘be encouraged to actively participate in creating and implementing educational programs for their children. Unfortunately, it appears that Judson ISD (Independent School District) had implemented a visitor check in policy that is inconsistent with this state mandate,” the complaint read.
Speaking with The Caller, Aaron Terr, the director of public advocacy for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression had said, “It’s hard to understand why a school district would require students’ parents to sign this NDA as a condition to enter the school.”
He further expressed the style was common for businesses when sharing trade secrets while exploring “a potential business relationship,” as the outlet indicated. The director added, “Judson Independent School District cannot broadly prohibit parents from discussing issues of information related to the school.”
The mother had captured footage of her experience, later shared with the Caller, as she further pursued the matter with the Assistant Superintendent of Operations Joseph Guidry.
Longacre explained, “I started thinking about all the people who were in a hurry … It made me really nervous to think there were so many people who were signing it without even realizing what it was. I told them and they laughed at me. When they [laughed at me] I knew that something needed to be done.”
Video footage shows Amber sitting with the Judson ISD Assistant Superintendent of Operations. They have no clue how this NDA came into place… pic.twitter.com/KAnkWlQDVh
— Chrissy Clark (@chrissyclark_) August 23, 2023
As of Aug. 22, the NDA had reportedly been removed from the sign-in, revoked any previously signed and Longacre told Fox News, “I shared my story because I want to encourage other parents to speak up when something seems off. There is no way to know how many parents signed the NDA without asking any questions.”
Terr told Fox News, “It seems like in this situation, what the school district was trying to do was prevent parents, when they enter the school building, from talking about certain information that they learned while on the premises outside of the school. I’ve never seen this type of agreement in this context.”
Meanwhile, Janelle Davis, Longacre’s lawyer, told the outlet, “Now that Judson ISD has acknowledged the error and removed the NDA from the system, Ms. Longacre does not plan to take additional action. That is what we wanted.”
“It’s hard to view this as anything other than a result of bad motivations, like an attempt to muzzle parents and force them to remain silent about certain school related issues and information,” added Terr. “It’s not Las Vegas. What happens in the school does not have to stay inside the school, and parents have every right to talk about whatever things that they see in the school.”
However, that was not the case at a different Texas school district when a father was removed from the Fort Worth ISD board meeting for reading from a graphic novel that was available in the district’s school libraries.
As reported, the incident was caught on video where was forcibly escorted out by security after quoting “Who wants my hot wiener?” from the controversial graphic novel “Flamer” by Mike Curato.
Security forcibly removes man from school board meeting when he starts reading LGBTQ graphic novelhttps://t.co/EcKroBLjYr
— American Wire News (@americanwire_) August 24, 2023
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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