Fallout continued this week after an undercover recording of a prestigious Midwest private school administrator went viral revealing that the school brought in an outside group to talk about sex, which included explicit and graphic discussion of sexual items like sex toys and lubricants.
Instead of responding to discipline the administrator, the school appears to have backed the actions of the administrator, which included passing sex toys around to children.
Francis W. Parker School (FWPS), a private school in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, was under fire for hosting a local LGBTQ “health” organization after a secret recording, allegedly of the dean of students, Joe Bruno, was released online.
In the video, Bruno appears to relish the graphic nature of the event.
“We do a Pride Week every year, and I had our LGBTQ+ health center come in…they were passing around butt plugs and dildos to my students … talking about queer sex … using lube versus spit,” Bruno relayed.
“They’re just, like, passing around dildos and butt plugs … the kids are just playing with them,” Bruno continued. “They’re like ‘How does this butt plug work?’”
“That’s a really cool part of my job,” Bruno shared.
Bruno also shared that the school has had a drag queen named Alexis Bevels come to “pass out cookies and brownies and do photos” with the students, whom he said were ages 14 to 18.
The man recording the video asked if there had been any “big complaints” from parents about these kinds of activities.
“No,” Bruno replied casually. “It’s queer sex.”
When pressed about whether the governing board of trustees is informed about these kinds of activities, Bruno appeared confused by the question.
“Why would I run it by them? They would be like, ‘Oh my god, that’s wonderful!’”
According to the video, Bruno has been on staff at the nearly $40,000 per-pupil-per-year private school for four years.
Commenting on what it’s like to work at FWPS, Bruno said, “So much freedom … so much money to do stuff.”
The principal of FWPS, Dan Frank, sent an email out to parents after the incident claiming that Bruno was “targeted” and the video was edited with “malicious intent.”
Ironically, Frank warned parents about the contents of the video, writing in bold italic font, “Please know this video contains descriptive language. If you choose to view it, we ask you not to share it, because it will add to its viral power.”
Wrong on so many levels. At least the parents have a choice. If they personally disagree they can easily walk away from the school and enroll their child somewhere else. I have a bigger issue with students at public school where parents don’t really have a choice due to logistics, money etc.
Just a small, little, tiny, minor omission: per WGN9 News, “Veritas deceptively edited the video with malicious intent.”
Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire. – Charles Simmons
Oh please, please explain how they edited this video? Did he or did he not say that they introduced kids to butt plugs and they were passing them around?
I didn’t write the story; I read it. There was a minor (important) detail left out; the name, “Project Veritas”. Call me crazy, but I’m suspicious of any information in these post-Trump days. As it turns out, that was an important detail; omitted, why? Maybe because:
Francis W. Parker School is a top-rated private school; 7th best in Illinois per niche.com; with a principal who says his guy was “targeted”, and a Board of Trustees that stands behind the school’s curriculum.
Or, Project Veritas, a reported questionable “right-wing activist group” that, per mediabiasfactcheck.com, exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no sourcing to credible information, a complete lack of transparency, and/or is fake news.
“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion, without the discomfort of thought” – JFK
I commented on the “authenticity of the story’s content”;
Your comment was about the “authenticity of the video”. I’m no expert but this is not an original idea nor is it probably very hard to do. In a story from almost 5 years ago, “…spliced my speeches to make me say things I never uttered and even accused me of pedophilia.” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/i-never-said-that-high-tech-deception-of-deepfake-videos/.
5 years later, technology’s even better; the cloud, 5G, iPhone 14 Pro Max and TikTok!
We’re talking about the same thing; the truth, transparency; or deception.
“There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy.” ― Joseph Pulitzer
Just a small, little, tiny, minor omission from you, that’s actually a quote from a school staff trying to save face by smearing Veritas. The staff baselessly without evidence or proof alleges (falsely) that Veritas altered the video. NOT WGN9’s framing or opinion. The school staff in the quote in actually says that “it’s an example” of our inclusive pro-lgbt approach to sex education. Here is the quote that you mischaracterized.
“A school spokesperson said the dean was “filmed without his knowledge or permission while describing one example of our inclusive, LGBTQ+ affirming a comprehensive approach to sex education. Veritas deceptively edited the video with malicious intent.”
“Often what people don’t say or leave out, tells the real story.”
― Shannon L. Alder
OK, grammar check. Per WGN9 News, the school staff said, “Veritas deceptively edited the video…”
The point is, the author of the story omitted the name Veritas and I wonder if the intent was to “spin” the facts and distort the truth?
Some folks have obviously already made up their mind, but here’s a corrected link to my earlier Comment. Make sure to watch the video.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/i-never-said-that-high-tech-deception-of-deepfake-videos/
This is SICK! Our children should not be led by pedophiles like this! The parents of at these schools should band together to get these people thrown out!!! Forever!
So, today, WHERE and WHEN do kids learn about sex? How well do PARENTS prepare their own kids with ANY information about sex education? Do we have any stats on how well the home is doing on this issue?
Better than giving them sex toys and making them read pornographic material with some pedo leanings. So I’m guessing Parents would do a better job by teaching about actual sexual education, love, sex, conception better without the glorification of sex, kink and degeneracy.