Forest Hills For

JUST Education

A non-partisan parent coalition advocating impartial education that is free from bias, centered on fundamentals, and promotes excellence in education.

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FHPS Bond Proposal Meeting Videos

Click HERE to view footage from the three FHPS Bond Proposal Informational Community Forums where many of our questions and concerns were addressed.”  Visit: Forest Hills For JUST Education – YouTube

$55,000+ Unnecessary Special Election Charges

Voting for bonds, millages and school boards in election years are free for FHPS since other elections are already taking place. 
This Special Election (November 7, 2023) will cost FHPS over
$55,000! Had FHPS waited ‘til next year, the cost would have been $0.

Instead of waiting until an election year to ask for the biggest bond request ever ($340,000,000), FHPS is choosing to spend over $55,000.
Essentially, this is a completely unnecessary expenditure.

Here is a breakdown of the charges: 

Cascade Twp – $30,000
Ada Twp – $15,000
GR City – approx $100 to $200 expected charges (only a few precincts are voting the FHPS Bond/Millage. The vast majority of election expenses will be borne by GR City for other elections on the same day).
Kentwood – free (they have another election going on the same date)
GR Twp – > $10,000 expected charges (GRT will bill FHPS after the election for the exact charges incurred. They anticipate the charges to be over $10,00 in total).

WANT TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE? IT’S EASY!

Here’s how:

Simply go to your clerk’s office and tell them you want to change your vote, or show up on Election Day at your voting location and tell them you voted absentee but want to change your vote. The clerk or election worker will take it from there.

Upcoming Events

Forest Hills for JUST Education is a grassroots movement started by concerned FHPS parents. We are parents of diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, religious and political ideologies. We are united in promoting parental involvement, FHPS District transparency, unbiased and nonpartisan curriculum, and continued excellence in education. Our efforts go beyond the recall petition, and we encourage everyone in the Forest Hills community to get involved.

Join us 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm! We will discuss FHPS BOE, hear from community leaders, share ongoing FHPS concerns, plan transportation staff luncheons and community events.  This is a great opportunity to get involved. Everyone is welcome! 

FH for JUST Education
Town Hall Meetings

Board of Education Meetings

Board of Education Finance Committee & Curriculum Finance Committee Meetings

Parent addresses sexual content read to FHPS 8th grade ELA class at Central Middles school. After the explicit content was read to students in class, the teacher asked if students were uncomfortable reading this and if so, why. 
 
This book is available at several FHPS school libraries including multiple elementary schools. 

Our Mission

Forest Hills for JUST Education is a non-partisan grassroots movement started by concerned FHPS parents. We are parents of diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, religious and political ideologies. We are united in promoting parental involvement, FHPS District transparency, unbiased and nonpartisan curriculum, and continued excellence in education. We care deeply about our children’s education and want to work together with the Forest Hills community in providing a safe and welcoming place for all children to learn and thrive.  We encourage everyone to get involved! 

Coalition

Coordinate and cooperate with district stakeholders to share resources and information to strengthen voices and promote public schools for all.

Non-Partisan

Promote non-partisan education free from social activism and race essentialism.
Promote consistent adherence to published curricula and guiding principles.

Balanced

Promote viewpoint diversity and critical thinking by unbiased presentation and balanced critique.
Advocate for school policies that protect individual rights.
Promote varied and balanced curriculum and library resources.

Fundamentals

Advocate for focus on and mastery of education basics – reading, writing and arithmetic.
Promote adherence to MI constitutional requirements for civic education and teaching of founding principles.

Excellence

Promote classes, programs and curricula that challenge students with high standards to learn to the best of their ability.

Transparency

Promote transparent communication and open information within the district.
Promote accountability between the Board of Education and FHPS Administration.

Forest Hills For JUST Education

WHO WE ARE

I joined Forest Hills for JUST Education (FH4JE) because I believe it is a group that cares deeply about the Forest Hills Community.  This group is willing to disrupt the status quo in order to provide an exceptional and equitable education for all children in Forest Hills.  I have a child in 7th grade at Forest Hills Public Schools. Here is my testimonial.

My paternal grandparents were first generation immigrants.  My Aunt was from Austria.  She came from a Catholic, well-off family who started to question what they were hearing about the Jewish community.  Because of their wealth and status in the community, her Father had one of the few free radios.  One time they invited in a neighbor.  When this neighbor heard the opposite views on the free radio he became fearful and turned them in.  The neighbor never talked to them about it, never shared their opposing view, just turned on them.  Similar to what I am seeing when people express their opposite views today, neighbors…friends…all turning on each other.  You would think that because of their status in the community that the police would of just took the radio, but that is not what happened.  Instead, the authorities waited until the middle of the night, broke in, dragged off my Aunts Father and she never saw him again.  Years later she learned that he was taken to a concentration camp and died in a gas chamber.  He was not Jewish, he was Catholic and a high standing member of society.  The stories she would tell me as a child, plus the stories I would hear from my parental grandparents have really shaped how I am experiencing what is happening around me as a parent in the Forest Hills Community.    

My Aunt would tell me later in life that she married my uncle who was one of five brothers from my paternal immigrant grandparents, while he was serving in the Army.  She did not marry him for love, but for the opportunity to come to the United States and feel freedom again.  She of course liked him, she stayed married to him through out their lives and learned to love him, but Freedom meant more to her than love.  That really stuck with me.  

Forest Hills for JUST Education is made up of a diverse group of people – different political views, genders and ethnicities.  They stand for Medical Freedom/Freedom of Choice.  They are Pro Human; which CRT is not and they want School Board transparency.  All the things I thought we already had?  I want my child to go to a school where they practice real humanity, not politically made up, government mandated false humanity.  That is why I joined this group.

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FH4JE P.O. Box 438 Ada, MI 49301

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SUPPORT

Forest Hills for JUST Education is a Political Action Committee. We appreciate your support! 

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Location

Forest Hills Public School District Area
Grand Rapids, MI

Email

info@fhforjusteducation.org

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