Alaska school district admits 'mistake' after adding 'does not endorse' disclaimer to Constitution pamphlet

The Anchorage School District successful Alaska admitted it made a "mistake" by adding a disclaimer saying that the schoolhouse territory "does not endorse these materials oregon the viewpoints expressed" connected a flyer which solely contained the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. 

A genitor successful Anchorage was shocked to find the sticker aft her girl brought the pamphlet home, which was handed retired to students successful class.

"Today my girl brought location a pamphlet with the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution," Karen Waldron posted to Facebook. "On the backmost was a sticker saying that the Anchorage School District ‘does not endorse the materials oregon viewpoints expressed successful them.’"

"I was honestly stunned," Waldron continued. "These aren’t arguable documents, they are the instauration of our state and what our students are expected to beryllium learning about. Why would a schoolhouse request to region itself from the precise principles we are built on?"

The Anchorage School District successful Alaska admitted it mistakenly added a disclaimer distancing itself from "the viewpoints expressed" connected a flyer that lone contained the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. (Karen Waldron)

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"I’ll beryllium asking the territory for an explanation," Waldron concluded successful the post. 

Fox News Digital spoke with Waldron connected the phone, who expressed vexation astir the concern and said the wording connected the sticker was highly inappropriate. 

Waldron explained that she afloat supports transparency successful acquisition and conscionable wants to recognize the reasoning down the sticker being placed connected each packet.

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Waldron besides told Fox News Digital that parents merit clarity and that if extracurricular materials are being sent home, particularly involving American founding documents, the messaging should beryllium thoughtful and not confusing to families.

The packet, which included the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, was marked with a disclaimer.  (iStock)

Anchorage Daily News reported that M.J. Thim, a spokesperson for the schoolhouse district, said that the disclaimers were a "mistake" and that the flyers "shouldn’t person been processed" done a strategy that adds the stickers to materials that travel from extracurricular the schoolhouse district. 

"This was our mistake," Thim wrote to the Anchorage Daily News. "The petition that came successful wasn’t for a flyer oregon poster and shouldn’t person been processed done that system. We volition beryllium pursuing up straight with the requestor to marque things right."

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Fox News Digital reached retired to the schoolhouse district, but did not person a response. 

The flyer was produced by Hillsdale College, arsenic illustrated connected the backmost of the pamphlet, which besides displayed the disclaimer from the Anchorage School District. 

Alaska Attorney General Stephen J. Cox besides weighed successful connected the disclaimer connected the pamphlet, calling the schoolhouse district’s actions "deeply concerning."

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"The Declaration of Independence and Constitution are foundational American documents, and it is indispensable to thatch students astir the commencement of our nation, their rights, and the government’s work to support those rights, Cox told Fox News Digital. "The stickers lone invitation disorder astir these founding documents."

The packet was handed retired to students crossed Anchorage Public Schools.  (iStock)

"Shortly aft the quality broke, the School District took ownership, apologized, and promised corrective action," Cox added. "The Law Department and the Department of Education and Early Development person followed up with the District with circumstantial questions, but successful a tone of cooperation, we person offered to assistance reappraisal ASD’s policies and procedures to guarantee it ne'er happens again."

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Following the backlash and nationalist spotlight connected the flyer, the spokesperson from the Anchorage School District told Anchorage Daily News that the territory is reviewing the process to guarantee it doesn’t hap again and that the "founding documents are taught successful each schoolhouse and bespeak the values we privation each pupil to understand."

Hillsdale College did not respond to a petition for comment.

Preston Mizell is simply a writer with Fox News. Story tips tin beryllium sent to [email protected] and connected X @MizellPreston.