LONDON (April 24, 1992) - In a surprisingly lengthy challenge to Freedom Party's campaign against "whole language," the principal of Sherwood Fox Public School London had a two-page response to Fp's Ontario Information Bulletin distributed around her school's neighbourhood by children attending the school. This raised the anger and surprise of many parents, who had signed consent forms leading them to believe that their children were delivering flyers promoting "Education Week, May 4-8."
This prompted the formation of a local parents' group that raised an issue with the principal over the appropriateness of her using school time and resources - including their children - to promote "the expression of personal opinions and political ideology" which should have "no place in school newsletters."
For Freedom Party, the written challenge to its "whole language" information bulletin proved to be the best possible way to illustrate how "whole language" supporters consistently defend "whole language" with the same narrow and dogmatic "alibis" and "aliases" listed in Fp's "Just Say 'Know' To 'Whole Language.'"
As a consequence, the entire challenge to Fp's information bulletin was reprinted in its publication, along with a point-by-point response to each argument and "alibi" used. As of this writing, no challenges to Freedom Party's claims about "whole language" have resulted in the revelation of any inaccuracies.
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