Chapter Leadership

aprilgibson@ymail.com

April Gibson
Chapter Chair

jqsander@aol.com

Julienne Sanders
Chapter Vice Chair

janetjpattison@gmail.com

Janet Pattison
Chapter Secretary

angie333@mediacombb.net

Angie Blakemore
Chapter Treasurer

nancy.viejo@gmail.com

Nancy Viejo
Legislation Chair

Moms for Liberty - Bay County is dedicated to the survival of America by unifying, educating and empowering parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of government.

Please invite parents, grandparents, and community members that value parental rights.

We are stronger together!

www.MomsforLiberty.org

 

 

What have we done?

- Legislation: Part of the state M4L legislative committee to track parental rights and education bills; attend Legislation Day in Tallahassee each spring, meet with Rep Griff Griffiths and Sen Jay Trumbull; discuss parental priorities with representatives. 
- Book & Curriculum Reviews: Exposed over 800 sexually explicit books in Bay County schools, parents can opt out of adult content books at Bay District Schools via bay.k12.fl.us/Parent-Bill-of-Rights ; members take part in Math and Social Studies curricula reviews, review and flag concerns with Mental Health curriculum for lacking parental oversight
- School Board & Events: Attends Bay District school board meetings; Hosts events like Brave Books story hour each August at the Bay County Public Library, has an info booth at the 4th of July booth at Lynn Haven Freedom Festival, and attends Active Shooter awareness training by Bay County Sheriff's department.
- Advocacy & Issues: Promoted teacher hiring, pay raises, and mentoring; supported the Guardian program and Turning Point USA high school chapters; exposed students advancing in Bay District schools without meeting grade standards, exposing the GSA/Spectrum clubs and helping parents who object to  inappropriate classroom content (e.g., LGBTQ flags, gender posters, pronoun encouragement)
- Meeting: Parents and community members meet monthly to hear from guest speakers or attend events.
- Chapter Founding (2022): Established in Bay County, FL, in May 2022; sponsors School Board candidate debates, supports School Board candidates that support parental rights in education and increasing parental involvement in schools and school committees. 

Past Guest Speakers:  

School board candidates

Bailey Minich - Turning Point USA.

Stacey Legg - Elevate Bay mentor program 

Sheriff Tommy Ford - Guardian Program and human trafficking 

Panama City Beach Police Chief Talmenez - School Safety and human trafficking

 


Ongoing Issues in Bay County

 
 
50% literacy rate.  Bay County schools have a low average literacy rate.  Some schools students are reading at their grade level and beyond.  However, many schools have children that are reading 1-2 years below their grade level and are still moving on to the next grade.  Bay District Schools says mentors are the answer.  Mentors help but more needs to be done.
 
ESE.  When families move to Bay County they are surprised there are not enough Exceptional Student Education (ESE) teachers and opportunities in place.  What is BDS doing to improve this?  In 2024 several teachers and para-professionals were involved with child abuse allegations.  
 
Teachers arrested for Sexual Abuse of a Minor.  4 teachers and an administrator have been arrested for sexual abuse of a minor and fired from the school systems. 
 
Teacher shortage and low pay.  The state of Florida raised the starting salary of newly hired teachers in 2023, the new Superintendent did a pay restructuring in 2024. After 15 year, improvements are being seen. 
 
CRT in schools.  Critical Race Theory (CRT) has become the vehicle nation-wide to cause chaos, shed doubt on the Constitution of the United States, shed doubt on the institution of the family and the belief in God. CRT expouses that the US was founded on white supremacy so all of institutions are inherantly racist.  If that were true, you would not see successful people of all races doing well in the United States. Gov Desantis and the legislature in Florida do not buy-in to this theory so have set up laws that CRT using the vehicle of social emotional learning (SEL) will not be taught in Florida public schools. We want kids who can do the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic and who love their country.  That is why the Florida DOE went through the math books and removed the books that taught math using SEL.    https://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/instructional-materials/ 
 
Florida Bill rejecting CRT in our schools
 
Florida Bill requiring civics specifically adding calling out "must include a comparative discussion of political ideologies, such as communism and totalitarianism, that conflict with the principles of freedom and democracy essential to the founding principles of the United States..."
 
Florida DOE rejects math books that contain CRT in the form of social justice and gender identity for children
 
Florida Parental rights in Education bill
 
CASEL is the standard for SEL in the United States.  Teachers use SEL in the schools.   Transformative SEL is what is called out in the Florida Bill regarding  rejection of CRT.
Transformative SEL
 
In 2023 we participated in Social Studies Curriculum reviews to help choose the new curriculum. 
 

Sex Education.  We are for parental rights in education and against indoctrination.  We actually had a member of our group review the Bay County sex education curriculum and are happy to report that is does not contain gender ideologies or porn, two topics we feel are dangerous to our kids. It does not say abortion is a form of contraception.  It does contain age appropriate biology, anatomy, genetics, and health (to include STD) awareness. Parents are allowed to opt out of sex education for their child so they can address it at home, church or whereever they choose. So our chapter is happy with the current curriculum and parental choice.  

Cell Phones.  We brought up the issue of cell phones in the classroom.  In 2021-2022 there were 3 cases of students misuse of cell phones that made it to the news.  In 2022 one middle school in Bay County implemented a stricter cell phone use policy to reduce distractions in the classroom and to stop the use of phones in bullying and instigating fights.  In 2023 with the help of the changes in Florida law, the Florida DOE enacted stricter cell phone restrictions.

School Safety.  In 2019 and 2020 many changes took place on how Florida schools addressed school shootings and school safety in general.  Have these changes been made in all of the schools? Have the buildings been secured and armed personnel in place?   In 2022 we had Sheriff Ford speak at our meeting and we asked many times at the school boards for updates.  In 2023 additional funding was put in the budget for School Safety and District Safety Officers.


About Us

We are Moms, Dads, Grands, Aunt, Uncles, Friends

  
Moms for Liberty welcomes all that have a desire to stand up for parental rights at all levels of government.

Our founders are Tiffany and Tina, moms on a mission to stoke the fires of liberty.  As former school board members, they witnessed how short-sighted and destructive policies directly hurt children and families. Now they are using their first-hand knowledge and experience to unite parents who are ready to fight those that stand in the way of liberty. 

 

Our Mission

Moms for Liberty is dedicated to fighting for the survival of America by unifying, educating and empowering parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of government. 

  

How We Fight

Hold Leaders Accountable

We hold decision makers accountable or we work to replace them with liberty-minded individuals.

Spread Awareness

We spread awareness and an understanding of the limited role of government.

Oppose Government Overreach

We stand together against government overreach and intimidation tactics.

Promote Liberty

We promote teaching the principles of liberty in our homes and community.

Engage on Key Issues

We engage our communities and elected leaders on key issues impacting our families.

Activate to Public Service

We activate liberty-minded leaders to serve in elected positions.

 

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