Written by Chief    Tuesday, 25 March 2008 07:58

In case you have not heard yet, the Vets for Feedom Tour was to roll into town and do a promotional event at Forest Lake High school today from 9-11 am. This was scheduled, set through the principal, and set to go. Then...

People, many from outside the school district, complained (read: did not want veterans to be heard talking their living history stories to American public school students). The principal folded to this pressure, and it's over. Now let's forget for a moment that Pete Hegseth is a graduate with honors from Forest Lake High school where was to speak. Theses 2 clips from Allie Shah's Strib article sum the cancelation up:

"We decided to cancel," Massey said. Organizers of the National Heroes Tour then scrambled to relocate the event to the American Legion building in Forest Lake. The visit, which U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Stillwater, had been scheduled to attend, is sponsored by Vets for Freedom, a national organization run by Pete Hegseth, a 1999 graduate of Forest Lake Area High School who served with the 101st Airborne in Iraq in 2005-06.

"I think it's extremely unfortunate that a school would bow to the political pressure of outside groups and not bring in a veterans organization," Hegseth said. "Are we saying that patriotism and duty and honor have no place in our public schools?" So far, the tour has visited one school, albeit a private school.

If anyone would like to call or contact the school here is the contact information:

Forest Lake Area High School

6101 Scandia Tr. N.
Forest Lake, MN 55025

Principal Steve Massey
651-982-8401

Assistant Principal Don Bosch
651-982-8403

Assistant Principal Kathy Ungerecht
651-982-8402

Main Office: 651-982-8400
Attendance: 651-982-8414
Activities: 651-982-8411
Student Services: 651-982-8413
Police Liaison: 651-982-8421

Forest Lake Area School District

Forest Lake Area Schools
District Office
6100 N 210th St  
Forest Lake, MN 55025
Main Line: 651-982-8100 
E-Mail: feedback@forestlake.k12.mn.us

Superintendent Lynn Steenblock:
651-982-8103

Administration & Human Resources:
651-982-8124

Business Office: 651-982-8126

Communications: 651-982-8118

Community Education: 651-982-8120