From Channel One’s transcript for April 12, 2017:
Students: This is Mr. Leininger’s seventh-grade U.S. history class from Narcoossee Middle School in St. Cloud, Florida, and Channel One News starts right now!
Emily: Awesome job, guys, and check out that clear, bright-blue sky. They don’t call Florida the Sunshine State for nothing. Thanks to Narcoossee Middle School for kicking us off.
Yuck.
Outstanding schools don’t waste time showing specially-targeted TV commercials to their students. They certainly don’t allow their students to be used by Channel One in a promo for their kiddie-marketing company.
These students are performing in a video promo for Channel One News. What principal in his or her right mind would allow this? What principal would allow Channel One’s hyper-commercial TV show to be shown in history class? What principal would allow academic time to be converted into marketing time?
The answer is: Frank Telemko, principal of Narcoosee Middle School.
School administrators all over Florida have dropped Channel One News, but not Narcoossee Middle School’s principal, Frank Telemko.
Continuing to show Channel One News is a real black eye for the Narcoossee M.S., but also the entire Osceola County School District.
