CBEngage is a nonpartisan group formed in 2012
to raise awareness levels re: CBSD School Board issues.
2025 UPDATE: Bringing attention to the authoritarian dismantling of our country's government is the responsibility of anyone with a platform. We encourage you to engage to better our community and our school district. Write an email or a letter to the editor. Speak with friends and neighbors. Volunteer for a campaign. But ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ '๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐.'
Comments may be deleted if you:
๐ธshare misinformation (even if it is wrapped in truth)
๐ธuse loaded, biased language
๐ธcomment in general rather than with specifics, and as though feelings/beliefs are more important that facts
๐ธengage in trolling (https://samanthanorth.com/internet-trolling-tactics)
๐ธmake the page uncomfortable for those who come here for information, rather than debate
๐ธdo not live in Central Bucks and are visiting the page to stir the pot
And we don't want to argue about it. Our page, our rules. There's not enough time in the day to add 'babysit a page' to the list of things to do.
โณ๏ธ ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐จ, ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐๐จ, ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ / ๐จ๐๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฉ / ๐๐ค๐ข๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ค๐๐๐ / ๐ญ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ค๐๐๐ / ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ / ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก. ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง. ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ช๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐, "๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐จ๐๐ฃ??" -- ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐จ๐๐ฃ.
๐โ๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ (๐๐ฆ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ), ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ก๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐. ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐; ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐คโ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ข๐. ๐ท๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ก๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐ ๐คโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐กโ, ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ.
โณ๏ธFrom our last pinned post, which was about how interaction on the page had been affected by mixed response to the COVID pandemic and how administration of the page had to change from the way things had been when it was first founded in 2012 in order to address conflict. (You can find that post -- shared on Aug 2, 2021 -- at https://www.facebook.com/CentralBucksEngage/posts/pfbid06WN3wfUQNHSS5TnwbinkoZNqSTjLdbu4VLSLPAphj3Qa28oU949eaxWmAqhoRRAvl.)
8/2/21 update:
"๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ -- ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐." Over the many years since Central Bucks Engage came together as a watchdog group in 2012, we've seen parents, staff, students, and local residents come together in different ways to address a huge array of concerns and suggestions with Central Bucks leadership -- showing up to meetings, participating on committees, writing letters, holding meet & greets, educating themselves to be better advocates, and so much more. This community has tremendous resources, human and financial, and we have come together time and time again to create innumerable opportunities for our students to learn, grow, and succeed. It is heartbreaking to see such division in this same community right now during a public health crisis. Our generation has never been tested by a pandemic like this before, or been part of a population relieved to receive the miraculous cure for a scourge like smallpox or polio. We are not used to the sense of unease caused by being reminded of our mortality on a daily basis. But thanks to COVID-19, here we are. For so many reasons, there has been some conflicting guidance in the handling of this pandemic: from world and national leadership, from health organizations, from our state and local governments, from our school district, from area businesses, from people we know... and we can't fix that on our page. But we can keep this space respectful and civil by turning off the small number of contentious voices of social media who come here to disrupt, belittle, and troll in a way we have never experienced in the past. Several of these profiles are from people outside of Central Bucks, which is indicative of the sort of campaign being waged. But many aren't, and honestly, those are the most troubling -- people now feel comfortable saying confrontational things on social media, arguing with strangers or leaving a ridiculous laughing face emoji, exposing their cruelty, derision, and condescension for all to see. Too many people have forgotten or do not care that this page is followed by thousands of people in the Central Bucks community -- neighbors, relatives, employers, district leadership and staff, the parents of your child's friend...
But we do care. And we want those who are genuinely here to learn about and improve the Central Bucks community and school district to feel comfortable participating on this page, without concern that they will be attacked or mocked. In the past, warnings were issued, but generally unnecessary -- but from here out, assume that Central Bucks Engage admins will be deleting comments and banning those who are unable to treat others and us with respect. This means:
๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐จ, ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐๐จ, ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ / ๐จ๐๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฉ / ๐๐ค๐ข๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ค๐๐๐ / ๐ญ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ค๐๐๐ / ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ / ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก. ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง. ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ช๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐, "๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐จ๐๐ฃ??" -- ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐จ๐๐ฃ. When Central Bucks Engage was formed (by Democrats and Republicans), the only people really causing issues on the page were relatives of the school board, frustrated with those challenging the status quo. Social media has changed a lot since then; we still encourage you to engage, but not with an angry minority who seek to make more noise than the rest of us in an effort to appear more powerful. During this period of unrest in our community, surround yourself with those who bring you strength, not drain your energy.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please be respectful and kind. We welcome healthy discussion and debate on our page, but comments deemed by moderators to be deliberately argumentative, inflammatory, aggressive, etc will be deleted. Comments criticizing the content of this page may be deleted; others who are interested in participating here may not feel comfortable commenting or sharing a post if the space is negative. Persistent comments of this nature will lead to being banned from the page. No ad hominem attacks, including derogatory name-calling or divulging of personal information, can be tolerated on this page. Any instance of this found on our page will lead to being banned. All bans will be subject to review if the commenter requests one. Opinions expressed on this page by others are not necessarily the opinion of CB Engage. Our organization is nonpartisan.
