The taking-them-all-out-for-ice-cream thing is so deeply gross.

Could be useful - current SFUSD School Board professional conduct policy for all employees (I can't imagine that the rules for substitute teachers are any different than for regular): [link]

Specifically, look at Section 4000, subsection 4019.1, and search there for Boundary Violations. The ice cream trip looks to clearly and specifically violate #7 (the club is just prospective, so not yet an organized community activity, and almost certainly not something the school was aware of ahead of time):

Socializing or spending time with students (including but not limited to activities such as going out for beverages, meals or movies, shopping, traveling and recreational activities and visiting the student's home) outside of school-sponsored events, except as participants in organized community activities.

I like that kind of America!

I heard back from the counselor: "Thank you very much for bringing this incredibly concerning matter to my attention. I have spoken about this with the Administration who will be conducting a further investigation and also following up with you shortly regarding this matter."

And the Principal and Vice Principal: "Thank you for sending along your concerns to Ms. Carnes (the 6th grade counselor). I just wanted to let you know that we have received your emails and the pictures attached. Please know we take this seriously and have begun an investigation into the situation and will follow up. Thank you for bringing this to us. "

David for the win!

The ice cream thing really is incredibly super icky.

Catching up on things, and that church recruiting thing is appalling and skeezy and wow, my hackles went right up.

I will be that asshole standing in front of the school with a megaphone and fliers if I have to.

YES. Thank you.

David for the win!

I intend to get that fucker banned from the school district. And since their letterhead indicates they have a San Francisco chapter and they plan to have 300 kids at camp, I want every local school AND PTA in the surrounding area notified about this group, their intent and their methods.

Well done David!!

She has an elaborate ethnic name, hyphenated with a different ethnicity.

That is my favorite thing with so many of the kids here. Many of the boys' friends have great combo names. I have one set of ancestry, which has no crossover with DH, so the kids doubled up on their variety. Now son is engaged to a girl with a whole different set! Their potential kids will be Irish, German, British, Russian, Cuban, and Scottish! Or ya know, American.

It was a lot easier when heraldry was prevalent, you just got a shield with both sides of the family's arms on it to show the wedding, then their kids got married and paired up their sets of arms--though that ended up with shields with 32 little squares of arms to show all the families that joined together, though it made for wonderful genealogical shorthand.

David, good for you. And good for the school for following up so quickly and not being defensively reactive.

How did I get here? I grew up in the Southern Baptist church--my dad had us there every time the doors opened, and we were all challenged to "witness" to others at every opportunity. It was the *normal* and *right* way for life to be, until I was in my mid-teens, and reading YA fiction from the POV of kids my own age from other religions and societies pried open a crack in my self-satisfaction of being "saved." That was the turning point towards an expanding world view.

Like Steph, looking back on that era creeps me out so hard now. So, I'm right behind you on the school steps, arms full of flyers--and batteries for the bullhorn.

This guy is so fucking busted. He used Instagram to lure kids to the ice cream shop for free ice cream and recruit them.

That is a massive violation of school policy to engage with students via social media outside of parental consent.

Looking at the Instagram notes I see that he solicited students to Direct Message him.

Which is a massive Red Flag and is another violation.

Emmett was very adamant to keep Matilda off Instagram and Snapchat, and I'm starting to see why. It's super hard to monitor and sleeze can get right in.