Little did Andrew Lampart know, but the internet already chose sides for a recent school debate.
Lampart, a student at Nonnewaug High School in Woodbury, Conn., was recently assigned to a class debate on gun control. He planned to argue pro-second amendment. He figured he’d use his study hall to knock out some research — but he couldn’t. He said that websites for research were blocked by the school’s internet firewall, according to Campus Reform.
Lampart started his research by attempting to go to the National Rifle Association (NRA) and National Association for Gun Rights websites, but both were blocked. He also noticed that conservative media outlets like Townhall and The Blaze were blocked as well.
He dug deeper. The Connecticut GOP was also blocked. Pro-life sites and even the Vatican’s website were blocked, too.
He kept digging still.
Lampart then entered in liberal websites. He said he had no issue accessing sites such as Moms Demand Action, Newtown Action Alliance, Pro-Choice America, Planned Parenthood, and the Center for American Progress.
“I immediately found out that the State Democrat web site was unblocked but the State GOP web site was blocked,” Lampart explained, which tipped him off to the hypocrisy.
Lampart couldn’t believe it.
“The school is trying to shelter students from real world issues,” he said. “They are attempting to influence the way students think.”
Lampart said he explained the issue to the Superintendent of the Woodbury schools, but nothing happened after a week.
Instead, he took it to the school board.
Board Chairman John Chapman told Lampart this is no “joking matter in terms of having access to both sides of an issue.”
Chapman also made clear in an email to FoxCT that this is an “important issue that warrants further investigation.”
