Posts by Mark Spooner
FCPS Superintendent Endorses Biased Posters in High School
On Friday, March 21, the Superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools, Michelle Reid, rendered her verdict on a set of controversial, politically-oriented posters that had recently been set up in the hallways of West Springfield High School. Her decision: The display is proper and commendable. The students and teachers who were involved, and the school…
Read MoreLeft-Wing Indoctrination Thrives in FCPS
A recent article by journalist Stephanie Lundquist-Arora should be read by all who are concerned about political indoctrination in Fairfax County public schools. See “A Is for Abortion: Public High School Teaches ABCs for Women’s History Month.” The article documents a blatant example of left-wing propaganda in the hallways of West Springfield High School. Allegedly…
Read MoreFLECAC Is No More!!!!
In a surprise move, the Fairfax County School Board abolished its Family Life Education Curriculum Advisory Committee (FLECAC) during its March 13 meeting. This ideologically-driven body had proposed controversial additions to the sex-education curriculum every year, and the School Board had usually rubber-stamped them. This year FLECAC was poised to recommend that children in elementary…
Read MoreFLECAC Meeting Abruptly Canceled; Notice to the Public Withheld
FCPS’s Family Life Education Curriculum Advisory Committee (FLECAC) was scheduled to meet this Wednesday evening, March 12, to discuss a controversial proposal to teach elementary-grade students about “gender identity” issues as early as the 3d or 5th grade. The committee’s January and February meetings had both been canceled due to snowy roads, so public attendance…
Read MoreHow Many $$$ Will FCPS Spend to Defend Its Discrimination Against Girls?
Last week, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation of Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) and four other Virginia school systems to determine whether their transgender policies violate Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 — the federal law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs…
Read MoreThe Cost of DEI in FCPS
“Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” programs are crumbling almost everywhere, as institutions are realizing that DEI can be costly, divisive, ineffective, and contrary to American values. The trend began before the new administration took power in Washington on January 20, and it will surely mushroom in the coming months. There is no visible sign, however, that…
Read MoreFLECAC Controversy Heats Up With False Accusations
A recent post on this site, “FCPS Moves Closer to Gender Ideology Instruction in Elementary Schools,” has precipitated an all-out attack from one member of FCPS’s Family Life Education Curriculum Advisory Committee (FLECAC). The article, posted on the 4PublicEducation website, is filled with ad hominem claims against the editor of this blog as well as…
Read MoreFLECAC Meeting Cancelled– Rescheduled to February 12
My post of December 31 stated that the next meeting of the FCPS Family Life Education Curriculum Advisory Committee (FLECAC) would be this evening, January 8. Due to the weather, it has been cancelled. The next committee meeting will be the regularly-scheduled February meeting, on the 12th, from 7 to 9 p.m. at FCPS…
Read MoreFCPS Moves Closer to Gender Ideology Instruction in Elementary Schools
The Fairfax County FLECAC (“Family Life Education Curriculum Advisory Committee”) was asked by this year’s School Board to “explore instruction on gender identity in elementary school.” There was little doubt from the outset where the “exploration” would lead because, as reported previously, FLECAC’s membership in recent years has consistently pushed controversial, “progressive” proposals. FLECAC meetings…
Read MoreFCPS’s Advisory Committee “Reforms” Avoided Real Reform
Earlier this year, the Fairfax County School Board made several changes to its policies and procedures relating to its Community Advisory Committees, but the Board didn’t address the most important problem with these bodies: They tend to echo the preexisting views of Board members rather than being a source of independent advice. Background Over the…
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