Posts by Mark Spooner
Fairfax School Board Members Vote in Unlawful Secret Meeting to Benefit Themselves
The Fairfax County School Board never ceases to amaze. A body that’s supposed to be transparent is anything but. A vivid example occurred earlier this year when the Board held a secret session to authorize expenditures that personally benefitted its members and that would have been very controversial if known to the public. A May…
Read MoreThe Anti-Public Reality About FLECAC’s “Reform” Is Revealed
The Fairfax County School Board, at its March 13, 2025 meeting, surprised the community by terminating the controversial Family Life Education Curriculum Advisory Committee (FLECAC) as a School Board advisory group. The move seemingly came out of nowhere. There was no prior public notice of it and hardly any discussion of it at the meeting. …
Read MoreWhat Constitutes “Critical Thinking” in FCPS?
Should our schools teach “critical thinking”? Of course, you might say. But what is “critical thinking”? As commonly understood, critical thinking means the ability to make rational decisions by taking into account all relevant facts and perspectives, and by analyzing those facts and perspectives objectively, filtering out biases, fallacies and unwarranted assumptions. Is this what…
Read MoreChairman of FCPS Budget Committee Charged with Embezzlement
Kyle McDaniel, who heads the Fairfax County School Board’s budget committee, has been charged with embezzlement by a company he was affiliated with until two months ago. A Complaint filed in Loudoun County Circuit Court alleges that McDaniel spent about $160,000 in company funds for personal uses, including family vacations, meals, household expenses, entertainment (including…
Read MoreFCPS 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…
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