Rhetoric v. Reality in the New “Equity” Policy

After a working session of the Fairfax County School Board a couple of days ago, a new draft of the proposed Equity Policy was hurriedly drafted, and then posted on the FCPS website at 3:30 Friday afternoon.  A meeting will be held Monday evening, June 26, to stamp it with the Board’s final approval.  It…

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December 15 — Two Opportunities to Make Your Voice Heard

Next Thursday, December 15, citizens of Fairfax County will have two opportunities to tell the School Board what’s on their mind. At 6:00 p.m. there will be a one-hour hearing on the subject of Collective Bargaining.  Twenty-five two-minute speaking slots are available.   Fairfax Schools Monitor has been very critical of the Board’s process for considering…

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School Board Proposes Combining Boys & Girls in Sex-Ed Classes — Part 2

As previously reported, the Fairfax County School Board is considering amendments to its sex-education curriculum for 4th to 8th graders.  See “School Board Proposes Combining Boys and Girls in Sex-Ed Classes in Grades 4-8,” Nov. 28, 2022. Sex education at these grade levels has traditionally been provided separately to boys and girls, but the proposal…

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Sex Education Proposal — Addendum

The link in my last post to the School Board’s sex education survey apparently didn’t work for some of you.  You can go to the survey by clicking HERE.  Reminder:  The deadline for responding to the survey is this Thursday, December 1, at 4:30 p.m.

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