Fairfax Schools Monitor

What is really being taught in our public schools?

What is being taught to our children in Virginia’s Fairfax County public schools?  Critical Race Theory?  Gender fluidity?  Pornography?  Is excellence in education being sidelined in favor of other goals?

The county’s school system has been in national as well as local headlines, with conflicting claims and denials about what is and isn’t being taught.  Rather than relying on sensational news reports, this blog will expose the truth about the policies and curriculum of the public school system.  What are teachers being instructed to teach, and what are the children actually being taught?  Has the focus remained on reading, writing, language, mathematics, science, history and civics, or has the school system shifted towards implanting controversial ideologies into young minds?

We will dig into the facts and will reveal official documents, including policy statements and curriculum outlines.  We will monitor the activities of the Fairfax County School Board.  We will solicit knowledgeable input from parents and mature students.

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December 15 — Two Opportunities to Make Your Voice Heard

By Mark Spooner | December 9, 2022

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

By Mark Spooner | December 2, 2022

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

By Mark Spooner | November 29, 2022

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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School Board Proposes Combining Boys and Girls in Sex-Ed Classes in Grades 4-8

By Mark Spooner | November 28, 2022

This post addresses a topic that requires immediate action by interested citizens of Fairfax County.  (Apologies to readers of this blog …. I have been out of the loop for several weeks and haven’t been able to post this article before now.) The Fairfax County School Board is considering changes to its sex-ed curriculum for…

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Fairfax School Board Is Playing Footsie With Teachers’ Unions

By Mark Spooner | October 18, 2022

The Fairfax County School System (FCPS) is in the midst of negotiating a collective bargaining relationship with unions representing FCPS employees.   Work has been occurring behind the scenes for months.  The general public has been kept in the dark.  The apparent intent is to present the public with a fait accompli after FCPS has determined…

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Alert! Fairfax School Board Plans to Scrap Long-Standing Policy of Objectivity

By Mark Spooner | October 10, 2022

The Fairfax County School Board will vote on October 20 to undercut the school system’s long-standing policy requiring teachers to be objective and neutral when addressing controversial issues in the classroom. An effort was made at the School Board’s October 6 meeting to ram through a “Truthful Education” resolution by adding it to the agenda…

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Governor Youngkin Defends Model Transgender Policy on CNN

By Mark Spooner | October 9, 2022

Today’s “State of the Union” program on CNN included an interview of Virginia Governor Glenn Younkin by Jake Tapper.  In it, Youngkin defended his administration’s proposed policy for dealing with transgender issues in public schools.   His comments are informative.  For those who missed it, a link to the relevant part of the CNN interview is…

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Fairfax School Board Continues Its One-Sided View of Transgender Issues

By Mark Spooner | October 7, 2022

The Fairfax County School Board’s October 6 meeting focused largely on transgender issues.  The auditorium was packed with LGBT students and supporters.  The Board chairman opened the meeting with a prepared statement that left little doubt about the Board’s intent to challenge the Virginia Department of Education’s (VDOE) new transgender policy (“the Model Policy”).  Another…

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Fairfax County Schools Sexualize Education and Exclude Parents

By Mark Spooner | October 4, 2022

The Federalist recently carried a very informative and perceptive article about the transgender issue, exclusion of parents, and the sexualization of education in Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), written by a former member of the FCPS Family Life Education Curriculum Advisory Committee.  It is well worth reading. A link to the article is HERE. If…

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Fairfax Schools Freak Out Over Youngkin Transgender Policy

By Mark Spooner | September 26, 2022

The Fairfax County Public School system (FCPS) is having a meltdown over the Youngkin administration’s revised Model Policy for dealing with transgender issues in Virginia schools. As previously reported, the Virginia Department of Education recently rescinded the previous administration’s model transgender policy and replaced it with a new one.  See “Youngkin Administration Revamps Model Transgender Policies,”…

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