Posts Tagged ‘Fairfax County Public Schools’
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…
Read MoreSchool 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…
Read MoreSex 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.
Read MoreFairfax School Board Continues Its One-Sided View of Transgender Issues
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…
Read MoreFairfax County Schools Sexualize Education and Exclude Parents
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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