Glad MCPS is getting sued

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was not happy last summer about the book assigned by my child's middle school for summer reading (it's an Middle Years Programme school that has a theme book every year).

I was unhappy because they had assigned a poorly-written load of drivel. It happened to have an LGBTQ+ theme, which is why they had assigned it, to virtue signal that they're a welcoming and tolerant community (they also have NAACP meetings, and completely ignore their Asian population).

Personally, I couldn't care less what they say about LGBTQ+. I applaud their efforts to teach children to respect everyone's differences (except Asians, who seem to be invisible to them). But not if it comes at the cost of choosing something better written, with richer vocabulary, more complex sentence structure, more challenging character motivations and decisions - especially as the entire summer reading list is comprised of just one book!

I'm irritated that we're dumbing down education. And I'm sad to say that even without this recent LGBTQ+ virtue signaling craze, the chosen summer book would probably have been dumbed down for another cause du jour! There is no construct within MCPS where they would ever assign something actually high level and thought-provoking!

Of course, parenting begins at home and I've always given my kids my own reading list in the summer. I've tutored them, taught them cursive, filled in all the blanks that I've been able to fill that public school doesn't address.

But when the school has a golden opportunity to read great books, and just picks the newest and shiniest cause regardless of writing quality...

... it just rubs me the wrong way.

Getting off soapbox now.

+1 agree with you completely

+1 another

It's performative. No substance.

+1 I’m on board with this. The pendulum has swung so far to the left that it needs to be corrected. An opt out is reasonable to me.

Just the opposite. Over the past 40 years things have gone so far to the right that even "liberals" are like conservative compared to guys like Nixon or Reagan.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents should always have a say in what their kids are learning. Ideally, their day can be to leave this crazy system but not vv everyone can afford that. Parents should be able to opt out of having their two and three year olds use a word search to find words like drag in story books being read to them.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/3-montgomery-county-families-sue-mcps-over-lbtq-books.amp

No, they shouldn’t.

+1. It may sound good but I don't want some yahoo deciding what their kids can and can't read. That affects my kids too. If they don't like these books, they can always opt out.

The pace will get even slower and more complicated as they spend 30% of the school day ensuring that students X, Y, and Z don't learn items 1, 2, or 3. Everyone is special.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents should always have a say in what their kids are learning. Ideally, their day can be to leave this crazy system but not vv everyone can afford that. Parents should be able to opt out of having their two and three year olds use a word search to find words like drag in story books being read to them.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/3-montgomery-county-families-sue-mcps-over-lbtq-books.amp

I want to opt out of the Elementary School module on (and I am not making this up) "Gender Roles in Colonial America"

Why is this not a valid topic, in your opinion? Please explain.

[Anonymous]

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We've done away with all things Halloween for elementary children. Tons of families associate it with demonic things and it doesn't align with their religions and values. MCPS made it the autumn festival or harvest or whatever to make it inclusive and no more costumes. We adapted and decided that those who celebrate Halloween can do so after school. We do not make the kids who do not celebrate feel irrational, less than or that something is wrong with them; we just do not spend time on it in school.

Tons of families have issues with this LGBTQIA affirming curriculum for a variety of reasons--religious, feel it is not age appropriate, much of it is still being debated and understood....why are these families viewed as irrational, intolerant or less than? Pride parade away, change your gender, discuss ad nauseam how the inside doesn't match your outside....but do it outside of school.

Tons of families are LGBTQIA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents should always have a say in what their kids are learning. Ideally, their day can be to leave this crazy system but not vv everyone can afford that. Parents should be able to opt out of having their two and three year olds use a word search to find words like drag in story books being read to them.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/3-montgomery-county-families-sue-mcps-over-lbtq-books.amp

I want to opt out of the Elementary School module on (and I am not making this up) "Gender Roles in Colonial America"

Your kid shouldn't learn how life was different for men and women in Colonial America? That's a totally normal part of teaching history to kids and always has been.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents should always have a say in what their kids are learning. Ideally, their day can be to leave this crazy system but not vv everyone can afford that. Parents should be able to opt out of having their two and three year olds use a word search to find words like drag in story books being read to them.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/3-montgomery-county-families-sue-mcps-over-lbtq-books.amp

Do you think the courts will cater to these bigots?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents should always have a say in what their kids are learning. Ideally, their day can be to leave this crazy system but not vv everyone can afford that. Parents should be able to opt out of having their two and three year olds use a word search to find words like drag in story books being read to them.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/3-montgomery-county-families-sue-mcps-over-lbtq-books.amp

Just hope the bigots who are bringing this waste of time are forced to cover the court costs.

[Anonymous]

This brief is a terrible piece of legal writing. As a polemic, it’s bigoted garbage.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents should always have a say in what their kids are learning. Ideally, their day can be to leave this crazy system but not vv everyone can afford that. Parents should be able to opt out of having their two and three year olds use a word search to find words like drag in story books being read to them.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/3-montgomery-county-families-sue-mcps-over-lbtq-books.amp

Do you think the courts will cater to these bigots?

No. MCPS will win and be even more empowered.

[Anonymous]

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We've done away with all things Halloween for elementary children. Tons of families associate it with demonic things and it doesn't align with their religions and values. MCPS made it the autumn festival or harvest or whatever to make it inclusive and no more costumes. We adapted and decided that those who celebrate Halloween can do so after school. We do not make the kids who do not celebrate feel irrational, less than or that something is wrong with them; we just do not spend time on it in school.

Tons of families have issues with this LGBTQIA affirming curriculum for a variety of reasons--religious, feel it is not age appropriate, much of it is still being debated and understood....why are these families viewed as irrational, intolerant or less than? Pride parade away, change your gender, discuss ad nauseam how the inside doesn't match your outside....but do it outside of school.

BINGO! If Halloween (or Christmas for that matter) has become offensive and we need to neutralize it to be inclusive of others' sensibilities and sensitivities, then some of the stuff being shoved in the name of LGBTQ curriculum also falls into the same boat.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
We've done away with all things Halloween for elementary children. Tons of families associate it with demonic things and it doesn't align with their religions and values. MCPS made it the autumn festival or harvest or whatever to make it inclusive and no more costumes. We adapted and decided that those who celebrate Halloween can do so after school. We do not make the kids who do not celebrate feel irrational, less than or that something is wrong with them; we just do not spend time on it in school.

Tons of families have issues with this LGBTQIA affirming curriculum for a variety of reasons--religious, feel it is not age appropriate, much of it is still being debated and understood....why are these families viewed as irrational, intolerant or less than? Pride parade away, change your gender, discuss ad nauseam how the inside doesn't match your outside....but do it outside of school.

BINGO! If Halloween (or Christmas for that matter) has become offensive and we need to neutralize it to be inclusive of others' sensibilities and sensitivities, then some of the stuff being shoved in the name of LGBTQ curriculum also falls into the same boat.

Yes, it's very important that we be inclusive of the bigot community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Religious rights. The parents suing don’t want their kids exposed to sexual material for religious reasons.

Drag queen is not sexual material. It’s a term for a performer who dresses a certain way for their art. Do you consider nurse, firefighter, or clown to be sexual material?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We've done away with all things Halloween for elementary children. Tons of families associate it with demonic things and it doesn't align with their religions and values. MCPS made it the autumn festival or harvest or whatever to make it inclusive and no more costumes. We adapted and decided that those who celebrate Halloween can do so after school. We do not make the kids who do not celebrate feel irrational, less than or that something is wrong with them; we just do not spend time on it in school.

Tons of families have issues with this LGBTQIA affirming curriculum for a variety of reasons--religious, feel it is not age appropriate, much of it is still being debated and understood....why are these families viewed as irrational, intolerant or less than? Pride parade away, change your gender, discuss ad nauseam how the inside doesn't match your outside....but do it outside of school.

BINGO! If Halloween (or Christmas for that matter) has become offensive and we need to neutralize it to be inclusive of others' sensibilities and sensitivities, then some of the stuff being shoved in the name of LGBTQ curriculum also falls into the same boat.

Yes, it's very important that we be inclusive of the bigot community.

If you want to call Muslims and their religious beliefs bigoted, then that's on you. You can fight that out with the Muslim community.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Religious rights. The parents suing don’t want their kids exposed to sexual material for religious reasons.

Drag queen is not sexual material. It’s a term for a performer who dresses a certain way for their art. Do you consider nurse, firefighter, or clown to be sexual material?

Drag queens are typically raunchy, risque and not meant for children. They are adult entertainers for adult audiences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We've done away with all things Halloween for elementary children. Tons of families associate it with demonic things and it doesn't align with their religions and values. MCPS made it the autumn festival or harvest or whatever to make it inclusive and no more costumes. We adapted and decided that those who celebrate Halloween can do so after school. We do not make the kids who do not celebrate feel irrational, less than or that something is wrong with them; we just do not spend time on it in school.

Tons of families have issues with this LGBTQIA affirming curriculum for a variety of reasons--religious, feel it is not age appropriate, much of it is still being debated and understood....why are these families viewed as irrational, intolerant or less than? Pride parade away, change your gender, discuss ad nauseam how the inside doesn't match your outside....but do it outside of school.

BINGO! If Halloween (or Christmas for that matter) has become offensive and we need to neutralize it to be inclusive of others' sensibilities and sensitivities, then some of the stuff being shoved in the name of LGBTQ curriculum also falls into the same boat.

Yes, it's very important that we be inclusive of the bigot community.

If you want to call Muslims and their religious beliefs bigoted, then that's on you. You can fight that out with the Muslim community.

Don't generalize. Don't stereotype. "The Muslim community" is not party to this lawsuit. "The Christian community" is also not party to this lawsuit. The parties to this lawsuit are one Muslim couple, one Roman Catholic Christian/Ukrainian Orthodox Christian couple, and one Roman Catholic Christian couple. The legal complaint helpfully spells this out for everyone.