GOP endorsed school board candidates

[Anonymous]

Not a troll, genuine question.

What are the GOP endorsed candidates referring to when they point out a "disturbing effort to introduce age-inappropriate sexual concepts and ideas to our youngest students" (Bartkowski)? Or when they request that schools leave "family values to the parents" (Sabio)?

I have three kids in FCPS and I am honestly unsure what this is about. I get the academics/equity/TJ/AAP references. I understand the masking and school closings issues. But what are the "age-inappropriate sexual concepts" that are being introduced... what? when? where? Is this all about the coed sex-ed in middle school?? Have I missed something huge happening in the elementary schools?

[Anonymous]

The sex ed curriculum changes over the past summer involving eliminating the concept of gender in the fle curriculum, and the push by the school board over the summer for eliminating sex segregated FLE classes starting in 5th/6th grade, in spite a huge number of students and parents (I believe close to 70-80% of *students*(!) responding to the survey that they were uncomfortable with combining boys and girls for FLE sex ed/puberty lessons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The sex ed curriculum changes over the past summer involving eliminating the concept of gender in the fle curriculum, and the push by the school board over the summer for eliminating sex segregated FLE classes starting in 5th/6th grade, in spite a huge number of students and parents (I believe close to 70-80% of *students*(!) responding to the survey that they were uncomfortable with combining boys and girls for FLE sex ed/puberty lessons.

Mixing genders is totally unnecessary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The sex ed curriculum changes over the past summer involving eliminating the concept of gender in the fle curriculum, and the push by the school board over the summer for eliminating sex segregated FLE classes starting in 5th/6th grade, in spite a huge number of students and parents (I believe close to 70-80% of *students*(!) responding to the survey that they were uncomfortable with combining boys and girls for FLE sex ed/puberty lessons.

Do you have a link to the changes? And are these proposed or accepted? I had read 6th grade for non-segregated sex ed. Not that it matters much but I am curious about the specifics.

In any case, "eliminating the concept of gender in the fle curriculum" must be what these candidates are talking about, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The sex ed curriculum changes over the past summer involving eliminating the concept of gender in the fle curriculum, and the push by the school board over the summer for eliminating sex segregated FLE classes starting in 5th/6th grade, in spite a huge number of students and parents (I believe close to 70-80% of *students*(!) responding to the survey that they were uncomfortable with combining boys and girls for FLE sex ed/puberty lessons.

Mixing genders is totally unnecessary.

Good thing for you that it didn't happen, then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The sex ed curriculum changes over the past summer involving eliminating the concept of gender in the fle curriculum, and the push by the school board over the summer for eliminating sex segregated FLE classes starting in 5th/6th grade, in spite a huge number of students and parents (I believe close to 70-80% of *students*(!) responding to the survey that they were uncomfortable with combining boys and girls for FLE sex ed/puberty lessons.

Mixing genders is totally unnecessary.

Good thing for you that it didn't happen, then.

Can you specify what has been changed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The sex ed curriculum changes over the past summer involving eliminating the concept of gender in the fle curriculum, and the push by the school board over the summer for eliminating sex segregated FLE classes starting in 5th/6th grade, in spite a huge number of students and parents (I believe close to 70-80% of *students*(!) responding to the survey that they were uncomfortable with combining boys and girls for FLE sex ed/puberty lessons.

Mixing genders is totally unnecessary.

That’s not a “sexual concept/idea”.

[Anonymous]

There was a proposal to use language similar to AMAB and AFAB rather than girls/women and boys/men. Not sure if they are going forward with that.

[Anonymous]

Many people who are uncomfortable with gay or trans people mentally associate them with gay sex. What they mean is that they think that literally talking about the existence of gay or trans people is the same as talking about gay or trans people having sex. Those are the “age appropriate sexual concepts” they’re referring to.

[Anonymous]

So in other words, people are taking umbrage at a proposal that the school board did not pass? I don't get it.

[Anonymous]

Some people prefer parents teach their own kids what it means to be gay or trans as opposed to the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many people who are uncomfortable with gay or trans people mentally associate them with gay sex. What they mean is that they think that literally talking about the existence of gay or trans people is the same as talking about gay or trans people having sex. Those are the “age appropriate sexual concepts” they’re referring to.

I mean, it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many people who are uncomfortable with gay or trans people mentally associate them with gay sex. What they mean is that they think that literally talking about the existence of gay or trans people is the same as talking about gay or trans people having sex. Those are the “age appropriate sexual concepts” they’re referring to.

I mean, it is.

Um, no it's not. When you talk about straight people, is that inherently talking about sex?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many people who are uncomfortable with gay or trans people mentally associate them with gay sex. What they mean is that they think that literally talking about the existence of gay or trans people is the same as talking about gay or trans people having sex. Those are the “age appropriate sexual concepts” they’re referring to.

If that's what “age appropriate sexual concepts” refers to, then honestly I am deeply disappointed in these people, some of whom I know personally.

That said, I still would love to understand the specifics, just to have a better picture of exactly what is so objectionable. Is it that some schools are reading Heather Has Two Mommies or that some of the elementary students and teachers identify as gay??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So in other words, people are taking umbrage at a proposal that the school board did not pass? I don't get it.

Correct but they don’t tell you that part.