Yesterday in FCPS, a student using a Hate Symbol was discovered

[Anonymous]

This was just emailed yesterday. In 2024. I would rather not say the name of our school for privacy reasons.

I am flabbergasted! How does something like this happen in a place like this, now? (FCPS)


“ Dear XXXXXXXX Community,

We have recently been made aware of a student using a hate symbol while in class.

We want to be clear that FCPS does not tolerate this kind of behavior in our schools. It is unacceptable that any student at XXXXXXXX High School feels that this is appropriate behavior. This is not the kind of school community we seek to cultivate. We have made a commitment in FCPS that any time these situations arise, we will share them with our school community to send a clear message that we denounce these actions.

Every student in FCPS has the right to feel safe and affirmed in our schools. Words matter, no matter the context, no matter the situation. In partnership with the Chief Equity Office, we will continue to work within our school community to have dialogues about dignity, humanization and belonging. I ask you to engage in these same conversations at home.

Below are two resources that can also help guide your conversations at home:

How to Talk to Your Children About Hate Speech
Talking to your child about slurs: When words hurt
Our students can make a difference in this world by learning to embrace and value our differences instead of using them to divide us.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me directly. I would like to hear your ideas about making McLean High School a more welcoming and culturally responsive environment for all.

Ellen Reilly”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This was just emailed yesterday. In 2024. I would rather not say the name of our school for privacy reasons.

I am flabbergasted! How does something like this happen in a place like this, now? (FCPS)


“ Dear XXXXXXXX Community,

We have recently been made aware of a student using a hate symbol while in class.

We want to be clear that FCPS does not tolerate this kind of behavior in our schools. It is unacceptable that any student at XXXXXXXX High School feels that this is appropriate behavior. This is not the kind of school community we seek to cultivate. We have made a commitment in FCPS that any time these situations arise, we will share them with our school community to send a clear message that we denounce these actions.

Every student in FCPS has the right to feel safe and affirmed in our schools. Words matter, no matter the context, no matter the situation. In partnership with the Chief Equity Office, we will continue to work within our school community to have dialogues about dignity, humanization and belonging. I ask you to engage in these same conversations at home.

Below are two resources that can also help guide your conversations at home:

How to Talk to Your Children About Hate Speech
Talking to your child about slurs: When words hurt
Our students can make a difference in this world by learning to embrace and value our differences instead of using them to divide us.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me directly. I would like to hear your ideas about making McLean High School a more welcoming and culturally responsive environment for all.

Ellen Reilly”

You did not remove the McLean High School at the end of the email. And posting an email from McLean with a large population is not going to identify you.

[Anonymous]

I am not flabbergasted at all given what's happening around the world, but it's good the principal sent out a message that it's not to be tolerated.

[Anonymous]

I'm not flabbergasted either.

[Anonymous]

Have you not gotten multiple of these emails over the past few years? We were at an FCPS elementary school (fairly diverse ethnically, on the low end of economic diversity but not a high-SES school) and got multiple emails about slurs last year. My takeaway is that whatever families and our culture - to include schools - are doing to address this isn't working. And no, adding another school assembly isn't going to magically fix it.

[Anonymous]

Elementary school kids are regularly making racial remarks/insults/slurs so this is not at all surprising.

[Anonymous]

we got this email from woodson too but it is like the 10th time the same thing has happened in the last two years so not flabbergasted.

[Anonymous]

What exactly is a hate symbol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What exactly is a hate symbol

A "MAGA" poster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly is a hate symbol

A "MAGA" poster.

Is this true? Someone showed a maga thing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What exactly is a hate symbol

My guess would be a swastika

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly is a hate symbol

My guess would be a swastika

Someone getting carried away from AP world history

[Anonymous]

How is this newsworthy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly is a hate symbol

My guess would be a swastika

So MAGA poster fits

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly is a hate symbol

My guess would be a swastika

So MAGA poster fits

Actually. No. The ones with the swastikas are the same people who think what happened on October 7 2024 is acceptable. The same people marching through the streets with their keffiyeh and shutting down college campuses. Those are the people that you need to worry about.