Fcps high school and protest
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Anonymous
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I’ve seen tons of student protests on the news and on TikTok, so I’m wondering: why aren’t there any schools in Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) protesting? Are FCPS students too busy dancing to protest?
Under § 22.1-254(K) of the Code of Virginia, middle and high school students are allowed one excused absence per school year for civic engagement activities, which can include First Amendment activities like protests and marches. So if the law allows an excused absence for this, why aren’t FCPS students using it? Are schools discouraging it, or are students just choosing not to protest? |
Anonymous
| They just had a lot of snow days and have 2 hour delays every day this week. Many are trying to get back into class, they are not trying to protest anything by missing more class. Many are taking a lot of hard classes and missed a lot of school lately. These are older kids if you are talking about ones who can do this. |
Anonymous
| I am a HS teacher, and had been wondering about that too! Hear absolutely nothing among students about what is going on in the country. Nothing. |
Anonymous
| Are the protests happening in diverse schools? I think a lot of kids are scared and may want to lay low, if they could be directly impacted. |
Anonymous
| No one cares. |
Anonymous
| What a bizarre question. |
Anonymous
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Our HS sent an email out tonight reiterating the rules, and repercussions if they are not followed, when it comes to protests. Shortly after, I got a parent group chat message asking if anyone knew if kids could still participate in weekend school activities if they participated in "the protest." Waiting for my kid to get home for the details, but safe to assume at least one school is planning something.
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Anonymous
| 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 |
Anonymous
Thank goodness. Protests during the day at high schools turn into bullying opportunities and a performative, superficial waste of time. They are never organic or student driven and always have a political group behind the scenes running things and pulling the strings. Protest on your own time. Not during school hours. |
Anonymous
I’m 17:40 and also a HS teacher. I stand by what I’m saying, but I am also a math teacher and there is no reason to talk about political events in my classes. I have not heard any of them talk about it this year either. |
Anonymous
| DS said his classmates were calling for a walkout tomorrow. I am so confused. |
Anonymous
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So, after an entire week off from school, you want them to waste their time class time in a pointless protest?
Maybe the kids have more sense than the parents. |
Anonymous
Thank you. |
Anonymous
It really is. “Let me come up with the most obtuse issue to waste people’s time with on DCUM” |
Anonymous
I doubt most of the parents want this either, especially after the past 2 weeks. These are organized and coordinated by outside political groups with zero connections to students or schools who push this stuff. The last protest, the "organic" student walkout just happened coincidentally to have news crews, a lot of non school connected adults appearing, many who were too old to be high school students and too young to be parents of high schoolers, and a helicopter flying over the protesting schools. Protesting school hours is a joke and not spontaneous or student driven. |