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Anonymous
+ a million to all of the above, especially the bolded. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
The curriculum comes FROM THE STATE. At least have a clue on what you’re talking about. And STDs have been part of 5th grade for AT LEAST the last 6 years. |
Anonymous
The STATE is not telling them to comibne genders for instruction! |
Anonymous
If you want to save FCPS then it needs to start with a new School Board in November. |
Anonymous
| Do not combine genders! Why is this so f#%king hard? |
Anonymous
Because the FLE committee wants them combined. I guess because they do not want to acknowledge that there are biological girls and biological boys. |
Anonymous
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I teach 5th. Everything that is taught is available to parents. You can access the K-12 materials, including the PowerPoints, lesson plans, and videos. Parents can see exactly what the teachers see. I would encourage anyone who is upset to actually read the materials— it’s probably way tamer than you think.
The 5th grade lesson on STIs takes about 20 min and basically says “hey, along with pregnancy being a really bad idea when you’re young, sexual contact can also result in infections that can cause serious permanent harm. They can be caused by viruses or bacteria. There are treatments but some are INCURABLE.” It’s an abstinence message, since contraceptives are off limits for discussion until later grades. Believe me, NONE of what the kids are taught is making any of them want to go out and try anything. It’s very clinical. (Typical student comment: “Um, do we HAVE to do this when we grow up if we want kids? Isn’t there any OTHER way to have a kid?” Another common variant: “I have two sisters so that means my parents had to do this THREE TIMES.” Said pityingly.) (When my own personal children go through these lessons, I will be supplementing by discussing with them that sex is in fact a fulfilling and enjoyable part of an adult relationship.) |
Anonymous
LOL! When I was in fifth grade this was a field trip to the Health Department with Girl Scouts. My mom asked me later if I had any questions. I remember asking if you had to do this EVERY time you wanted a baby. |
Anonymous
+1 What an idiotic PP. The FLE committee is making this decision, signed off by the extremist school board. |
Anonymous
It’s 100% this. They don’t want to deal with kids who identify as the opposite gender and figuring out which session to let them attend. |
Anonymous
They already refuse to acknowledge that fact. The entire school year, FCPS has referred to boys as person “assigned” male at birth. Likewise, they no longer use the word girl; they changed it to person “assigned” female at birth. That gender ideology terminology has been used in all oficial forms of communication by FCPS. The important question at this point would be to find out what do teachers and school staff use with students to refer to boys and girls. |
Anonymous
+1 I notice that the bathrooms still say "Boys" and "Girls". I wonder how long it will be before those are renamed. Honestly, I wake up every morning grateful that my kids are finally done with this nonsense. |
Anonymous
We use "boys" and "girls". We've never heard anyone say differently. 2 ES Teachers |
Anonymous
When you've been in the schools (assuming you've actually been in schools) noticing the restroom signage, have you ever heard any school based staff member use different terms? |