Wall Street Journal on Gender Storytime in Montgomery County

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of the content is pretty inappropriate for young kids and older kids are tired of it as they go on and on, non-stop and often overlook other groups. Parents should get to opt out.

If parents feel the need to opt out of these types of storybooks, they should opt out of public school. Their children are sitting next to other kids in classes who have family and family friends who are members of the LGBTQ+ community. There may be a child in their class who is transgender. Would they rather their kids learn about other people through a vetted storybook or through playground conversations?

By that argument it should be the trans kids opting out of public school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of the content is pretty inappropriate for young kids and older kids are tired of it as they go on and on, non-stop and often overlook other groups. Parents should get to opt out.

Absolutely inappropriate! Agree they spoiled be able to opt out. Better yet just go back to teaching normal school subjects then nobody would care.

[Anonymous]

Parents should be able to opt their kids out of anything they want.

[Anonymous]

MCPS has gone overboard with the LGBTQ stuff. My middle school-aged daughter commented once that she felt they were trying to turn the kids gay. I'm being 100% real here.

[Anonymous]

Anyone going to the mcps pride community day on June 1st?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The truth is MCPS pushed too hard and too far with the LGBTQ books and that was directly because of the advocacy of LGBTQ zealots on the board like Lynne Harris.

Sexuality and gender are highly fraught and nuanced topics that our society is currently negotiating over.

The conservative Supreme Court is likely to rule against MCPS, costing us the taxpayers more money in settlements and trial costs.

This is how I feel.

But I'm also torn with myself. Is it a good thing for children, even young ones, to be exposed to different family structures, and different romantic relationships, in an effort to reduce future bias and create a more tolerant community? Maybe. So I've never complained.

But I wish they'd read more classics, mainly because the writing is better and the vocabulary is a lot richer. Modern books for children keep dumbing down the vocab and sentence structure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of the content is pretty inappropriate for young kids and older kids are tired of it as they go on and on, non-stop and often overlook other groups. Parents should get to opt out.

Absolutely inappropriate! Agree they spoiled be able to opt out. Better yet just go back to teaching normal school subjects then nobody would care.

"Normal" school subjects like reading, where the characters in the books represent more than just straight white people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents should be able to opt their kids out of anything they want.

That would be insane. It's public school, not a restaurant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents should be able to opt their kids out of anything they want.

Does that include evolution? Books about Rosa Parks? Where does it end?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never once seen an example of a book that was actually being read in class that was actually offensive. The examples they have in the lawsuit seemed to be books that were on lists to possibly be read but no one ever seemed to say “yes my kids second grade teacher is reading this.”
It just seems like a huge non issue.

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Not one of these books was ever used in the classroom

The people are lying. They don't even have kids in public school. This lawsuit is absurd.

SCOTUS will give them this win God help all of us. It is not going to end well. UGH

YOU are the liar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never once seen an example of a book that was actually being read in class that was actually offensive. The examples they have in the lawsuit seemed to be books that were on lists to possibly be read but no one ever seemed to say “yes my kids second grade teacher is reading this.”
It just seems like a huge non issue.

+1

Not one of these books was ever used in the classroom

The people are lying. They don't even have kids in public school. This lawsuit is absurd.

SCOTUS will give them this win God help all of us. It is not going to end well. UGH

That’s not true. My DD’s 4th grade class had to read the Boy Named Penelope book. I think that book is absolutely ridiculous and dangerous.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents should be able to opt their kids out of anything they want.

That would be insane. It's public school, not a restaurant.

Nothing insane about it. What the school district is going to teach should be based on what the larger group of tax payers accept but whether or not a family wants their kid to participate in certain topics should be up to the parents. It's nobodys business how a family chooses to raise their kids as long as the kids are safe and healthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of the content is pretty inappropriate for young kids and older kids are tired of it as they go on and on, non-stop and often overlook other groups. Parents should get to opt out.

If parents feel the need to opt out of these types of storybooks, they should opt out of public school. Their children are sitting next to other kids in classes who have family and family friends who are members of the LGBTQ+ community. There may be a child in their class who is transgender. Would they rather their kids learn about other people through a vetted storybook or through playground conversations?

Most of us cannot afford private and parents still should get choice. You can teach acceptance and treating people well in a much more gentle, less in your face way that many would be more comfortable with. Most of the kids know, don't care and don't need constant reminders on it. Try parenting your kids in a way that they learn acceptance at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The truth is MCPS pushed too hard and too far with the LGBTQ books and that was directly because of the advocacy of LGBTQ zealots on the board like Lynne Harris.

Sexuality and gender are highly fraught and nuanced topics that our society is currently negotiating over.

The conservative Supreme Court is likely to rule against MCPS, costing us the taxpayers more money in settlements and trial costs.

This is how I feel.

But I'm also torn with myself. Is it a good thing for children, even young ones, to be exposed to different family structures, and different romantic relationships, in an effort to reduce future bias and create a more tolerant community? Maybe. So I've never complained.

But I wish they'd read more classics, mainly because the writing is better and the vocabulary is a lot richer. Modern books for children keep dumbing down the vocab and sentence structure.

That's for the parents to do, not schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents should be able to opt their kids out of anything they want.

That would be insane. It's public school, not a restaurant.

Nothing insane about it. What the school district is going to teach should be based on what the larger group of tax payers accept but whether or not a family wants their kid to participate in certain topics should be up to the parents. It's nobodys business how a family chooses to raise their kids as long as the kids are safe and healthy.

The tax payers have the right to vote in elections for the BOE members, who in turn hire the supertendent. They do not have the right to an a la carte curriculum.