What (if anything) is your DC's private school doing to celebrating LGBT History Month?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LOL. So a group of 4th grade boys have a teacher-led discussion about anal sex and your child happens to be out for a "doctor's appointment" that afternoon. When he returns to school, don't you think that the other 4th grade boys are going to clue him in on what he missed?!!! And this is not a private v. public school discussion ... not much difference.

When we selected our child's school, he was barely 4 years old ... we compared schools across many criteria, but the content of sex education classes honestly never crossed our minds. I'm not so worked up about it that I would change schools ... but I do think this DCUM discussion is a good introduction to parents just starting to consider schools as to what might be in their future.

But often you don't know what your private is going to do or when. Our liberal SN private (so very few options for selection) did not tell us that the health lesson on abortion was coming up. I had covered all other issues involving sex, reproduction, STDs, periods, everything you can think of during "Girl's Camp" while on vacation between 4th and 5th grade - and did it the way I wanted to do - from a Christian point of view (go ahead, flame away!). Fortunately, she had not been given wrong information as I had at the same age. I covered everything, thought I had done a great job, and really thought at the time I could put off abortion for the time being. Wrong. It was presented the way the school wanted to present it without any warning and my daughter came home horrified.

I guess Christ must have had a lot to say about abortion and "the gay lifestyle," as self-described Christians are so confident about his stance on these issues. I tried reading the New Testament, but oddly I couldn't find anything about birth control or homosexuality, just a lot of stuff about being nice to poor people and forgiving sinners.

[Anonymous]

My kid's school had a fabulous celebration.

First, kids were treated to watch the entire first season of glee. Following was forcing them to watch the entire WNBA playoffs from last year.

Then came the real fun - 20 people of indeterminate gender on stage getting it on in front of the kids. What an assembly.

Finally, every kid had to dress as their favorite LBGT man/woman/it and do a report for the class. My daughter chose Hillary Clinton. After the school researched the matter, this was permitted.

[Anonymous]

Terry McAuliffe supports redefining marriage, and by extension, ramming the gay/tranny agenda down your fourth-grader's throat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Terry McAuliffe supports redefining marriage, and by extension, ramming the gay/tranny agenda down your fourth-grader's throat.

You meant cupcakes, not agenda, didn't you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents no longer have a say on what their children are taught nor when that information is introduced. But it is okay, because schools have selected materials that are factual both in content and in tone. If your kindergartner somehow misses school the day of the LGBT celebration, then that child will be well on the way to being viewed as ignorant and intolerant by all the other liberal parents. Tolerance is great as long as we all agree what we are supposed to be tolerant about ... there is no tolerance whatsoever for more traditional views or preserving the innocence of childhood for a few more years. I am a freak for not wishing my child to be introduced to the idea of anal sex (regardless of the genders involved) at the tender age of 9.

I don't get this. I really don't. Your child is at a private school, right? Didn't you choose that school?

And don't private schools let parents pull their children out of sex ed classes? Public schools do.

No, not at our privates. We were not told when these discussions were to take place. There was no notice that the abortion discussion was coming in sixth grade. The school would definitely frown on any parent removing the kid from scheduled activities because they weren't p.c.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents no longer have a say on what their children are taught nor when that information is introduced. But it is okay, because schools have selected materials that are factual both in content and in tone. If your kindergartner somehow misses school the day of the LGBT celebration, then that child will be well on the way to being viewed as ignorant and intolerant by all the other liberal parents. Tolerance is great as long as we all agree what we are supposed to be tolerant about ... there is no tolerance whatsoever for more traditional views or preserving the innocence of childhood for a few more years. I am a freak for not wishing my child to be introduced to the idea of anal sex (regardless of the genders involved) at the tender age of 9.

I agree with this. Because of unchecked homophobic slurs during playground at my son's Catholic school I found myself explaining anal sex in third grade long before I had planned to even get to - uh - shall we call it "traditional" sex? Totally backwards.

OK, so you sent your child to a school where other children said nasty words on the playground, which means that you had to explain anal sex to your child before you were even ready to explain PIV sex, and that is the school's fault because -- well, why is it the school's fault?

Well if you had read you would have caught the word "unchecked". If the third grade boys are screaming "faggot" "gay" "queer" and "homo" at each other on the playground, then third grade boy comes home and asks what these words mean (not used in our home), I have to explain something, don't I? And, yes, I complained to the school. They did nothing: "Boys will be boys". I even pointed out this would be considered "hate language" on another campus so they were doing the boys a disservice by letting this language continue. The didn't care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Terry McAuliffe supports redefining marriage, and by extension, ramming the gay/tranny agenda down your fourth-grader's throat.

And Cucinelli supports a woman getting permission to leave an abusive spouse and, by extension, going inside a woman's body wherehe should NEVER go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Potomac school hands out awards and celebrates kids that "come out" at assemblies. The McLean School celebrates kids that come out and post their photos on the walls of the school. I can tell you from personal experience that it can be very confusing for a kid, especially one with ADHD or other SNs, and have too many messages assaulting their brain to also get this message as well and not know what to do with it.

I have had three "lifers" at Potomac. I have many friends who have worked at the school during our almost 20 years of involvement. My family celebrates any efforts the school makes to support ALL students and faculty, regardless of sexual orientation. I can tell you, however, that no "gay awards" have ever been handed out at an assembly. This post is ridiculous.

Read. Celebration by faculty of coming out stories. From Potomac's own website. http://www.potomacschool.org/voices/kristin/index.aspx
Parents are chosing to leave over this.

[Anonymous]

From Potomac's website "to promote activites designed to promote recognition . . "

GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE

The Gay-Straight Alliance works to improve Potomac's climate for all students, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. Not just for students who identify themselves as gay, the GSA is a safe place to grapple with issues on such diverse topics as bullying, civil rights, language and culture. It provides opportunities for students to discuss topics relating to sexual orientation, both here at Potomac and in the world at large. In addition, as part of a network of GSAs (there are more than 4,000 chapters in high schools across the United States), it provides support, education and activities designed to promote recognition and equality for all people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Potomac school hands out awards and celebrates kids that "come out" at assemblies. The McLean School celebrates kids that come out and post their photos on the walls of the school. I can tell you from personal experience that it can be very confusing for a kid, especially one with ADHD or other SNs, and have too many messages assaulting their brain to also get this message as well and not know what to do with it.

I have had three "lifers" at Potomac. I have many friends who have worked at the school during our almost 20 years of involvement. My family celebrates any efforts the school makes to support ALL students and faculty, regardless of sexual orientation. I can tell you, however, that no "gay awards" have ever been handed out at an assembly. This post is ridiculous.

Read. Celebration by faculty of coming out stories. From Potomac's own website. http://www.potomacschool.org/voices/kristin/index.aspx
Parents are chosing to leave over this.

I saw this and was shocked. This is what the school wants to promote? I can think of a million other things including wonderful things this girl has accomplished that don't include who she wants to date.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents no longer have a say on what their children are taught nor when that information is introduced. But it is okay, because schools have selected materials that are factual both in content and in tone. If your kindergartner somehow misses school the day of the LGBT celebration, then that child will be well on the way to being viewed as ignorant and intolerant by all the other liberal parents. Tolerance is great as long as we all agree what we are supposed to be tolerant about ... there is no tolerance whatsoever for more traditional views or preserving the innocence of childhood for a few more years. I am a freak for not wishing my child to be introduced to the idea of anal sex (regardless of the genders involved) at the tender age of 9.

I don't get this. I really don't. Your child is at a private school, right? Didn't you choose that school?

And don't private schools let parents pull their children out of sex ed classes? Public schools do.

No, not at our privates. We were not told when these discussions were to take place. There was no notice that the abortion discussion was coming in sixth grade. The school would definitely frown on any parent removing the kid from scheduled activities because they weren't p.c.

Consider transferring to public school, then?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents no longer have a say on what their children are taught nor when that information is introduced. But it is okay, because schools have selected materials that are factual both in content and in tone. If your kindergartner somehow misses school the day of the LGBT celebration, then that child will be well on the way to being viewed as ignorant and intolerant by all the other liberal parents. Tolerance is great as long as we all agree what we are supposed to be tolerant about ... there is no tolerance whatsoever for more traditional views or preserving the innocence of childhood for a few more years. I am a freak for not wishing my child to be introduced to the idea of anal sex (regardless of the genders involved) at the tender age of 9.

I agree with this. Because of unchecked homophobic slurs during playground at my son's Catholic school I found myself explaining anal sex in third grade long before I had planned to even get to - uh - shall we call it "traditional" sex? Totally backwards.

OK, so you sent your child to a school where other children said nasty words on the playground, which means that you had to explain anal sex to your child before you were even ready to explain PIV sex, and that is the school's fault because -- well, why is it the school's fault?

Well if you had read you would have caught the word "unchecked". If the third grade boys are screaming "faggot" "gay" "queer" and "homo" at each other on the playground, then third grade boy comes home and asks what these words mean (not used in our home), I have to explain something, don't I? And, yes, I complained to the school. They did nothing: "Boys will be boys". I even pointed out this would be considered "hate language" on another campus so they were doing the boys a disservice by letting this language continue. The didn't care.

OK, so you sent your child to third grade at a school where other third-grade children said nasty words on the playground, and the school didn't do anything to stop it. (Which is bad.) Then your son came home and said, "Mom, these boys are saying these bad words on the playground, what do they mean?", and your explanation involved anal sex? Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Read. Celebration by faculty of coming out stories. From Potomac's own website. http://www.potomacschool.org/voices/kristin/index.aspx
Parents are chosing to leave over this.

Parents are choosing to leave over this? Really?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents no longer have a say on what their children are taught nor when that information is introduced. But it is okay, because schools have selected materials that are factual both in content and in tone. If your kindergartner somehow misses school the day of the LGBT celebration, then that child will be well on the way to being viewed as ignorant and intolerant by all the other liberal parents. Tolerance is great as long as we all agree what we are supposed to be tolerant about ... there is no tolerance whatsoever for more traditional views or preserving the innocence of childhood for a few more years. I am a freak for not wishing my child to be introduced to the idea of anal sex (regardless of the genders involved) at the tender age of 9.

I don't get this. I really don't. Your child is at a private school, right? Didn't you choose that school?

And don't private schools let parents pull their children out of sex ed classes? Public schools do.

No, not at our privates. We were not told when these discussions were to take place. There was no notice that the abortion discussion was coming in sixth grade. The school would definitely frown on any parent removing the kid from scheduled activities because they weren't p.c.

Consider transferring to public school, then?

Yes, we did leave and we did move on to public school. So did a number of other parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents no longer have a say on what their children are taught nor when that information is introduced. But it is okay, because schools have selected materials that are factual both in content and in tone. If your kindergartner somehow misses school the day of the LGBT celebration, then that child will be well on the way to being viewed as ignorant and intolerant by all the other liberal parents. Tolerance is great as long as we all agree what we are supposed to be tolerant about ... there is no tolerance whatsoever for more traditional views or preserving the innocence of childhood for a few more years. I am a freak for not wishing my child to be introduced to the idea of anal sex (regardless of the genders involved) at the tender age of 9.

I don't get this. I really don't. Your child is at a private school, right? Didn't you choose that school?

And don't private schools let parents pull their children out of sex ed classes? Public schools do.

No, not at our privates. We were not told when these discussions were to take place. There was no notice that the abortion discussion was coming in sixth grade. The school would definitely frown on any parent removing the kid from scheduled activities because they weren't p.c.

Consider transferring to public school, then?

Yes, we did leave and we did move on to public school. So did a number of other parents.

Are you the Former Burgundy Farm parent? Would you plase answer my questions from page 11 at 9:17?