Glad MCPS is getting sued

[Anonymous]

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We've done away with all things Halloween for elementary children. Tons of families associate it with demonic things and it doesn't align with their religions and values. MCPS made it the autumn festival or harvest or whatever to make it inclusive and no more costumes. We adapted and decided that those who celebrate Halloween can do so after school. We do not make the kids who do not celebrate feel irrational, less than or that something is wrong with them; we just do not spend time on it in school.

Tons of families have issues with this LGBTQIA affirming curriculum for a variety of reasons--religious, feel it is not age appropriate, much of it is still being debated and understood....why are these families viewed as irrational, intolerant or less than? Pride parade away, change your gender, discuss ad nauseam how the inside doesn't match your outside....but do it outside of school.

+100

No need to force LGBTQIA affirming curriculum on everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guess what happens when you teach kids about kids whose families look different than theirs? You raise kind, inclusive, accepting kids. Every time I read a post from someone who has a problem with the books, I think they’re unkind and bigoted and deeply insecure and probably uneducated. You’re on the wrong side of history and you’re certainly not representing any religion I’d want to be part of. But go ahead and spend your money litigating.

+1

NP here. I think many people in favor of book banning or being able to opt out of books featuring people in the LGBTQ+ community are missing the real point of these books. They aren't trying to teach your kids that trans people exist. They are trying to teach your kids to understand their peers that are in class with them. You can't ban them or erase their existence, as much as someone might want to.

This is public school. MCPS is full of a wonderful diversity of people. You might not like kids of a certain religion or race or culture or sexual orientation or gender expression or ... or ... or ... But as long as you are sending your kids to public school they are going to be interacting with other children you may not approve of. It is MCPS' job to make school a welcoming place for all students, and part of that is teaching all students to be welcoming to all. And that is why books representing the diversity of our students in every way belong in the classroom and why the school shouldn't allow parents to opt out their kids from reading them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We've done away with all things Halloween for elementary children. Tons of families associate it with demonic things and it doesn't align with their religions and values. MCPS made it the autumn festival or harvest or whatever to make it inclusive and no more costumes. We adapted and decided that those who celebrate Halloween can do so after school. We do not make the kids who do not celebrate feel irrational, less than or that something is wrong with them; we just do not spend time on it in school.

Tons of families have issues with this LGBTQIA affirming curriculum for a variety of reasons--religious, feel it is not age appropriate, much of it is still being debated and understood....why are these families viewed as irrational, intolerant or less than? Pride parade away, change your gender, discuss ad nauseam how the inside doesn't match your outside....but do it outside of school.

+100

No need to force LGBTQIA affirming curriculum on everyone.

And by "affirming", you mean "acknowledging the existence of".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We've done away with all things Halloween for elementary children. Tons of families associate it with demonic things and it doesn't align with their religions and values. MCPS made it the autumn festival or harvest or whatever to make it inclusive and no more costumes. We adapted and decided that those who celebrate Halloween can do so after school. We do not make the kids who do not celebrate feel irrational, less than or that something is wrong with them; we just do not spend time on it in school.

Tons of families have issues with this LGBTQIA affirming curriculum for a variety of reasons--religious, feel it is not age appropriate, much of it is still being debated and understood....why are these families viewed as irrational, intolerant or less than? Pride parade away, change your gender, discuss ad nauseam how the inside doesn't match your outside....but do it outside of school.

Tons of families are LGBTQIA.

Great, no one is stopping those families to discuss gender change or how inside does not match you outside. Do it freely, just don't force others to have their 5 years old listening to LGBT affirming agenda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We've done away with all things Halloween for elementary children. Tons of families associate it with demonic things and it doesn't align with their religions and values. MCPS made it the autumn festival or harvest or whatever to make it inclusive and no more costumes. We adapted and decided that those who celebrate Halloween can do so after school. We do not make the kids who do not celebrate feel irrational, less than or that something is wrong with them; we just do not spend time on it in school.

Tons of families have issues with this LGBTQIA affirming curriculum for a variety of reasons--religious, feel it is not age appropriate, much of it is still being debated and understood....why are these families viewed as irrational, intolerant or less than? Pride parade away, change your gender, discuss ad nauseam how the inside doesn't match your outside....but do it outside of school.

Tons of families are LGBTQIA.

Great, no one is stopping those families to discuss gender change or how inside does not match you outside. Do it freely, just don't force others to have their 5 years old listening to LGBT affirming agenda.

No one is stopping the teachers from reading books that recognize gay people and trans people exist, you just don't want your child in the room when that happens...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We've done away with all things Halloween for elementary children. Tons of families associate it with demonic things and it doesn't align with their religions and values. MCPS made it the autumn festival or harvest or whatever to make it inclusive and no more costumes. We adapted and decided that those who celebrate Halloween can do so after school. We do not make the kids who do not celebrate feel irrational, less than or that something is wrong with them; we just do not spend time on it in school.

Tons of families have issues with this LGBTQIA affirming curriculum for a variety of reasons--religious, feel it is not age appropriate, much of it is still being debated and understood....why are these families viewed as irrational, intolerant or less than? Pride parade away, change your gender, discuss ad nauseam how the inside doesn't match your outside....but do it outside of school.

+100

No need to force LGBTQIA affirming curriculum on everyone.

And by "affirming", you mean "acknowledging the existence of".

Do you put idea of gender change in head of your 5 years old? It's just madness to expect all parents wanting to discuss gender change or inside not matching outside with their 5 years old.

No 5 years old is going to think about gender change unless parents themselves put this idea in their head and now the same parents want all 5 years old to hear this.

I neither care about any religion or LGBTQ agenda.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My problem with these books isn’t the subject matter but that they all appear to be well below grade level. We’re in private now but are these books representative of grade level reading in MCPS?

The grade level of "Pride Puppy" is pre-K and Head Start. The grade level most of the other books is K-Grade 5. Then there are 2 books each approved for Grade 6, Grade 7, and Grade 8. What is your problem here?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J0TsuuWckSvLucXh_xxl28X7eD0EkHzZjR6eXLBqOR4/edit

The answer to my question about the MCPS reading curriculum appears to be yes. Thanks for answering it.

How nice for you that you feel good about your decision to send your child to private school.

It is really nice and I feel really good about it.

Same and so happy to be out of MCPS!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We've done away with all things Halloween for elementary children. Tons of families associate it with demonic things and it doesn't align with their religions and values. MCPS made it the autumn festival or harvest or whatever to make it inclusive and no more costumes. We adapted and decided that those who celebrate Halloween can do so after school. We do not make the kids who do not celebrate feel irrational, less than or that something is wrong with them; we just do not spend time on it in school.

Tons of families have issues with this LGBTQIA affirming curriculum for a variety of reasons--religious, feel it is not age appropriate, much of it is still being debated and understood....why are these families viewed as irrational, intolerant or less than? Pride parade away, change your gender, discuss ad nauseam how the inside doesn't match your outside....but do it outside of school.

Tons of families are LGBTQIA.

Great, no one is stopping those families to discuss gender change or how inside does not match you outside. Do it freely, just don't force others to have their 5 years old listening to LGBT affirming agenda.

No one is stopping the teachers from reading books that recognize gay people and trans people exist, you just don't want your child in the room when that happens...

Keep your politics out of elementary school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
We've done away with all things Halloween for elementary children. Tons of families associate it with demonic things and it doesn't align with their religions and values. MCPS made it the autumn festival or harvest or whatever to make it inclusive and no more costumes. We adapted and decided that those who celebrate Halloween can do so after school. We do not make the kids who do not celebrate feel irrational, less than or that something is wrong with them; we just do not spend time on it in school.

Tons of families have issues with this LGBTQIA affirming curriculum for a variety of reasons--religious, feel it is not age appropriate, much of it is still being debated and understood....why are these families viewed as irrational, intolerant or less than? Pride parade away, change your gender, discuss ad nauseam how the inside doesn't match your outside....but do it outside of school.

What school are you at? Our MCPS elementary (Cold Spring) has Halloween parties and parade (with costumes) every year. I don't think there's an official MCPS policy prohibiting Halloween celebrations.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
We've done away with all things Halloween for elementary children. Tons of families associate it with demonic things and it doesn't align with their religions and values. MCPS made it the autumn festival or harvest or whatever to make it inclusive and no more costumes. We adapted and decided that those who celebrate Halloween can do so after school. We do not make the kids who do not celebrate feel irrational, less than or that something is wrong with them; we just do not spend time on it in school.

Tons of families have issues with this LGBTQIA affirming curriculum for a variety of reasons--religious, feel it is not age appropriate, much of it is still being debated and understood....why are these families viewed as irrational, intolerant or less than? Pride parade away, change your gender, discuss ad nauseam how the inside doesn't match your outside....but do it outside of school.

+100

No need to force LGBTQIA affirming curriculum on everyone.

And by "affirming", you mean "acknowledging the existence of".

Do you put idea of gender change in head of your 5 years old? It's just madness to expect all parents wanting to discuss gender change or inside not matching outside with their 5 years old.

No 5 years old is going to think about gender change unless parents themselves put this idea in their head and now the same parents want all 5 years old to hear this.

I neither care about any religion or LGBTQ agenda.

Nobody is requiring you to discuss gender change with your five-year-old. You don't have to worry about that. You can put your mind at ease.

[Anonymous]

Who cares about what Muslims feel in MCPS? Who cares about if their religious rights are violated?

It's all about favoring LGBT agenda. 30-40% population belongs to LGBT group. Muslims are not even 2-3%.

Politics is going to favor LGBT. Muslims just have to accept it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who cares about what Muslims feel in MCPS? Who cares about if their religious rights are violated?

It's all about favoring LGBT agenda. 30-40% population belongs to LGBT group. Muslims are not even 2-3%.

Grooming works!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We've done away with all things Halloween for elementary children. Tons of families associate it with demonic things and it doesn't align with their religions and values. MCPS made it the autumn festival or harvest or whatever to make it inclusive and no more costumes. We adapted and decided that those who celebrate Halloween can do so after school. We do not make the kids who do not celebrate feel irrational, less than or that something is wrong with them; we just do not spend time on it in school.

Tons of families have issues with this LGBTQIA affirming curriculum for a variety of reasons--religious, feel it is not age appropriate, much of it is still being debated and understood....why are these families viewed as irrational, intolerant or less than? Pride parade away, change your gender, discuss ad nauseam how the inside doesn't match your outside....but do it outside of school.

+100

No need to force LGBTQIA affirming curriculum on everyone.

And by "affirming", you mean "acknowledging the existence of".

Do you put idea of gender change in head of your 5 years old? It's just madness to expect all parents wanting to discuss gender change or inside not matching outside with their 5 years old.

No 5 years old is going to think about gender change unless parents themselves put this idea in their head and now the same parents want all 5 years old to hear this.

I neither care about any religion or LGBTQ agenda.

Nobody is requiring you to discuss gender change with your five-year-old. You don't have to worry about that. You can put your mind at ease.

Not the PP, but assuming you are very familiar with it.

How does 5 years old gets exposed to gender change. I mean how do they even start thinking about it. Is it parents putting this idea in kid's head? I am just curious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We've done away with all things Halloween for elementary children. Tons of families associate it with demonic things and it doesn't align with their religions and values. MCPS made it the autumn festival or harvest or whatever to make it inclusive and no more costumes. We adapted and decided that those who celebrate Halloween can do so after school. We do not make the kids who do not celebrate feel irrational, less than or that something is wrong with them; we just do not spend time on it in school.

Tons of families have issues with this LGBTQIA affirming curriculum for a variety of reasons--religious, feel it is not age appropriate, much of it is still being debated and understood....why are these families viewed as irrational, intolerant or less than? Pride parade away, change your gender, discuss ad nauseam how the inside doesn't match your outside....but do it outside of school.

Tons of families are LGBTQIA.

Great, no one is stopping those families to discuss gender change or how inside does not match you outside. Do it freely, just don't force others to have their 5 years old listening to LGBT affirming agenda.

No one is stopping the teachers from reading books that recognize gay people and trans people exist, you just don't want your child in the room when that happens...

Keep your politics out of elementary school.

That's what I said when the school did animal behaviors in science in third grade. I told the school I don't want my children hearing about animal adaptations. Animals are exactly the same as they were when they came off Noah's ark. Keep your politics out of elementary school!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think some of these books are problematic and I can understand why parents want to opt-out. I think MCPS has a good chance of losing based on freedom of religion grounds.

My daughter was forced to read a Boy Named Penelope and we don't agree with the viewpoints expressed in that book. I think it's dangerous for MCPS to take a stance on gender theory. None of this stuff is settled and we are very much in the throes of a societal debate about it, so people acting like people who disagree are neanderthals are wrong. There's lots of room for shades of gray here, but the activists won't allow it.

It's hilarious to see how intolerant LGBT group is when it comes to rights of other group. They don't even want opt out, they want all kids to sit and listen to LGBT stories.