Anyone here opting their kids out of sex ed in Virginia?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My husband and I decided to opt our kids out from the sex ed curriculum. We're lifelong Democrats who hate Trump and voted for Biden. But I just really can't deal with the extreme positions Democrats have staked out on some of these sexuality and gender debates. Of course I'd never say this publicly. Just curious how many others who feel like me are out there.

You’re not Democrats.

100% Agree, if you are not 100% behind the latest progressive cause, the Democrats do not want or need your support.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My husband and I decided to opt our kids out from the sex ed curriculum. We're lifelong Democrats who hate Trump and voted for Biden. But I just really can't deal with the extreme positions Democrats have staked out on some of these sexuality and gender debates. Of course I'd never say this publicly. Just curious how many others who feel like me are out there.

You’re not Democrats.

100% Agree, if you are not 100% behind the latest progressive cause, the Democrats do not want or need your support.

Are you Lila Lavender’s parent?
https://readlion.com/critics-say-woke-agendas-are-now-killing-high-school-debate/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We will be opting out.

I don't care for the "sex assigned at birth" language for the younger grades.

Why not? It’s accurate. And certainly more precise.

What you “care for” isn’t relevant anyway. You’re only a parent — leave the education of your children to professionals. Your opinions about this don’t matter at all. Stay in your lane.

Wow, this again. From birth to 18 raising the child is the parent's lane. Perhaps if public school stuck to the basics of math, reading, writing, history. science and social studies everyone would be better off. Maybe then the majority of kids in public schools could read and do math at or above grade level.

But no, let's spend hours and hours on semantics for a subject that could be removed from the curriculum entirely, and based upon the animus it causes probably should be removed.

Agree; it should be removed.

The language’s presence in FLE appeared due to a one-sided desire by certain radical activists to indoctrinate other people’s children. Time to remove it.

Educating is not indoctrinating and the fact you think it is renders you absurd. This is PUBLIC school not a private parochial. Maybe you'd be better suited in that environment? Because information about all families, people, in the public and community is absolutely fair game. That you thinks these families are in the same bucket as anything "radical" says alot about you. None of it good.

"Sex assigned at birth" is indoctrination. Period.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We will be opting out.

I don't care for the "sex assigned at birth" language for the younger grades.

Why not? It’s accurate. And certainly more precise.

What you “care for” isn’t relevant anyway. You’re only a parent — leave the education of your children to professionals. Your opinions about this don’t matter at all. Stay in your lane.

Wow, this again. From birth to 18 raising the child is the parent's lane. Perhaps if public school stuck to the basics of math, reading, writing, history. science and social studies everyone would be better off. Maybe then the majority of kids in public schools could read and do math at or above grade level.

But no, let's spend hours and hours on semantics for a subject that could be removed from the curriculum entirely, and based upon the animus it causes probably should be removed.

Agree; it should be removed.

The language’s presence in FLE appeared due to a one-sided desire by certain radical activists to indoctrinate other people’s children. Time to remove it.

Educating is not indoctrinating and the fact you think it is renders you absurd. This is PUBLIC school not a private parochial. Maybe you'd be better suited in that environment? Because information about all families, people, in the public and community is absolutely fair game. That you thinks these families are in the same bucket as anything "radical" says alot about you. None of it good.

"Sex assigned at birth" is indoctrination. Period.

+1,000,000

That phrasing is mendacious and just plain silly

At least say “gender assigned at birth” which would match the rest of the marketing

No one “assigns” people ovaries and testes, at birth or during gestation

Trust the science, people!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't sex ed supposed to be about how a sperm fertilizes an egg? It shouldn't be anything about whether the sperm's owner identifies as a man or woman, nor should the egg owner. I would guess FCPS will try to inject that a man can get pregnant, and that's the issue.

They need to stick to science, not social issues with this one. Male = sperm maker, Female = egg mater; when they meet, you can have a fertilized egg that later becomes a baby that emerges from the female.

It's not a social issue to recognize LGBTQ. Sorry, that's biology. Thus, science. And furthermore, it recognizes and normalizes what the kids are already hearing and seeing in elementary and beyond. My kid had classmates with 2 moms in class as early as 4th grade, which is the first real FLE. So may as well teach it. Otherwise, you're just fostering ignorance and hate.

I’m sorry, but the T is not science.

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Anonymous wrote:We will be opting out.

I don't care for the "sex assigned at birth" language for the younger grades.

Cute. But they'll hear it anyway. But if you wanna bury your head in the sand about it, the void will just be filled by others elsewhere.

It isn't burying my head in the sand. It is me providing my kids with information, not the school.

This is why the school needs to teach it. You intend to give your children incorrect and bad information. That’s not good for your children or society.

Maybe your children should be removed from your care if you are going to be this neglectful. It’s not like Your position on this is valid or should be respected.

Excuse me, whose children are these again?

Society’s.

You probably shouldn’t be allowed to have children.

You are on the wrong blog! This is for Fairfax Co. residents (in VA, the USA), and NOT for Communist China; North Korea, nor the former Soviet Union.

Also, this blog is for PARENTS with children in FCPS, and NOT for petulant and confused kids.

Toots. You’re the one who hates America and all it stands for. That is so obvious in your bellyaching.

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Anonymous wrote:We will be opting out.

I don't care for the "sex assigned at birth" language for the younger grades.

Cute. But they'll hear it anyway. But if you wanna bury your head in the sand about it, the void will just be filled by others elsewhere.

It isn't burying my head in the sand. It is me providing my kids with information, not the school.

This is why the school needs to teach it. You intend to give your children incorrect and bad information. That’s not good for your children or society.

Maybe your children should be removed from your care if you are going to be this neglectful. It’s not like Your position on this is valid or should be respected.

Excuse me, whose children are these again?

Society’s.

You probably shouldn’t be allowed to have children.

You are on the wrong blog! This is for Fairfax Co. residents (in VA, the USA), and NOT for Communist China; North Korea, nor the former Soviet Union.

Also, this blog is for PARENTS with children in FCPS, and NOT for petulant and confused kids.

Toots. You’re the one who hates America and all it stands for. That is so obvious in your bellyaching.

No. America does not stand for gaslighting kids.

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Anonymous wrote:We will be opting out.

I don't care for the "sex assigned at birth" language for the younger grades.

Cute. But they'll hear it anyway. But if you wanna bury your head in the sand about it, the void will just be filled by others elsewhere.

It isn't burying my head in the sand. It is me providing my kids with information, not the school.

This is why the school needs to teach it. You intend to give your children incorrect and bad information. That’s not good for your children or society.

Maybe your children should be removed from your care if you are going to be this neglectful. It’s not like Your position on this is valid or should be respected.

DP. You have problems with teaching "biology" as opposed to fiction? "Sex assigned at birth" is not science.

It’s language. Accurate language. And in fact, biological. So, in fact, science.

The better question is why are you so hung up on these semantics?

A better question: Why are YOU so hung up on other people’s children?

Because we educate children for the betterment of society.

You are the one who appears to be obsessed with how other people live their lives, including how the dress or present themselves to the public. How strange is that?

There is education and there is indoctrination. FCPS new FLE and people with your attitude represent the later.

Contrary to your belief, how you dress or present yourself doesn’t keep me up at night. Likewise, it doesn’t affect me if you don’t “approve” of the way I present myself. The real issue here is adults exposing our children to their “reality” (men can menstruate and get pregnant, or women have penises) as if it were an absolute true. Their beliefs don’t trump my children’s.

Likewise, if you are referring to men who rejoice in surrounding themselves by children to “affirm” their appropriation of womenface, all while their male reproductive parts are apparent, that is where I, unapologetically, draw the line when it comes to boundaries with children. At this rate, it’s just a matter of time before they are brought into our schools to read to our kids, or to perform for them. Of course, all while replacing valuable academic time to cover for these “educational” activities.

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People screaming “indoctrination” sound like fools. And bigots.

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Anonymous wrote:We will be opting out.

I don't care for the "sex assigned at birth" language for the younger grades.

Cute. But they'll hear it anyway. But if you wanna bury your head in the sand about it, the void will just be filled by others elsewhere.

It isn't burying my head in the sand. It is me providing my kids with information, not the school.

This is why the school needs to teach it. You intend to give your children incorrect and bad information. That’s not good for your children or society.

Maybe your children should be removed from your care if you are going to be this neglectful. It’s not like Your position on this is valid or should be respected.

Excuse me, whose children are these again?

Society’s.

You probably shouldn’t be allowed to have children.

You are on the wrong blog! This is for Fairfax Co. residents (in VA, the USA), and NOT for Communist China; North Korea, nor the former Soviet Union.

Also, this blog is for PARENTS with children in FCPS, and NOT for petulant and confused kids.

Toots. You’re the one who hates America and all it stands for. That is so obvious in your bellyaching.

Please enlighten me with how in America the children belong to society. Last I checked, the USA is a democracy, not a socialist nor a communist State.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People screaming “indoctrination” sound like fools. And bigots.

The gaslighters love to call other people "bigots."

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Anonymous wrote:Where exactly can one see this “assigned at birth” language used in the elementary curriculum? FCPS follows the state curriculum verbatim. So are you saying that the Republican-led government (and VDOE) changed the curriculum? Or do you have access to some new curriculum that FCPS is using?

If you have children in FCPS you most certainly have received correspondence from the county using this new gender identity terminology. In fact, the latest survey sent to parents last fall on the proposed FLE changes uses it exclusively.

This was the recommendation for last year’s curriculum:
SY2022 - 23 Family Life Education Curriculum Advisory Committee (FLECAC) Consideration
In 2022 - 23 FLECAC should explore and recommend changes regarding inclusion of the gender spectrum in the elementary FLE curriculum and a more overall inclusive curriculum in Family Life Education.

The entire document:
https://www.fcps.edu/node/33908

So, I see that’s what the-powers-that-be are recommending or suggesting. Has this been approved? Will this be the curriculum this year? If not, then why opt-out your kid this year unless you were going to do it anyway, regardless of the actual curriculum. To say you are opting out this year because of future proposed language is disingenuous.

Are you a parent in FCPS? If so, you must have noticed that this language has already been used for over a year.

You should have also noticed that the 2023-2024 FLE and Human Growth forms have not been updated. FCPS hasn’t even updated the FLE Opt-Out forms since 2021.

It would be disingenuous to continue using an outdated Opt-Out form that doesn’t reflect the contents nor the language of this current year when school is about to start. Given the polemic surrounding the FLE changes for this year, transparency and accuracy should be a must.

It has NOT been used with ELEMENTARY students. I teach it verbatim and there is no “assigned at birth” in the elementary curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My neighbor is active and involved in local politics. She went to the sex ed classes that her child was in (just sign in at the front desk as a guest) and "live tweeted" the whole thing. It was hilarious.

If you ever have questions of any kind about what is going on in public schools - go there and find out first hand. Then vote.

Something that never happened for $1000 Alex. Parents are not allowed in FLE classes with elementary children. Does. Not. Happen.

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Anonymous wrote:Where exactly can one see this “assigned at birth” language used in the elementary curriculum? FCPS follows the state curriculum verbatim. So are you saying that the Republican-led government (and VDOE) changed the curriculum? Or do you have access to some new curriculum that FCPS is using?

If you have children in FCPS you most certainly have received correspondence from the county using this new gender identity terminology. In fact, the latest survey sent to parents last fall on the proposed FLE changes uses it exclusively.

This was the recommendation for last year’s curriculum:
SY2022 - 23 Family Life Education Curriculum Advisory Committee (FLECAC) Consideration
In 2022 - 23 FLECAC should explore and recommend changes regarding inclusion of the gender spectrum in the elementary FLE curriculum and a more overall inclusive curriculum in Family Life Education.

The entire document:
https://www.fcps.edu/node/33908

So, I see that’s what the-powers-that-be are recommending or suggesting. Has this been approved? Will this be the curriculum this year? If not, then why opt-out your kid this year unless you were going to do it anyway, regardless of the actual curriculum. To say you are opting out this year because of future proposed language is disingenuous.

Are you a parent in FCPS? If so, you must have noticed that this language has already been used for over a year.

You should have also noticed that the 2023-2024 FLE and Human Growth forms have not been updated. FCPS hasn’t even updated the FLE Opt-Out forms since 2021.

It would be disingenuous to continue using an outdated Opt-Out form that doesn’t reflect the contents nor the language of this current year when school is about to start. Given the polemic surrounding the FLE changes for this year, transparency and accuracy should be a must.

It has NOT been used with ELEMENTARY students. I teach it verbatim and there is no “assigned at birth” in the elementary curriculum.

You are talking about the old FLE--they have not yet approved the new one.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where exactly can one see this “assigned at birth” language used in the elementary curriculum? FCPS follows the state curriculum verbatim. So are you saying that the Republican-led government (and VDOE) changed the curriculum? Or do you have access to some new curriculum that FCPS is using?

If you have children in FCPS you most certainly have received correspondence from the county using this new gender identity terminology. In fact, the latest survey sent to parents last fall on the proposed FLE changes uses it exclusively.

This was the recommendation for last year’s curriculum:
SY2022 - 23 Family Life Education Curriculum Advisory Committee (FLECAC) Consideration
In 2022 - 23 FLECAC should explore and recommend changes regarding inclusion of the gender spectrum in the elementary FLE curriculum and a more overall inclusive curriculum in Family Life Education.

The entire document:
https://www.fcps.edu/node/33908

So, I see that’s what the-powers-that-be are recommending or suggesting. Has this been approved? Will this be the curriculum this year? If not, then why opt-out your kid this year unless you were going to do it anyway, regardless of the actual curriculum. To say you are opting out this year because of future proposed language is disingenuous.

Are you a parent in FCPS? If so, you must have noticed that this language has already been used for over a year.

You should have also noticed that the 2023-2024 FLE and Human Growth forms have not been updated. FCPS hasn’t even updated the FLE Opt-Out forms since 2021.

It would be disingenuous to continue using an outdated Opt-Out form that doesn’t reflect the contents nor the language of this current year when school is about to start. Given the polemic surrounding the FLE changes for this year, transparency and accuracy should be a must.

It has NOT been used with ELEMENTARY students. I teach it verbatim and there is no “assigned at birth” in the elementary curriculum.

You are talking about the old FLE--they have not yet approved the new one.

EXACTLY. But people are posting that they are opting their kids out of an FLE that DOES. NOT. EXIST.

Will it change? Yeah, maybe. And then opt out if you want; that’s your right as a parent.

But these posters are straight-up lying by saying that the curriculum currently presented to elementary children uses the phrase “assigned at birth”. IT. DOES. NOT.

So, I’ll say again that to opt your child out of something that is not currently in existence is STUPID.