MCPS elementary school principals signed an internal memo expressing concerns about LGBTQ curriculum last November

[Anonymous]

I can’t wait to read this- if it’s even real.

[Anonymous]

And now this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

This is exactly it. If you teach the right VALUES everything else falls into place!!! We have always supported LBGHQ community but have really been repelled by the push to impose trans acceptance and incorrect pronouns on children. Children have a right to freedom of expression and their own beliefs!!! For example if a girl wants to say I am a boy, OK child you do you! If another kid wants to say Sorry I have eyes and I can see you are not a boy, well shoot people that kid is right! What MCPS doing is sick and wrong and every time I hang out with school groups parents are discussing this with real sadness and concern. These books are gross and ineffective. Stop!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teaching kids that some kids, like peppa, have two moms instead of a mom and a dad is hardly "indoctrinating" lol. No more so than when you see two het people walking down the street holding hands. Learning that people EXIST isnt shoving it down anyones throat.

Except that's not what they are teaching that different families look different and there are better books to teach that that he ones they choose.

When I send my kid to public school, I agree for my kid to be taught according to the curriculum duly chosen by the public school. I do not agree for my kid to be taught according to the curriculum randomly chosen by you, a random person commenting anonymously on an internet message board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no way MCPS published curriculum with instructions to “make a shaming comment” to a child. Either someone internal to the school put their own spin into instructions, or the principals are reframing.

Regardless of how these religious groups try to spin this, MCPS isn’t trying to indoctrinate elementary kids regarding LGBTQ topics. They are trying to give them context about the other kids sitting next to them in the classroom, because they sure aren’t learning about it at home.

Like it or not, in public school in MCPS there will be children of every possible diversity in the classrooms, including children who are transgender and who have family members in the LGBTQ community.

Is a preK kid sitting next to a drag queen? Why are three and four year olds being taught about drag queens?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a European centrist (meaning, more to the left than most US Democrats), but I find this entire "inclusion" push surprisingly useless in MCPS. Why can't we stick to a general message that just because someone looks different, it's not a reason for bullying or teasing? That slurs such as "gay" or "homo" are never appropriate? Why can't schools focus on teaching academics, instead of wasting everyone's time with assemblies and feel-good sessions, like my kids keep having in their middle and high schools? At this point, they identify the wellbeing blocks on the calendar and tell me those are the days they'd rather finish their homework at home. It never crossed their mind to be mean to LGBTQ+ kids (or Jews, or African-Americans, or anyone else). They don't like to be hit over the head with it regularly.

This is exactly it. If you teach the right VALUES everything else falls into place!!! We have always supported LBGHQ community but have really been repelled by the push to impose trans acceptance and incorrect pronouns on children. Children have a right to freedom of expression and their own beliefs!!! For example if a girl wants to say I am a boy, OK child you do you! If another kid wants to say Sorry I have eyes and I can see you are not a boy, well shoot people that kid is right! What MCPS doing is sick and wrong and every time I hang out with school groups parents are discussing this with real sadness and concern. These books are gross and ineffective. Stop!

No, we won't stop.

You realize some of us just listen and humor you. This isn't ok for 5 year olds. Why do you have to push your agenda onto others and why can't you be respectful of others beliefs. There are plenty of books to teach families look different and yet, none of those are in MCPS schools - different religion, adoption/foster care/kinship care, mixed race families, etc.

MCPS needs to keep out of politics and advocacy group agendas and get back to teaching kids the basics and allow parents to teach that stuff at home. No wonder our kids are failing in math and english. They aren't being taught the basics as advocates like yourself feel it's more important to indoctrinate our kids with your beliefs and no one else's believes or concerns matter to people like you.

There are lots of issues in MCPS in terms of hate and racism and yet, MCPS does nothing for those groups - Muslim, Jews, Asians and many others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no way MCPS published curriculum with instructions to “make a shaming comment” to a child. Either someone internal to the school put their own spin into instructions, or the principals are reframing.

Regardless of how these religious groups try to spin this, MCPS isn’t trying to indoctrinate elementary kids regarding LGBTQ topics. They are trying to give them context about the other kids sitting next to them in the classroom, because they sure aren’t learning about it at home.

Like it or not, in public school in MCPS there will be children of every possible diversity in the classrooms, including children who are transgender and who have family members in the LGBTQ community.

Is a preK kid sitting next to a drag queen? Why are three and four year olds being taught about drag queens?

Is it teaching three and four year olds about caterpillars when someone reads The Very Hungry Caterpillar to them? Maybe we should ban that book so little kids don't get the idea that caterpillars eat a piece of chocolate cake, a strawberry ice cream cone, a pickle, a slice of Swiss cheese, a slice of salami, a lollipop, a piece of cherry pie, a sausage, a cupcake and a slice of watermelon, and then get a stomach ache?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a European centrist (meaning, more to the left than most US Democrats), but I find this entire "inclusion" push surprisingly useless in MCPS. Why can't we stick to a general message that just because someone looks different, it's not a reason for bullying or teasing? That slurs such as "gay" or "homo" are never appropriate? Why can't schools focus on teaching academics, instead of wasting everyone's time with assemblies and feel-good sessions, like my kids keep having in their middle and high schools? At this point, they identify the wellbeing blocks on the calendar and tell me those are the days they'd rather finish their homework at home. It never crossed their mind to be mean to LGBTQ+ kids (or Jews, or African-Americans, or anyone else). They don't like to be hit over the head with it regularly.

This is exactly it. If you teach the right VALUES everything else falls into place!!! We have always supported LBGHQ community but have really been repelled by the push to impose trans acceptance and incorrect pronouns on children. Children have a right to freedom of expression and their own beliefs!!! For example if a girl wants to say I am a boy, OK child you do you! If another kid wants to say Sorry I have eyes and I can see you are not a boy, well shoot people that kid is right! What MCPS doing is sick and wrong and every time I hang out with school groups parents are discussing this with real sadness and concern. These books are gross and ineffective. Stop!

No, we won't stop.

You realize some of us just listen and humor you. This isn't ok for 5 year olds. Why do you have to push your agenda onto others and why can't you be respectful of others beliefs. There are plenty of books to teach families look different and yet, none of those are in MCPS schools - different religion, adoption/foster care/kinship care, mixed race families, etc.

MCPS needs to keep out of politics and advocacy group agendas and get back to teaching kids the basics and allow parents to teach that stuff at home. No wonder our kids are failing in math and english. They aren't being taught the basics as advocates like yourself feel it's more important to indoctrinate our kids with your beliefs and no one else's believes or concerns matter to people like you.

There are lots of issues in MCPS in terms of hate and racism and yet, MCPS does nothing for those groups - Muslim, Jews, Asians and many others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no way MCPS published curriculum with instructions to “make a shaming comment” to a child. Either someone internal to the school put their own spin into instructions, or the principals are reframing.

Regardless of how these religious groups try to spin this, MCPS isn’t trying to indoctrinate elementary kids regarding LGBTQ topics. They are trying to give them context about the other kids sitting next to them in the classroom, because they sure aren’t learning about it at home.

Like it or not, in public school in MCPS there will be children of every possible diversity in the classrooms, including children who are transgender and who have family members in the LGBTQ community.

Is a preK kid sitting next to a drag queen? Why are three and four year olds being taught about drag queens?

As per the current trend, if the preK kid says that zhey are a drag queen then we affirm it, so it is quite possible that some of them are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no way MCPS published curriculum with instructions to “make a shaming comment” to a child. Either someone internal to the school put their own spin into instructions, or the principals are reframing.

Regardless of how these religious groups try to spin this, MCPS isn’t trying to indoctrinate elementary kids regarding LGBTQ topics. They are trying to give them context about the other kids sitting next to them in the classroom, because they sure aren’t learning about it at home.

Like it or not, in public school in MCPS there will be children of every possible diversity in the classrooms, including children who are transgender and who have family members in the LGBTQ community.

This 100%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no way MCPS published curriculum with instructions to “make a shaming comment” to a child. Either someone internal to the school put their own spin into instructions, or the principals are reframing.

Regardless of how these religious groups try to spin this, MCPS isn’t trying to indoctrinate elementary kids regarding LGBTQ topics. They are trying to give them context about the other kids sitting next to them in the classroom, because they sure aren’t learning about it at home.

Like it or not, in public school in MCPS there will be children of every possible diversity in the classrooms, including children who are transgender and who have family members in the LGBTQ community.

Is a preK kid sitting next to a drag queen? Why are three and four year olds being taught about drag queens?

As per the current trend, if the preK kid says that zhey are a drag queen then we affirm it, so it is quite possible that some of them are.

Except that’s not true, but I’m sure you know that.
One or two books featuring a drag Queen will not make your kid a drag Queen…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a European centrist (meaning, more to the left than most US Democrats), but I find this entire "inclusion" push surprisingly useless in MCPS. Why can't we stick to a general message that just because someone looks different, it's not a reason for bullying or teasing? That slurs such as "gay" or "homo" are never appropriate? Why can't schools focus on teaching academics, instead of wasting everyone's time with assemblies and feel-good sessions, like my kids keep having in their middle and high schools? At this point, they identify the wellbeing blocks on the calendar and tell me those are the days they'd rather finish their homework at home. It never crossed their mind to be mean to LGBTQ+ kids (or Jews, or African-Americans, or anyone else). They don't like to be hit over the head with it regularly.

This is exactly it. If you teach the right VALUES everything else falls into place!!! We have always supported LBGHQ community but have really been repelled by the push to impose trans acceptance and incorrect pronouns on children. Children have a right to freedom of expression and their own beliefs!!! For example if a girl wants to say I am a boy, OK child you do you! If another kid wants to say Sorry I have eyes and I can see you are not a boy, well shoot people that kid is right! What MCPS doing is sick and wrong and every time I hang out with school groups parents are discussing this with real sadness and concern. These books are gross and ineffective. Stop!

No, we won't stop.

You realize some of us just listen and humor you. This isn't ok for 5 year olds. Why do you have to push your agenda onto others and why can't you be respectful of others beliefs. There are plenty of books to teach families look different and yet, none of those are in MCPS schools - different religion, adoption/foster care/kinship care, mixed race families, etc.

MCPS needs to keep out of politics and advocacy group agendas and get back to teaching kids the basics and allow parents to teach that stuff at home. No wonder our kids are failing in math and english. They aren't being taught the basics as advocates like yourself feel it's more important to indoctrinate our kids with your beliefs and no one else's believes or concerns matter to people like you.

There are lots of issues in MCPS in terms of hate and racism and yet, MCPS does nothing for those groups - Muslim, Jews, Asians and many others.

Do you want MCPS to publish lists of approved texts by grade level that are Muslim-inclusive, Jewish-inclusive, Asian-inclusive, and "many others" inclusive? And then allow parents to opt their kids out of ELA when those texts from those lists are included? Is that really what you want?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no way MCPS published curriculum with instructions to “make a shaming comment” to a child. Either someone internal to the school put their own spin into instructions, or the principals are reframing.

Regardless of how these religious groups try to spin this, MCPS isn’t trying to indoctrinate elementary kids regarding LGBTQ topics. They are trying to give them context about the other kids sitting next to them in the classroom, because they sure aren’t learning about it at home.

Like it or not, in public school in MCPS there will be children of every possible diversity in the classrooms, including children who are transgender and who have family members in the LGBTQ community.

Is a preK kid sitting next to a drag queen? Why are three and four year olds being taught about drag queens?

As per the current trend, if the preK kid says that zhey are a drag queen then we affirm it, so it is quite possible that some of them are.

Except that’s not true, but I’m sure you know that.
One or two books featuring a drag Queen will not make your kid a drag Queen…

I think that's what people are afraid of. Either that, or that their kid will come home and ask "What's a drag queen?" and then they will have to explain it. Or both, I suppose.

[Anonymous]

This is just like school Covid policies and closures during the pandemic. Over time, MCPS will realize how incredibly stupid they were in pushing this policy in the face of all common sense. You would have thought they learned…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is just like school Covid policies and closures during the pandemic. Over time, MCPS will realize how incredibly stupid they were in pushing this policy in the face of all common sense. You would have thought they learned…

Common sense says nothing bad will happen if your child reads Uncle Bobby's Wedding or A Boy Named Penelope at school.