How long has it been since FCPS treated parents as actual stakeholders?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This should be retitled the Vote Republican forum

I know. Nothing FCPS does will be good enough, and DCUM will continue to rail against “equity” and whatnot. While FCPS currently acknowledged the need to ensure more 5-day school weeks and adjust the calendar accordingly, DCUM will find another way to complain about it and attribute it to the evil “equity”. I heard some guy at work complaining that his child (who was taking world history) was learning about Africa and should instead be focused on history directly impacting the US. Really? We shouldn't learn about the world around us even if it doesn’t directly affect us? SMDH.

Of course we need World History --to include Africa.
However, we also need basic US History. I'm not sure the kids are getting that as they should. I saw little of that with my kids.

"Back in the day" before Black History month, elementary school was focused on George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Now, the halls are full of pictures of important Black Americans. Nothing wrong with that, but the problem is that the kids are no longer learning about George and Abe.
And, we spend January on MLK Jr. So, that is basically two months of Black History.

We need to also teach about our Founders and the settlement of the United States. Yes, we need to include the "warts" but we seem to be focusing more on that than the establishment of a republic.

Gee, did you hear Valerie Jarrett's acknowledgement that the Obama library was built on 'stolen land?" That is how they kicked off the celebration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This should be retitled the Vote Republican forum

I know. Nothing FCPS does will be good enough, and DCUM will continue to rail against “equity” and whatnot. While FCPS currently acknowledged the need to ensure more 5-day school weeks and adjust the calendar accordingly, DCUM will find another way to complain about it and attribute it to the evil “equity”. I heard some guy at work complaining that his child (who was taking world history) was learning about Africa and should instead be focused on history directly impacting the US. Really? We shouldn't learn about the world around us even if it doesn’t directly affect us? SMDH.

Of course we need World History --to include Africa.
However, we also need basic US History. I'm not sure the kids are getting that as they should. I saw little of that with my kids.

"Back in the day" before Black History month, elementary school was focused on George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Now, the halls are full of pictures of important Black Americans. Nothing wrong with that, but the problem is that the kids are no longer learning about George and Abe.
And, we spend January on MLK Jr. So, that is basically two months of Black History.

We need to also teach about our Founders and the settlement of the United States. Yes, we need to include the "warts" but we seem to be focusing more on that than the establishment of a republic.

Gee, did you hear Valerie Jarrett's acknowledgement that the Obama library was built on 'stolen land?" That is how they kicked off the celebration.

They literally learn about the founding of our nation in FCPS. My older kids spent their ES years overseas and did not get US history until MS and HS — and *somehow* they learned it when they returned to the U.S.. My current FCPS student, who started in K, leanred it. I believe you are only taking what you want to hear — which is that students are not learning about the founding of our country — which is a lie. The curriculum for ES is here: https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary

[Anonymous]

Why waste your time complaining just keep them home. You are the parent you can choose not to send them

[Anonymous]

Everyone lost respect for FCPS parents during COVID. Remember when your kid was online for a year and you couldn’t even get them to turn in their camera for class! Remember when everyone one else went to school and you got outed to have your kid stay home and you made the teachers teach in person and online at the same time. Do you remember when you voted for a school board that spent money on changing the names of schools to accommodate DEI? Lots of people do and that’s why no one wants you as a stakeholder any longer.