Glad MCPS is getting sued

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Anonymous wrote:Parents should always have a say in what their kids are learning. Ideally, their day can be to leave this crazy system but not vv everyone can afford that. Parents should be able to opt out of having their two and three year olds use a word search to find words like drag in story books being read to them.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/3-montgomery-county-families-sue-mcps-over-lbtq-books.amp

Yup, I would have a big issue with this. I just read A Boy Named Penelope and I'm not comfortable with MCPS reading this book to my elementary school kid. The problem with MCPS not being transparent about these books is that parents won't have any idea what they're teaching our kids.

There were a lot of books I wasn't comfortable with MCPS including in the curriculum. Obviously MCPS should only include books that every person is comfortable with. Unfortunately, there aren't any. Therefore, MCPS should not include any books in the curriculum.

Also, MCPS literally put out a press release about "these books". It's like people complaining at a meeting for public comment that the public does not have any opportunity to comment.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe only 6 parents are permitted to launch this suit. Honestly it should be 600 parents before that happens.

Either way its a total FARCE and waste of time and money.

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I just hope they get strapped with the court costs. I hate to think tax dollars are subsidizing bigotry.

Unfortunately, I don't think court costs are a concern for MCPS. A post last year said the Montgomery County Council provides MCPS a nearly bottomless pit of attorney funding (11M?) that doesn't appear as part of their budget. This is the primary reason why I was opposed to any MCPS funding increases. I'm not against specifically funding teacher salaries or renovations, but MCPS has a history of (imho) wasting millions on pet projects, legal fees, and funding of questionable programs as to why they're so expensive or whether there was a better approach that cost less money (Leader in Me, Equity Training, Communications Office, Racism Study, Kid Museum, Electric Buses, ESSER III, bocce ball, etc.). I do question whether Montgomery County has sufficient financial accountability of MCPS and would personally welcome a detailed audit of their books.

My kids loved bocce. That was the best money ever spent!

Have to agree! My kids wouldn't stop raving about how much fun this sport was. I think it's the best money MCPS ever spent!

I am honestly baffled by the DCUM poster(s) who hate(s) on bocce.

MCPS offers three varsity interscholastic corollary sports. The goal of corollary sports is to increase interscholastic athletics participation opportunities for all students, in particular students with disabilities. An important goal of corollary teams is to achieve an approximately even ratio of participants with and without disabilities. Corollary sports include Team Handball in the fall, Bocce in the winter and Allied Softball in the spring.

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/athletics/programs/corollary/

Why are you baffled? Accepting Bocce requires people to have an open mind and acknowledge that kids might enjoy extracurricular activities aside from Football, Basketball, Baseball, Soccer. Change and inclusion is difficult for some, as is evidenced by this thread.

There's a big overlap between the anti-trans bigots and bocce haters.

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Anonymous wrote:Parents should always have a say in what their kids are learning. Ideally, their day can be to leave this crazy system but not vv everyone can afford that. Parents should be able to opt out of having their two and three year olds use a word search to find words like drag in story books being read to them.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/3-montgomery-county-families-sue-mcps-over-lbtq-books.amp

Yup, I would have a big issue with this. I just read A Boy Named Penelope and I'm not comfortable with MCPS reading this book to my elementary school kid. The problem with MCPS not being transparent about these books is that parents won't have any idea what they're teaching our kids.

There were a lot of books I wasn't comfortable with MCPS including in the curriculum. Obviously MCPS should only include books that every person is comfortable with. Unfortunately, there aren't any. Therefore, MCPS should not include any books in the curriculum.

Also, MCPS literally put out a press release about "these books". It's like people complaining at a meeting for public comment that the public does not have any opportunity to comment.

I wonder if all these right-wing bigots are the reason why kids never read books in school these days.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents should always have a say in what their kids are learning. Ideally, their day can be to leave this crazy system but not vv everyone can afford that. Parents should be able to opt out of having their two and three year olds use a word search to find words like drag in story books being read to them.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/3-montgomery-county-families-sue-mcps-over-lbtq-books.amp

Yup, I would have a big issue with this. I just read A Boy Named Penelope and I'm not comfortable with MCPS reading this book to my elementary school kid. The problem with MCPS not being transparent about these books is that parents won't have any idea what they're teaching our kids.

There were a lot of books I wasn't comfortable with MCPS including in the curriculum. Obviously MCPS should only include books that every person is comfortable with. Unfortunately, there aren't any. Therefore, MCPS should not include any books in the curriculum.

Also, MCPS literally put out a press release about "these books". It's like people complaining at a meeting for public comment that the public does not have any opportunity to comment.

To say that there aren't any books that every person would be comfortable with is truly reaching. The biggest issue that I have is that MCPS has chosen to not allow parents to opt out of these books in the future nor are they going to be required to inform parents what the kids are reading.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents should always have a say in what their kids are learning. Ideally, their day can be to leave this crazy system but not vv everyone can afford that. Parents should be able to opt out of having their two and three year olds use a word search to find words like drag in story books being read to them.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/3-montgomery-county-families-sue-mcps-over-lbtq-books.amp

Yup, I would have a big issue with this. I just read A Boy Named Penelope and I'm not comfortable with MCPS reading this book to my elementary school kid. The problem with MCPS not being transparent about these books is that parents won't have any idea what they're teaching our kids.

There were a lot of books I wasn't comfortable with MCPS including in the curriculum. Obviously MCPS should only include books that every person is comfortable with. Unfortunately, there aren't any. Therefore, MCPS should not include any books in the curriculum.

Also, MCPS literally put out a press release about "these books". It's like people complaining at a meeting for public comment that the public does not have any opportunity to comment.

To say that there aren't any books that every person would be comfortable with is truly reaching. The biggest issue that I have is that MCPS has chosen to not allow parents to opt out of these books in the future nor are they going to be required to inform parents what the kids are reading.

Have you met people?

In the 15 years I have been a MCPS parent, MCPS has never notified me about the books my children would read in ELA, or allowed me to opt my children out of them. I have also never heard anybody complain about lack of notification or lack of opt-out. Now suddenly there's the possibility that it might be a book that has an LGBTQ character in it, and you're all in a panic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents should always have a say in what their kids are learning. Ideally, their day can be to leave this crazy system but not vv everyone can afford that. Parents should be able to opt out of having their two and three year olds use a word search to find words like drag in story books being read to them.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/3-montgomery-county-families-sue-mcps-over-lbtq-books.amp

Yup, I would have a big issue with this. I just read A Boy Named Penelope and I'm not comfortable with MCPS reading this book to my elementary school kid. The problem with MCPS not being transparent about these books is that parents won't have any idea what they're teaching our kids.

There were a lot of books I wasn't comfortable with MCPS including in the curriculum. Obviously MCPS should only include books that every person is comfortable with. Unfortunately, there aren't any. Therefore, MCPS should not include any books in the curriculum.

Also, MCPS literally put out a press release about "these books". It's like people complaining at a meeting for public comment that the public does not have any opportunity to comment.

To say that there aren't any books that every person would be comfortable with is truly reaching. The biggest issue that I have is that MCPS has chosen to not allow parents to opt out of these books in the future nor are they going to be required to inform parents what the kids are reading.

Have you met people?

In the 15 years I have been a MCPS parent, MCPS has never notified me about the books my children would read in ELA, or allowed me to opt my children out of them. I have also never heard anybody complain about lack of notification or lack of opt-out. Now suddenly there's the possibility that it might be a book that has an LGBTQ character in it, and you're all in a panic.

And that's the issue. We need to know what students should be reading if they're going to start putting books that are contraversial. Let's not be dense and pretend like every book is. I don't have an issue with books that show LGBTQ characters. I don't have an issue with majority of the books but a book like, A Boy Named Penelope, I do. I have an issue in general with MCPS overstepping their role and teaching our kids how I should parent if one of my daughters came to me to tell me that they're a boy.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents should always have a say in what their kids are learning. Ideally, their day can be to leave this crazy system but not vv everyone can afford that. Parents should be able to opt out of having their two and three year olds use a word search to find words like drag in story books being read to them.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/3-montgomery-county-families-sue-mcps-over-lbtq-books.amp

Yup, I would have a big issue with this. I just read A Boy Named Penelope and I'm not comfortable with MCPS reading this book to my elementary school kid. The problem with MCPS not being transparent about these books is that parents won't have any idea what they're teaching our kids.

There were a lot of books I wasn't comfortable with MCPS including in the curriculum. Obviously MCPS should only include books that every person is comfortable with. Unfortunately, there aren't any. Therefore, MCPS should not include any books in the curriculum.

Also, MCPS literally put out a press release about "these books". It's like people complaining at a meeting for public comment that the public does not have any opportunity to comment.

I wonder if all these right-wing bigots are the reason why kids never read books in school these days.

Good grief, can you please provide a more educated response? Calling people right-wing bigots just because they have different insights than you makes you sound dumb.

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Here is a list of banned books over time. It is shocking to me that this is still going on. WGAF what the schools read to our kids. https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/classics

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents should always have a say in what their kids are learning. Ideally, their day can be to leave this crazy system but not vv everyone can afford that. Parents should be able to opt out of having their two and three year olds use a word search to find words like drag in story books being read to them.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/3-montgomery-county-families-sue-mcps-over-lbtq-books.amp

Yup, I would have a big issue with this. I just read A Boy Named Penelope and I'm not comfortable with MCPS reading this book to my elementary school kid. The problem with MCPS not being transparent about these books is that parents won't have any idea what they're teaching our kids.

There were a lot of books I wasn't comfortable with MCPS including in the curriculum. Obviously MCPS should only include books that every person is comfortable with. Unfortunately, there aren't any. Therefore, MCPS should not include any books in the curriculum.

Also, MCPS literally put out a press release about "these books". It's like people complaining at a meeting for public comment that the public does not have any opportunity to comment.

I wonder if all these right-wing bigots are the reason why kids never read books in school these days.

Good grief, can you please provide a more educated response? Calling people right-wing bigots just because they have different insights than you makes you sound dumb.

DP. Your "different insights" are bigoted. Different, bigoted insights.

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Anonymous wrote:Parents should always have a say in what their kids are learning. Ideally, their day can be to leave this crazy system but not vv everyone can afford that. Parents should be able to opt out of having their two and three year olds use a word search to find words like drag in story books being read to them.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/3-montgomery-county-families-sue-mcps-over-lbtq-books.amp

Yup, I would have a big issue with this. I just read A Boy Named Penelope and I'm not comfortable with MCPS reading this book to my elementary school kid. The problem with MCPS not being transparent about these books is that parents won't have any idea what they're teaching our kids.

There were a lot of books I wasn't comfortable with MCPS including in the curriculum. Obviously MCPS should only include books that every person is comfortable with. Unfortunately, there aren't any. Therefore, MCPS should not include any books in the curriculum.

Also, MCPS literally put out a press release about "these books". It's like people complaining at a meeting for public comment that the public does not have any opportunity to comment.

To say that there aren't any books that every person would be comfortable with is truly reaching. The biggest issue that I have is that MCPS has chosen to not allow parents to opt out of these books in the future nor are they going to be required to inform parents what the kids are reading.

Have you met people?

In the 15 years I have been a MCPS parent, MCPS has never notified me about the books my children would read in ELA, or allowed me to opt my children out of them. I have also never heard anybody complain about lack of notification or lack of opt-out. Now suddenly there's the possibility that it might be a book that has an LGBTQ character in it, and you're all in a panic.

And that's the issue. We need to know what students should be reading if they're going to start putting books that are contraversial. Let's not be dense and pretend like every book is. I don't have an issue with books that show LGBTQ characters. I don't have an issue with majority of the books but a book like, A Boy Named Penelope, I do. I have an issue in general with MCPS overstepping their role and teaching our kids how I should parent if one of my daughters came to me to tell me that they're a boy.

I do have an issue in general with MCPS overstepping their role and teaching our kids how I should parent if one of my children wore a wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another and said "I'LL EAT YOU UP!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here is a list of banned books over time. It is shocking to me that this is still going on. WGAF what the schools read to our kids. https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/classics

Having a school district decline to present a certain book to a certain age group of children in a government mandated setting is not “banning” that book. If you love that book, buy a copy for your child or go to the public library where there is choice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here is a list of banned books over time. It is shocking to me that this is still going on. WGAF what the schools read to our kids. https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/classics

Having a school district decline to present a certain book to a certain age group of children in a government mandated setting is not “banning” that book. If you love that book, buy a copy for your child or go to the public library where there is choice.

It actually is banning the book.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents should always have a say in what their kids are learning. Ideally, their day can be to leave this crazy system but not vv everyone can afford that. Parents should be able to opt out of having their two and three year olds use a word search to find words like drag in story books being read to them.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/3-montgomery-county-families-sue-mcps-over-lbtq-books.amp

Yup, I would have a big issue with this. I just read A Boy Named Penelope and I'm not comfortable with MCPS reading this book to my elementary school kid. The problem with MCPS not being transparent about these books is that parents won't have any idea what they're teaching our kids.

There were a lot of books I wasn't comfortable with MCPS including in the curriculum. Obviously MCPS should only include books that every person is comfortable with. Unfortunately, there aren't any. Therefore, MCPS should not include any books in the curriculum.

Also, MCPS literally put out a press release about "these books". It's like people complaining at a meeting for public comment that the public does not have any opportunity to comment.

I wonder if all these right-wing bigots are the reason why kids never read books in school these days.

Good grief, can you please provide a more educated response? Calling people right-wing bigots just because they have different insights than you makes you sound dumb.

DP. Your "different insights" are bigoted. Different, bigoted insights.

Me wanting to teach my young kids (not MCPS) about gender identity is bigoted? You're such a class act.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents should always have a say in what their kids are learning. Ideally, their day can be to leave this crazy system but not vv everyone can afford that. Parents should be able to opt out of having their two and three year olds use a word search to find words like drag in story books being read to them.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/3-montgomery-county-families-sue-mcps-over-lbtq-books.amp

Yup, I would have a big issue with this. I just read A Boy Named Penelope and I'm not comfortable with MCPS reading this book to my elementary school kid. The problem with MCPS not being transparent about these books is that parents won't have any idea what they're teaching our kids.

There were a lot of books I wasn't comfortable with MCPS including in the curriculum. Obviously MCPS should only include books that every person is comfortable with. Unfortunately, there aren't any. Therefore, MCPS should not include any books in the curriculum.

Also, MCPS literally put out a press release about "these books". It's like people complaining at a meeting for public comment that the public does not have any opportunity to comment.

To say that there aren't any books that every person would be comfortable with is truly reaching. The biggest issue that I have is that MCPS has chosen to not allow parents to opt out of these books in the future nor are they going to be required to inform parents what the kids are reading.

Have you met people?

In the 15 years I have been a MCPS parent, MCPS has never notified me about the books my children would read in ELA, or allowed me to opt my children out of them. I have also never heard anybody complain about lack of notification or lack of opt-out. Now suddenly there's the possibility that it might be a book that has an LGBTQ character in it, and you're all in a panic.

And that's the issue. We need to know what students should be reading if they're going to start putting books that are contraversial. Let's not be dense and pretend like every book is. I don't have an issue with books that show LGBTQ characters. I don't have an issue with majority of the books but a book like, A Boy Named Penelope, I do. I have an issue in general with MCPS overstepping their role and teaching our kids how I should parent if one of my daughters came to me to tell me that they're a boy.

Here's the thing. You think books with queer characters are "controversial" but I don't. I think they are fine. We know that other parents in this country think books about the civil rights movement are "controversial" and have moved to remove even the most age-appropriate books from the curriculum or to require parental notification for kids to read "Ruby Bridges Goes to School."

The moment MCPS gives into people like you, the next step is going to be books about the (unfinished) struggle for racial equality in this country.

We can see those battles playing out around the country, and it's imperative that MCPS hold the line here because the transphobes act first but the racists are right behind them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents should always have a say in what their kids are learning. Ideally, their day can be to leave this crazy system but not vv everyone can afford that. Parents should be able to opt out of having their two and three year olds use a word search to find words like drag in story books being read to them.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/3-montgomery-county-families-sue-mcps-over-lbtq-books.amp

Yup, I would have a big issue with this. I just read A Boy Named Penelope and I'm not comfortable with MCPS reading this book to my elementary school kid. The problem with MCPS not being transparent about these books is that parents won't have any idea what they're teaching our kids.

There were a lot of books I wasn't comfortable with MCPS including in the curriculum. Obviously MCPS should only include books that every person is comfortable with. Unfortunately, there aren't any. Therefore, MCPS should not include any books in the curriculum.

Also, MCPS literally put out a press release about "these books". It's like people complaining at a meeting for public comment that the public does not have any opportunity to comment.

I wonder if all these right-wing bigots are the reason why kids never read books in school these days.

Good grief, can you please provide a more educated response? Calling people right-wing bigots just because they have different insights than you makes you sound dumb.

DP. Your "different insights" are bigoted. Different, bigoted insights.

Me wanting to teach my young kids (not MCPS) about gender identity is bigoted? You're such a class act.

Nobody is stopping you from teaching your young kids about gender identity.