LCPS sexual assualt - who is held accountable?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry if I missed this being addressed previously, but how did Scott Smith manage to stay silent on the true motivations of his SB outburst until after the Oct 6 assault hit the media?

As an LCPS parent, I have watched all of this with horror and conflicting emotions. I believe trans students should be acknowledged and made to feel safe. I believe female students should not be vulnerable to assault. I'm disappointed in LCPS to say the least, but I stop short of aligning myself with the MAGA parents who want to oust the school board.

+1 to all of this and I'm also wondering the bolded. Did LCPS or LCSO tell him to refrain from speaking out?

[Anonymous]

Will Beth Bart's replacement be elected or appointed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will Beth Bart's replacement be elected or appointed?

Chosen by the rest of the board until 2022 special election.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry if I missed this being addressed previously, but how did Scott Smith manage to stay silent on the true motivations of his SB outburst until after the Oct 6 assault hit the media?

As an LCPS parent, I have watched all of this with horror and conflicting emotions. I believe trans students should be acknowledged and made to feel safe. I believe female students should not be vulnerable to assault. I'm disappointed in LCPS to say the least, but I stop short of aligning myself with the MAGA parents who want to oust the school board.

+1 to all of this and I'm also wondering the bolded. Did LCPS or LCSO tell him to refrain from speaking out?

One of his interviews mentioned that he said how difficult it was to keep quiet until now, so his lawyer may have told him not to talk?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here is what I see. I see a school board that has become so disconnected from parents that it cannot function. And that kind of expands beyond the board to admins and to the Super. Right now the reflexive response from the Board is that parents are wrong unless the parents agree with the board (on anything/everything). As with politics today, one side is shut off by use of various disparaging names. But if I am fighting it out with a political opponent over a glass of wine and we call each other names (in jest or in anger) it doesn't matter because we are equals. Here the board and the school system has power over what and who and how everything is done. And anyone criticizing anything they do is vilified.

So Jeff, you are right. This doesn't have to be political. But Smith was arrested because it was assumed that he was going to rail against CRT. He is white, blue collar--fits the narrative of what a CRT basher looks like. And the board was primed and ready to put one of those CRT bashers in cuffs. To flex their muscle and show that they are in control.

But that is the crux of the matter. They should not be forcing their positions on people. They were elected and should strive to represent those who elected them. It is their job to listen and to think. They have to decide on things but people feel much better about decisions when they know they have been heard. But the board isn't listening. Not even to a dad whose daughter was assaulted on school property. They should step down because they have fostered such an antagonist tone (I get it that they have been yelled at but they are not innocent either) that they cannot do their jobs anymore.

Well said!

Or at least attempt to educate their constituents on why the LCSB positions are valid if people don't agree. Or try compromise!

That's how you win people over. You don't call them racists, transphobic, or deplorables -- did no one learn anything from that election?

[Anonymous]

ICYMI

https://www.gofundme.com/f/safe-schools-legal-fund

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry if I missed this being addressed previously, but how did Scott Smith manage to stay silent on the true motivations of his SB outburst until after the Oct 6 assault hit the media?

As an LCPS parent, I have watched all of this with horror and conflicting emotions. I believe trans students should be acknowledged and made to feel safe. I believe female students should not be vulnerable to assault. I'm disappointed in LCPS to say the least, but I stop short of aligning myself with the MAGA parents who want to oust the school board.

+1 to all of this and I'm also wondering the bolded. Did LCPS or LCSO tell him to refrain from speaking out?

One of his interviews mentioned that he said how difficult it was to keep quiet until now, so his lawyer may have told him not to talk?

The Loudoun Times story about his original sentencing said something about him being upset about an assault on an immediate family member. It read like there was some sort of gag order or limitation placed on how much he could speak about it or how much could be reported about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SB member Beth Barts has resigned.

Good riddance. She’s despicable. Get rid of all the left wingers.

[Anonymous]

The Loudoun Times story about his original sentencing said something about him being upset about an assault on an immediate family member. It read like there was some sort of gag order or limitation placed on how much he could speak about it or how much could be reported about it.

In his interview on Ingraham, he said that he was told by school administration and others (I think law enforcement) to keep quiet. His lawyer may have also told him to keep quiet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The Loudoun Times story about his original sentencing said something about him being upset about an assault on an immediate family member. It read like there was some sort of gag order or limitation placed on how much he could speak about it or how much could be reported about it.

In his interview on Ingraham, he said that he was told by school administration and others (I think law enforcement) to keep quiet. His lawyer may have also told him to keep quiet.

That just makes this whole situation worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Laura Ingraham on Fox doing a big special on this story tonight. 10 pm

Of course she is FOX hahaha

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Laura Ingraham on Fox doing a big special on this story tonight. 10 pm

Of course she is FOX hahaha

Glad one news program will cover this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Laura Ingraham on Fox doing a big special on this story tonight. 10 pm

Of course she is FOX hahaha

Glad one news program will cover this.

Laura Ingradevil isn’t a “news program” FFS.

No wonder millions of idiots believe GOP crazy lies. They think some crackpot’s opinion is fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Laura Ingraham on Fox doing a big special on this story tonight. 10 pm

Of course she is FOX hahaha

Glad one news program will cover this.

+1

We would not even know about this were it not for conservative media. WAPO has still hardly touched it and has not mentioned that he was the poster child for "domestic terrorist."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry if I missed this being addressed previously, but how did Scott Smith manage to stay silent on the true motivations of his SB outburst until after the Oct 6 assault hit the media?

As an LCPS parent, I have watched all of this with horror and conflicting emotions. I believe trans students should be acknowledged and made to feel safe. I believe female students should not be vulnerable to assault. I'm disappointed in LCPS to say the least, but I stop short of aligning myself with the MAGA parents who want to oust the school board.

What about aligning yourself with non MAGA parents who want to oust the school board.