“Stuff Some Adults Don’t Want You to Read” at Langley

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is a parent without kids at Langley allowed to dictate what goes on at the school?

She sends her kids to schools in the Langley pyramid.

But her kids do not go to the school. They are not going into the Langley library. They will not see these books on display. They won't read the books.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is a parent without kids at Langley allowed to dictate what goes on at the school?

She sends her kids to schools in the Langley pyramid.

But her kids do not go to the school. They are not going into the Langley library. They will not see these books on display. They won't read the books.

Her kids will at some point be going to Langley - which is far more relevant than most of the idiot posters here, defending the librarian.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The librarian was unprofessional. We all know it. She introduced politics into the library. It was wrong of her.

So, politics isn't allowed in a library? Where can politics be discussed in a high school?

Promoting the freedom to read is 100% a librarian’s professional duty.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing in the first 26 pages of this discussion has given me reason to believe the outrage over this display is not, at its core, that certain parents do not want their kids to be exposed to ideas that might undermine messaging from their parents that being gay is wrong, blacks people are just a little bit lesser than white people, and the holocaust wasn’t really so bad. Maybe that will change in the next 26 pages, but I doubt it.

The fact that I don't want public school libraries actively promoting books that contain graphic sexual acts to freshmen doesn't make me a bigot. And FWIW I think anyone who wants to ban Maus is a loon.

And before someone starts in about the internet, my child doesn't have a smartphone and doesn't have unrestricted, unmonitored access to the internet at home. My parents let me have unrestricted internet access starting in middle school when my school gave me a laptop and I've learned from their mistake.

What do you think will happen to your child if they see a copy of Gender Queer sitting in a library display? What, specifically, is your fear?

That kids will be exposed to unhealthy ideas about sexuality and be more tempted to engage in sexual activity before they are ready.

So, clearly you have not read the book. Not have 99.999% of the screeching harpies objecting to it, because that scene is about NOT having sex. About negotiating consent with your partner. About how it can be awkward and weird to back out of something you have fantasized about that turned uncomfortable and you realized you didn’t want…but if you are with a loving, safe person you can be accepted and loved.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Of course it was at Langley. At any other high school in this region, parents would be applauding the librarian, but the rich white bored moms at Langley are outraged. Too many similarities to Loudon families.

I am a Langley parent and I don’t think most Langley parents care one way or the other about the sign. As my daughter said when I asked her what the sign said, “I don’t even go to the library so I don’t know what you are talking about.” LOL. I believe this issue came from a Cooper parent during a rising 9th grader parent meeting. I believe (but I’m not 100% sure) that this parent is the same one who took her kids to Fortestville Elementary on the Tuesday after Youngkin issued his mask Executive Order and demanded her kids go maskless, then filmed herself ranting about the injustice of it all when the school denied her request. Now she’s doing this with the book issue. I wonder what will come next?

She's using her kids as political pawns. Way to go, Mom.

And she's all over Twitter, so I guess we can name her here.

She is a public figure. At least she tries very hard to be.

Since her name was already mentioned in this thread and her name is everywhere online, I did a little digging. Apparently Carrie Lukas is not just a random Langley mom who just happened to be offended by a sign in a school library but an established extreme RW political hack.

https://www.iwv.org/people/carrie-l-lukas/

Take a peek at her books on Amazon.

Oh, and she's also an anti-masker who is suing the FC school board and Braband
https://www.iwv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Lukas_vs_FCPS_February_2022.pdf

That explains the groveling apology letter from the Langley principal. They must be afraid of her.

Expect to see more of these militant RWNJ flexing their power at our local schools.
https://www.amazon.com/Carrie-L-Lukas/e/B001JPCCMY/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is a parent without kids at Langley allowed to dictate what goes on at the school?

She sends her kids to schools in the Langley pyramid.

But her kids do not go to the school. They are not going into the Langley library. They will not see these books on display. They won't read the books.

Her kids will at some point be going to Langley - which is far more relevant than most of the idiot posters here, defending the librarian.

I’m the PP. My kid will be going to Langley next year. I wasn’t offended by the sign in the library. But her opinion trumps mine? Really? She’s a right wing political commentor who makes money off this type of controversy. And her voice is more important than mine? Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course it was at Langley. At any other high school in this region, parents would be applauding the librarian, but the rich white bored moms at Langley are outraged. Too many similarities to Loudon families.

I am a Langley parent and I don’t think most Langley parents care one way or the other about the sign. As my daughter said when I asked her what the sign said, “I don’t even go to the library so I don’t know what you are talking about.” LOL. I believe this issue came from a Cooper parent during a rising 9th grader parent meeting. I believe (but I’m not 100% sure) that this parent is the same one who took her kids to Fortestville Elementary on the Tuesday after Youngkin issued his mask Executive Order and demanded her kids go maskless, then filmed herself ranting about the injustice of it all when the school denied her request. Now she’s doing this with the book issue. I wonder what will come next?

She's using her kids as political pawns. Way to go, Mom.

And she's all over Twitter, so I guess we can name her here.

She is a public figure. At least she tries very hard to be.

Since her name was already mentioned in this thread and her name is everywhere online, I did a little digging. Apparently Carrie Lukas is not just a random Langley mom who just happened to be offended by a sign in a school library but an established extreme RW political hack.

https://www.iwv.org/people/carrie-l-lukas/

Take a peek at her books on Amazon.

Oh, and she's also an anti-masker who is suing the FC school board and Braband
https://www.iwv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Lukas_vs_FCPS_February_2022.pdf

That explains the groveling apology letter from the Langley principal. They must be afraid of her.

Expect to see more of these militant RWNJ flexing their power at our local schools.
https://www.amazon.com/Carrie-L-Lukas/e/B001JPCCMY/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1

Wow. Such a disgusting bully. Five kids? She’s going to torment FCPS/Langley for a long, long time.

[Anonymous]

Her kids are going to disown her when they’re older. Karma.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course it was at Langley. At any other high school in this region, parents would be applauding the librarian, but the rich white bored moms at Langley are outraged. Too many similarities to Loudon families.

I am a Langley parent and I don’t think most Langley parents care one way or the other about the sign. As my daughter said when I asked her what the sign said, “I don’t even go to the library so I don’t know what you are talking about.” LOL. I believe this issue came from a Cooper parent during a rising 9th grader parent meeting. I believe (but I’m not 100% sure) that this parent is the same one who took her kids to Fortestville Elementary on the Tuesday after Youngkin issued his mask Executive Order and demanded her kids go maskless, then filmed herself ranting about the injustice of it all when the school denied her request. Now she’s doing this with the book issue. I wonder what will come next?

She's using her kids as political pawns. Way to go, Mom.

And she's all over Twitter, so I guess we can name her here.

She is a public figure. At least she tries very hard to be.

Since her name was already mentioned in this thread and her name is everywhere online, I did a little digging. Apparently Carrie Lukas is not just a random Langley mom who just happened to be offended by a sign in a school library but an established extreme RW political hack.

https://www.iwv.org/people/carrie-l-lukas/

Take a peek at her books on Amazon.

Oh, and she's also an anti-masker who is suing the FC school board and Braband
https://www.iwv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Lukas_vs_FCPS_February_2022.pdf

That explains the groveling apology letter from the Langley principal. They must be afraid of her.

Expect to see more of these militant RWNJ flexing their power at our local schools.
https://www.amazon.com/Carrie-L-Lukas/e/B001JPCCMY/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1

Wow. Such a disgusting bully. Five kids? She’s going to torment FCPS/Langley for a long, long time.

I'm loving it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course it was at Langley. At any other high school in this region, parents would be applauding the librarian, but the rich white bored moms at Langley are outraged. Too many similarities to Loudon families.

I am a Langley parent and I don’t think most Langley parents care one way or the other about the sign. As my daughter said when I asked her what the sign said, “I don’t even go to the library so I don’t know what you are talking about.” LOL. I believe this issue came from a Cooper parent during a rising 9th grader parent meeting. I believe (but I’m not 100% sure) that this parent is the same one who took her kids to Fortestville Elementary on the Tuesday after Youngkin issued his mask Executive Order and demanded her kids go maskless, then filmed herself ranting about the injustice of it all when the school denied her request. Now she’s doing this with the book issue. I wonder what will come next?

She's using her kids as political pawns. Way to go, Mom.

And she's all over Twitter, so I guess we can name her here.

She is a public figure. At least she tries very hard to be.

Since her name was already mentioned in this thread and her name is everywhere online, I did a little digging. Apparently Carrie Lukas is not just a random Langley mom who just happened to be offended by a sign in a school library but an established extreme RW political hack.

https://www.iwv.org/people/carrie-l-lukas/

Take a peek at her books on Amazon.

Oh, and she's also an anti-masker who is suing the FC school board and Braband
https://www.iwv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Lukas_vs_FCPS_February_2022.pdf

That explains the groveling apology letter from the Langley principal. They must be afraid of her.

Expect to see more of these militant RWNJ flexing their power at our local schools.
https://www.amazon.com/Carrie-L-Lukas/e/B001JPCCMY/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1

Wow. Such a disgusting bully. Five kids? She’s going to torment FCPS/Langley for a long, long time.

I'm loving it.

Right. Psychopaths unite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is a parent without kids at Langley allowed to dictate what goes on at the school?

She sends her kids to schools in the Langley pyramid.

But her kids do not go to the school. They are not going into the Langley library. They will not see these books on display. They won't read the books.

Her kids will at some point be going to Langley - which is far more relevant than most of the idiot posters here, defending the librarian.

I’m the PP. My kid will be going to Langley next year. I wasn’t offended by the sign in the library. But her opinion trumps mine? Really? She’s a right wing political commentor who makes money off this type of controversy. And her voice is more important than mine? Why?

Not to mention that both of the librarians at Langley will have retired by the time her kids get there. And Gender Queer will likely have been weeded because it will be over 10 years old and falling apart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course it was at Langley. At any other high school in this region, parents would be applauding the librarian, but the rich white bored moms at Langley are outraged. Too many similarities to Loudon families.

I am a Langley parent and I don’t think most Langley parents care one way or the other about the sign. As my daughter said when I asked her what the sign said, “I don’t even go to the library so I don’t know what you are talking about.” LOL. I believe this issue came from a Cooper parent during a rising 9th grader parent meeting. I believe (but I’m not 100% sure) that this parent is the same one who took her kids to Fortestville Elementary on the Tuesday after Youngkin issued his mask Executive Order and demanded her kids go maskless, then filmed herself ranting about the injustice of it all when the school denied her request. Now she’s doing this with the book issue. I wonder what will come next?

She's using her kids as political pawns. Way to go, Mom.

And she's all over Twitter, so I guess we can name her here.

She is a public figure. At least she tries very hard to be.

Since her name was already mentioned in this thread and her name is everywhere online, I did a little digging. Apparently Carrie Lukas is not just a random Langley mom who just happened to be offended by a sign in a school library but an established extreme RW political hack.

https://www.iwv.org/people/carrie-l-lukas/

Take a peek at her books on Amazon.

Oh, and she's also an anti-masker who is suing the FC school board and Braband
https://www.iwv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Lukas_vs_FCPS_February_2022.pdf

That explains the groveling apology letter from the Langley principal. They must be afraid of her.

Expect to see more of these militant RWNJ flexing their power at our local schools.
https://www.amazon.com/Carrie-L-Lukas/e/B001JPCCMY/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1

Wow. Such a disgusting bully. Five kids? She’s going to torment FCPS/Langley for a long, long time.

I'm loving it.

Right. Psychopaths unite.

Workers of the world unite!

[Anonymous]

I'm a librarian. I support the book display, but I think a more tactful approach could have been taken. Something about banned books, about you may have seen these titles in the news, books to talk to your parents about, etc.

I think this librarian was snarky for the sake of being snarky. The profession is sadly full of people who think they always know best because they are on the right side of freedom and education. I think they usually are right but the delivery leaves a lot to be desired.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a librarian. I support the book display, but I think a more tactful approach could have been taken. Something about banned books, about you may have seen these titles in the news, books to talk to your parents about, etc.

I think this librarian was snarky for the sake of being snarky. The profession is sadly full of people who think they always know best because they are on the right side of freedom and education. I think they usually are right but the delivery leaves a lot to be desired.

I'm also a librarian who posted earlier in this thread. I feel the same way. I do a display of banned books, but add more context. The purpose of a banned books display should be to show students that censorship exists and start a conversation. This display did not include the context needed to have that discussion. What I object to is how the school principal and region superintendent handled it (although as my husband pointed out to me, they have bigger fish to fry right now and probably just want this to go away). I also am angry that the news media elevated the voice of one "parent" who is indeed a parent, but not a parent at Langley (which was not mentioned in a single story I read).

I do not, however, think that the FCPS secondary librarians are on the whole snarky people who think they know best. I know that I certainly do not think I know best...I see my role as being an adult in the building who does not grade students and is there to support students in any way I can. I'm there to provide a safe and engaging space for students. For some students that means I'm a place with a comfy chair where they can escape friend drama in the cafeteria, for other students, that means I am a place where they can chat with an adult who cares, but is not a parent or teacher. For others, it is providing a book about something they have a question about or a book that they can escape into. I do not know best, and I don't know any librarians in FCPS who I would call "snarky" and "know it all."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is a parent without kids at Langley allowed to dictate what goes on at the school?

She sends her kids to schools in the Langley pyramid.

But her kids do not go to the school. They are not going into the Langley library. They will not see these books on display. They won't read the books.

Her kids will at some point be going to Langley - which is far more relevant than most of the idiot posters here, defending the librarian.

I’m the PP. My kid will be going to Langley next year. I wasn’t offended by the sign in the library. But her opinion trumps mine? Really? She’s a right wing political commentor who makes money off this type of controversy. And her voice is more important than mine? Why?

Please take the time to write to the Langley principal to offer your support of the librarian and say you are concerned about the chilling effect of being so reactionary about the inevitable complaints of these right wing trolls. There is NO pleasing them. They pay attention to public education to find things to complain about in order to undermine public schooling. That’s all.