FCPS not following the new state models

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are these new state level model policies? Can someone link to them?

https://www.doe.virginia.gov/programs-services/student-services/student-assistance-programming/gender-diversity

Recent discussions surrounding Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) have brought to light an important query: Why does FCPS seek to influence and guide students in realms beyond education, without involving parents? This question strikes at the heart of a key principle—parents shape not only their children's education but also their social and personal development.

The essence of education extends far beyond textbooks—it encompasses the holistic growth of our youth. From educational choices to social interactions and personal beliefs, parents play a pivotal role in shaping these aspects until the age of 18.

The 2023 Model Policies emphasize parental involvement in educational matters. However, we must also ponder the boundaries of FCPS's involvement in other areas of our children's lives. Unless parents willingly relinquish their rights, it is crucial that FCPS focuses on education, respecting the vital role parents play in guiding their children's values and choices.

As we continue our conversations, let's uphold the importance of parental influence and the shared commitment to our children's growth within a supportive community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are these new state level model policies? Can someone link to them?

https://www.doe.virginia.gov/programs-services/student-services/student-assistance-programming/gender-diversity

Recent discussions surrounding Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) have brought to light an important query: Why does FCPS seek to influence and guide students in realms beyond education, without involving parents? This question strikes at the heart of a key principle—parents shape not only their children's education but also their social and personal development.

The essence of education extends far beyond textbooks—it encompasses the holistic growth of our youth. From educational choices to social interactions and personal beliefs, parents play a pivotal role in shaping these aspects until the age of 18.

The 2023 Model Policies emphasize parental involvement in educational matters. However, we must also ponder the boundaries of FCPS's involvement in other areas of our children's lives. Unless parents willingly relinquish their rights, it is crucial that FCPS focuses on education, respecting the vital role parents play in guiding their children's values and choices.

As we continue our conversations, let's uphold the importance of parental influence and the shared commitment to our children's growth within a supportive community.

This sounds like talking point may mom’s for liberty would give to members to spread on social media

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are these new state level model policies? Can someone link to them?

https://www.doe.virginia.gov/programs-services/student-services/student-assistance-programming/gender-diversity

Recent discussions surrounding Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) have brought to light an important query: Why does FCPS seek to influence and guide students in realms beyond education, without involving parents? This question strikes at the heart of a key principle—parents shape not only their children's education but also their social and personal development.

The essence of education extends far beyond textbooks—it encompasses the holistic growth of our youth. From educational choices to social interactions and personal beliefs, parents play a pivotal role in shaping these aspects until the age of 18.

The 2023 Model Policies emphasize parental involvement in educational matters. However, we must also ponder the boundaries of FCPS's involvement in other areas of our children's lives. Unless parents willingly relinquish their rights, it is crucial that FCPS focuses on education, respecting the vital role parents play in guiding their children's values and choices.

As we continue our conversations, let's uphold the importance of parental influence and the shared commitment to our children's growth within a supportive community.

This sounds like talking point may mom’s for liberty would give to members to spread on social media

any mom, this is on your side now but what happens if it's something else?

[Anonymous]

So basically we will have male sports and then co-ed sports?

Male bathrooms and co-ed bathrooms?

Love our forward thinking school board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are these new state level model policies? Can someone link to them?

https://www.doe.virginia.gov/programs-services/student-services/student-assistance-programming/gender-diversity

Recent discussions surrounding Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) have brought to light an important query: Why does FCPS seek to influence and guide students in realms beyond education, without involving parents? This question strikes at the heart of a key principle—parents shape not only their children's education but also their social and personal development.

The essence of education extends far beyond textbooks—it encompasses the holistic growth of our youth. From educational choices to social interactions and personal beliefs, parents play a pivotal role in shaping these aspects until the age of 18.

The 2023 Model Policies emphasize parental involvement in educational matters. However, we must also ponder the boundaries of FCPS's involvement in other areas of our children's lives. Unless parents willingly relinquish their rights, it is crucial that FCPS focuses on education, respecting the vital role parents play in guiding their children's values and choices.

As we continue our conversations, let's uphold the importance of parental influence and the shared commitment to our children's growth within a supportive community.

I just read the policy. Where does it say surveys should be opt-in rather than opt-in? Please direct me to that passage of the document.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So basically we will have male sports and then co-ed sports?

Male bathrooms and co-ed bathrooms?

Love our forward thinking school board.

No. Cis girls and trans girls will play girls' sports and use women's restrooms. Cis boys and trans boys will play boys' sports and use men's restrooms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So basically we will have male sports and then co-ed sports?

Male bathrooms and co-ed bathrooms?

Love our forward thinking school board.

No. Cis girls and trans girls will play girls' sports and use women's restrooms. Cis boys and trans boys will play boys' sports and use men's restrooms.

And, in most cut sports, girls will be cut from the team because of "trans girls" if there are any competing. And, they will be losing in important competitions. This is already happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So basically we will have male sports and then co-ed sports?

Male bathrooms and co-ed bathrooms?

Love our forward thinking school board.

No. Cis girls and trans girls will play girls' sports and use women's restrooms. Cis boys and trans boys will play boys' sports and use men's restrooms.

And, in most cut sports, girls will be cut from the team because of "trans girls" if there are any competing. And, they will be losing in important competitions. This is already happening.

Trans people are maybe 1.5% of the population, being generous. They are not causing girls to be cut from teams. That is not mathematically possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there guidelines for who is allowed to use the restrooms? In other words, are there guidelines to determine who is trans and who is not? What about non-binary? Which restrooms do they use?

Inquiring minds would like to know if middle school boys can just decide one day to use the girls' bathrooms?

Are there specific rules/policies on this?

I have not seen them.

There are no guidelines.

Any boy, or male staff member, at any time or reason can walk into a girls bathroom or locker room in fcps, as long as they claim to feel trans or non binary at that moment.

There is zero gatekeeping and no parent permission or notification required.

If you opt your kid out of FLE or any lesson involving trans information of any kind, FCPS allows your kid to opt themselves back into the lesson without parent notification and in defiance of parent written opt out, according to Dr. Reid at her parent meet and greet last fall at our region 4 high school. Dr. Reid confirmed this is FCPS policy, verbally, not once, but twice in front of an auditorium full of parents.

Putting parent notification in place provides gatekeeping and protection that is beneficial to all students.

FCPS overriding parental opt out and written wishes, and deliberately hiding information from parents, especially given safety risks for female students AND trans students, and given the increased suicide and self harm risks by trans students, is ethically and morally wrong and should be illegal.

In what other situation would a school deliberately hide from parents student information that carried a significant risk of suicide and self harm?

Parents are the ones who will pick up the pieces if something goes wrong, not schools. Parents are part of a childs life for a lifetime, not Dr. Reid or the school board members. Parents are the ones who love, cherish and provide for their children, not Dr. Reid.

[Anonymous]

I just read the FCPS new regulation. Sounds like trans kids can use the restroom and the girls or boys who object will have to ask to use another restroom, locker room. or hotel room. Something wrong with this picture?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just read the FCPS new regulation. Sounds like trans kids can use the restroom and the girls or boys who object will have to ask to use another restroom, locker room. or hotel room. Something wrong with this picture?

Blame the 4th circuit. That policy is federal law

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So basically we will have male sports and then co-ed sports?

Male bathrooms and co-ed bathrooms?

Love our forward thinking school board.

No. Cis girls and trans girls will play girls' sports and use women's restrooms. Cis boys and trans boys will play boys' sports and use men's restrooms.

Yeah, pretty sure that translates to male and co-ed. No more female anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So basically we will have male sports and then co-ed sports?

Male bathrooms and co-ed bathrooms?

Love our forward thinking school board.

No. Cis girls and trans girls will play girls' sports and use women's restrooms. Cis boys and trans boys will play boys' sports and use men's restrooms.

And, in most cut sports, girls will be cut from the team because of "trans girls" if there are any competing. And, they will be losing in important competitions. This is already happening.

Trans people are maybe 1.5% of the population, being generous. They are not causing girls to be cut from teams. That is not mathematically possible.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
And, in most cut sports, girls will be cut from the team because of "trans girls" if there are any competing. And, they will be losing in important competitions. This is already happening.

Trans people are maybe 1.5% of the population, being generous. They are not causing girls to be cut from teams. That is not mathematically possible.

This is already happening in swimming tennis and track. Read the news.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP- I don’t care that they aren’t following the state models.

I am posting this so you know that I, a fellow FCPS parent, don’t care.

I disagree with trying to call FCPS out on this and expect outrage.

If you don’t like the screener, opt out. If you can get on DCUM, you can opt them out. Do it and leave the fake outrage behind.

You don't care that your kid's responses are linked to him and that this info is being used by a company with the sole purpose of making money funded by VC. Or that your kid's time is being wasted answering stupid questions? Even though I opted my kids out of the SEL, they still told me about surveys they had to take all year long during study hall. My kids have told me the surveys are viewed as a joke, at least at the middle and high school level. Where is the contract for all those surveys? How much do those cost? Also, our school is spending tons of money on training teachers in SBG and more to other consultants to align tests and grading. Lowering class size and increasing teacher pay are 2 things that would actually have an impact on learning. Every initiative, the strategic plan, equity/equal outcomes for all, ect...all result in a contract for outside consultants. Here is one for 455k for the strategic plan: https://defendinged.org/incidents/fairfax-county-public-school-superintendent-awards-sole-source-contract-for-465000-with-company-she-worked-with-previously-to-achieve-equal-outcomes-without-exception/

I doubt only 455k was spent on the strategic plan. Is there a point, an amount of money spent on all of this nonsense, that would bother you?

You can opt out of data sharing with other companies. I don’t care. I opted my kid out. I don’t care if they waste a little bit of money. I just don’t. Do you think Verizon honestly uses every penny wisely that I give to them. They don’t. Why have a different standard for a large school system vs large corporation? Cause taxes? Please. Capitalism doesn’t always work and waste just happens when things get big. This is one thing I’m not wasting my time on. I don’t care.

A public school system is funded by my tax dollars, the single person living in an apartment's tax dollars, the high schooler working at McDonald's tax dollars, the empty nesters' tax dollars....

Schools are publicly funded 100% by tax dollars. They are not even remotely close to a private or public for profit company like Verizon, that you can choose whether or not to puchase from.

How one could ever make this comparison between a cell phone company and a public school systems waste of taxpayer dollars is beyond logic.

You do not get to earmark your tax dollars. Neither do I. I can think of more than a few things I'd like to fund, and others that I'd like to withhold. So, just b/c you're a taxpayer . . . I mean. Oh well. And the "taxpayer" is not a monolith with different views on this, and lots of other, topics. Yours is not more important just b/c you are Really Very Upset over it.