Decision Time for DEI

[Anonymous]

Eventually everyone will accept this new religion. It just takes time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eventually everyone will accept this new religion. It just takes time.

That would be sad for the girls. Especially those who are great athletes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Consider who is the fascist here. The federal government attempting to defend Title IX or our School Board spending taxpayer funds on legal defense and foregoing federal funds for Title I and other programs?

+1000
Just astounding that this has to be spelled out.

First of all, you really have no clue how unhinged the "+1000" posts sound, do you?

Second of all, yes, you need to spell out your lies. The idea of this administration genuinely "defending Title IX" is a fascism fig leaf. The blackmail threat of cutting off funds as a way to coerce compliance is textbook authoritarian state.

You can't win this, they have love and science on their side.

I have taught Title I kids (kids who live in poverty.) If anyone thinks that what FCPS is doing is a good idea and "righteous," you are sadly mistaken.

Same. I support letting students use alternate facilities that aren’t comfortable in the locker room or communal bathroom I don’t support it on the backs of everyone else losing funding

[Anonymous]

State Senator Roem posted the following (I didn’t cut/paste the entire post) which seems to show that the districts are following current statutes?


On August 26, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (CA4 for short) ruled in favor of the plaintiff Gavin Grimm in the case Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board, which directly affected public schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The Supreme Court of the United States declined to overturn the ruling on June 28, 2021, which means the CA4 ruling from 2020 still stands today, almost exactly five years after the decision.

In that ruling, the judges wrote, "At the heart of this appeal is whether equal protection and Title IX can protect transgender students from school bathroom policies that prohibit them from affirming their gender. We join a growing consensus of courts in holding that the answer is resoundingly yes."

You can read that ruling here:
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca4/19-1952/19-1952-2020-08-26.html

Today, the Prince William County School Board joined four other Northern Virginia public school systems in rejecting a demand from the federal administration to break federal and state law regarding its restroom policy for transgender and gender nonconforming students.

You can read the Prince William Times story about it here:
https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/breaking-prince-william-schools-keeps-its-inclusive-transgender-bathroom-rules/article_7c0f9de9-d08d-4637-a278-f7bfceb30448.html

In response, "The U.S. Department of Education said Friday that it will take action against the school districts that are defying its order to reverse their policies," according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
https://richmond.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_b2d32a33-6a80-4b7f-8aac-27add1ff8b64.html

However, no action from the federal administration, Congress or Supreme Court of the United States has overturned the CA4 ruling in Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board -- not even the United States v. Skrmetti decision from June 18 of this year.

What that means is, regardless of whether anyone personally supports or opposes the outcome of the ruling, public school systems in Virginia have to follow the law and the CA4 ruling is law.

In addition to that, this is also a matter of state law.

§ 2.2-3900 of the Code of Virginia -- known as the Virginia Human Rights Act -- states in Section B, Paragraph 1 that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to "Safeguard all individuals within the Commonwealth from unlawful discrimination because of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, or disability in places of public accommodation, including educational institutions and in real estate transactions."

You can read the Virginia Human Rights Act here:
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacodepopularnames/virginia-human-rights-act/

[Anonymous]

Trump and his fascist allies in his administration don’t care about the law. They only wish to demonstrate their power.

In this case, regardless of what you think about the underlying issue, the five school districts are following the law.

If the law changes, and the Supreme Court overturns the Fourth Circuit precedent, the school districts will need to change their policy. But simply bowing to the dictates of Trump, a convicted felon, and his henchmen would be wrong, because they’ll just treat acquiescence as weakness and make further demands that are not based on the current law, either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you know a kid is trans?

Are kids peeing in open stalls these days? Are there genital checks?

I don't really care if my kid uses the bathroom with a trans kid. Everyone pees. And schools have stalls.

But dang, seems like Republicans are getting really worked up about it. Sure, bring up the Loudoun County boy -- who was not trans. Bring up the one or two trans kids who play sports in an entire state.

I just wonder, since trans are pretty rare, why can't schools handle the cases all on their own. Why does the federal government have to get involved?

Or maybe it's just a reason to have Republicans bond together in their collective hate.

Oh good, the genital inspection woman is here, we getting worried something happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trump and his fascist allies in his administration don’t care about the law. They only wish to demonstrate their power.

In this case, regardless of what you think about the underlying issue, the five school districts are following the law.

If the law changes, and the Supreme Court overturns the Fourth Circuit precedent, the school districts will need to change their policy. But simply bowing to the dictates of Trump, a convicted felon, and his henchmen would be wrong, because they’ll just treat acquiescence as weakness and make further demands that are not based on the current law, either.

This works out well actually. It will end up at the GOAT SCOTUS and be handled appropriately. This will end up like the MCPS book thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
State Senator Roem posted the following (I didn’t cut/paste the entire post) which seems to show that the districts are following current statutes?


On August 26, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (CA4 for short) ruled in favor of the plaintiff Gavin Grimm in the case Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board, which directly affected public schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The Supreme Court of the United States declined to overturn the ruling on June 28, 2021, which means the CA4 ruling from 2020 still stands today, almost exactly five years after the decision.

In that ruling, the judges wrote, "At the heart of this appeal is whether equal protection and Title IX can protect transgender students from school bathroom policies that prohibit them from affirming their gender. We join a growing consensus of courts in holding that the answer is resoundingly yes."

You can read that ruling here:
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca4/19-1952/19-1952-2020-08-26.html

Today, the Prince William County School Board joined four other Northern Virginia public school systems in rejecting a demand from the federal administration to break federal and state law regarding its restroom policy for transgender and gender nonconforming students.

You can read the Prince William Times story about it here:
https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/breaking-prince-william-schools-keeps-its-inclusive-transgender-bathroom-rules/article_7c0f9de9-d08d-4637-a278-f7bfceb30448.html

In response, "The U.S. Department of Education said Friday that it will take action against the school districts that are defying its order to reverse their policies," according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
https://richmond.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_b2d32a33-6a80-4b7f-8aac-27add1ff8b64.html

However, no action from the federal administration, Congress or Supreme Court of the United States has overturned the CA4 ruling in Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board -- not even the United States v. Skrmetti decision from June 18 of this year.

What that means is, regardless of whether anyone personally supports or opposes the outcome of the ruling, public school systems in Virginia have to follow the law and the CA4 ruling is law.

In addition to that, this is also a matter of state law.

§ 2.2-3900 of the Code of Virginia -- known as the Virginia Human Rights Act -- states in Section B, Paragraph 1 that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to "Safeguard all individuals within the Commonwealth from unlawful discrimination because of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, or disability in places of public accommodation, including educational institutions and in real estate transactions."

You can read the Virginia Human Rights Act here:
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacodepopularnames/virginia-human-rights-act/

Woke ruling, by a woke court at the height of the woke movement. SC will have to step in and correct. SC is going to have a very busy schedule over the next few years.

[Anonymous]

To respond to the PP (8/16 @ 10:41), this is a press release from the Governor of Virginia. It includes a section that pertains to FCPS. A link to the entire document that includes all school divisions in violation of Title IX- including the Senator mentioned by PP - is attached below:

https://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2025/july/name-1054024-en.html

Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces U.S. Department of Education Action on Title IX Violations in Northern Virginia School Divisions

School division policies on sports and locker rooms found in violation of Title IX civil rights protections
RICHMOND, VA - Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) determined that the gender policies of five school divisions in Northern Virginia – Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Arlington County, Prince William County and the City of Alexandria – violate Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The school division policies allow students of the opposite sex access to intimate sex-separated facilities and allow students of the opposite sex to participate in sex-separated sports. 
“These school divisions have been violating federal law, deliberately neglecting their responsibility to protect students’ safety, privacy and dignity, and ignoring parents’ rights. They got away with this behavior because the Biden Administration backed them up. Commonsense is back, with biological boys and girls in their own locker rooms and bathrooms, and boys out of girls sports,” said Governor Glenn Youngkin. “Earlier this year, I asked Attorney General Jason Miyares to investigate Title IX violations in Loudoun County, where school officials shockingly targeted boys who were expressing their concern that a biological girl was being allowed in the boys locker room. It is time for these school leaders to do the right thing for students and parents. I thank President Trump and Secretary McMahon for their actions in defense of student safety, privacy and dignity.”  
“I fought to prevent the Biden Administration’s radical Title IX re-interpretation from being imposed on Virginia’s public schools,” said Attorney General Jason Miyares. “Those rules would have held federal education dollars hostage and forced Virginia’s public schools to submit to a radical, harmful, and ideologically driven agenda. Thankfully, we won that battle in court. Today, I am encouraged that the federal government is now working alongside us to restore sanity in public education. Concerned parents have the right to speak their minds and demand accountability from their local schools, and our daughters should have the same opportunities as our sons. The safety, privacy, and dignity of every student in Virginia is an absolute non-negotiable.” 
According to the U.S. Department of Education, all five jurisdictions found that students in the Divisions avoid using school restrooms whenever possible because of the schools’ policies; in addition, female students have witnessed male students inappropriately touching other students and watching female students change in a female locker room. 
The U.S. Department of Education proposed Resolution Agreement requires the Divisions to take the following actions: 
• Rescind the policies and/or regulations which allow students to access intimate facilities based on their “gender identity” rather than their sex; 
• Issue a memorandum to each Division school that any future policies related to access to intimate facilities must be consistent with Title IX by separating students strictly on the basis of sex, and that Title IX ensures women’s equal opportunity in any education program or activity including athletic programs; and 
• Adopt biology-based definitions of the words “male” and “female” in all practices and policies relating to Title IX. 
OCR has offered the Divisions an opportunity to voluntarily agree to these actions within 10 days or risk imminent enforcement consequences including referral to the U.S. Department of Justice. 
Background:  
The following is a limited list of Title IX violations reported at these school divisions:  

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) 
• FCPS’ Regulation 2603.2 states that “[i]n no case shall a gender-expansive or transgender student be required to use a locker room or restroom that conflicts with the student’s gender identity or be limited to using only a private area, single-occupancy accommodation, or other single-use facility.” 
• America First Legal filed the lawsuit against FCPS on behalf of a high school senior who says that the transgender bathroom and pronoun policies go against her Roman Catholic beliefs. 
• FCPS also previously instructed teachers and administrators to forgo parents’ permission when a student requested to use a bathroom or locker room associated with his or her gender identity, including a mandatory teacher training that required teachers to check boxes on a survey acknowledging that students could “change their name, without parent permission” and “identify as male, female, or non-binary,” as well as explicitly acknowledging that parent permission was not required for a student to change their name or use a locker room corresponding with their identified gender. 
• FCPS also created a handbook with rules allowing suspension of students starting in fourth grade for using the wrong pronouns. 

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
State Senator Roem posted the following (I didn’t cut/paste the entire post) which seems to show that the districts are following current statutes?


On August 26, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (CA4 for short) ruled in favor of the plaintiff Gavin Grimm in the case Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board, which directly affected public schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The Supreme Court of the United States declined to overturn the ruling on June 28, 2021, which means the CA4 ruling from 2020 still stands today, almost exactly five years after the decision.

In that ruling, the judges wrote, "At the heart of this appeal is whether equal protection and Title IX can protect transgender students from school bathroom policies that prohibit them from affirming their gender. We join a growing consensus of courts in holding that the answer is resoundingly yes."

You can read that ruling here:
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca4/19-1952/19-1952-2020-08-26.html

Today, the Prince William County School Board joined four other Northern Virginia public school systems in rejecting a demand from the federal administration to break federal and state law regarding its restroom policy for transgender and gender nonconforming students.

You can read the Prince William Times story about it here:
https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/breaking-prince-william-schools-keeps-its-inclusive-transgender-bathroom-rules/article_7c0f9de9-d08d-4637-a278-f7bfceb30448.html

In response, "The U.S. Department of Education said Friday that it will take action against the school districts that are defying its order to reverse their policies," according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
https://richmond.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_b2d32a33-6a80-4b7f-8aac-27add1ff8b64.html

However, no action from the federal administration, Congress or Supreme Court of the United States has overturned the CA4 ruling in Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board -- not even the United States v. Skrmetti decision from June 18 of this year.

What that means is, regardless of whether anyone personally supports or opposes the outcome of the ruling, public school systems in Virginia have to follow the law and the CA4 ruling is law.

In addition to that, this is also a matter of state law.

§ 2.2-3900 of the Code of Virginia -- known as the Virginia Human Rights Act -- states in Section B, Paragraph 1 that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to "Safeguard all individuals within the Commonwealth from unlawful discrimination because of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, or disability in places of public accommodation, including educational institutions and in real estate transactions."

You can read the Virginia Human Rights Act here:
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacodepopularnames/virginia-human-rights-act/

Woke ruling, by a woke court at the height of the woke movement. SC will have to step in and correct. SC is going to have a very busy schedule over the next few years.

Ok, so regardless of your opinion of it being “woke” (and I’m one who agrees that biological males should not be on women teams), we agree that the school districts’ stance falls correctly under current law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To respond to the PP (8/16 @ 10:41), this is a press release from the Governor of Virginia. It includes a section that pertains to FCPS. A link to the entire document that includes all school divisions in violation of Title IX- including the Senator mentioned by PP - is attached below:

https://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2025/july/name-1054024-en.html

Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces U.S. Department of Education Action on Title IX Violations in Northern Virginia School Divisions

School division policies on sports and locker rooms found in violation of Title IX civil rights protections
RICHMOND, VA - Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) determined that the gender policies of five school divisions in Northern Virginia – Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Arlington County, Prince William County and the City of Alexandria – violate Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The school division policies allow students of the opposite sex access to intimate sex-separated facilities and allow students of the opposite sex to participate in sex-separated sports. 
“These school divisions have been violating federal law, deliberately neglecting their responsibility to protect students’ safety, privacy and dignity, and ignoring parents’ rights. They got away with this behavior because the Biden Administration backed them up. Commonsense is back, with biological boys and girls in their own locker rooms and bathrooms, and boys out of girls sports,” said Governor Glenn Youngkin. “Earlier this year, I asked Attorney General Jason Miyares to investigate Title IX violations in Loudoun County, where school officials shockingly targeted boys who were expressing their concern that a biological girl was being allowed in the boys locker room. It is time for these school leaders to do the right thing for students and parents. I thank President Trump and Secretary McMahon for their actions in defense of student safety, privacy and dignity.”  
“I fought to prevent the Biden Administration’s radical Title IX re-interpretation from being imposed on Virginia’s public schools,” said Attorney General Jason Miyares. “Those rules would have held federal education dollars hostage and forced Virginia’s public schools to submit to a radical, harmful, and ideologically driven agenda. Thankfully, we won that battle in court. Today, I am encouraged that the federal government is now working alongside us to restore sanity in public education. Concerned parents have the right to speak their minds and demand accountability from their local schools, and our daughters should have the same opportunities as our sons. The safety, privacy, and dignity of every student in Virginia is an absolute non-negotiable.” 
According to the U.S. Department of Education, all five jurisdictions found that students in the Divisions avoid using school restrooms whenever possible because of the schools’ policies; in addition, female students have witnessed male students inappropriately touching other students and watching female students change in a female locker room. 
The U.S. Department of Education proposed Resolution Agreement requires the Divisions to take the following actions: 
• Rescind the policies and/or regulations which allow students to access intimate facilities based on their “gender identity” rather than their sex; 
• Issue a memorandum to each Division school that any future policies related to access to intimate facilities must be consistent with Title IX by separating students strictly on the basis of sex, and that Title IX ensures women’s equal opportunity in any education program or activity including athletic programs; and 
• Adopt biology-based definitions of the words “male” and “female” in all practices and policies relating to Title IX. 
OCR has offered the Divisions an opportunity to voluntarily agree to these actions within 10 days or risk imminent enforcement consequences including referral to the U.S. Department of Justice. 
Background:  
The following is a limited list of Title IX violations reported at these school divisions:  

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) 
• FCPS’ Regulation 2603.2 states that “[i]n no case shall a gender-expansive or transgender student be required to use a locker room or restroom that conflicts with the student’s gender identity or be limited to using only a private area, single-occupancy accommodation, or other single-use facility.” 
• America First Legal filed the lawsuit against FCPS on behalf of a high school senior who says that the transgender bathroom and pronoun policies go against her Roman Catholic beliefs. 
• FCPS also previously instructed teachers and administrators to forgo parents’ permission when a student requested to use a bathroom or locker room associated with his or her gender identity, including a mandatory teacher training that required teachers to check boxes on a survey acknowledging that students could “change their name, without parent permission” and “identify as male, female, or non-binary,” as well as explicitly acknowledging that parent permission was not required for a student to change their name or use a locker room corresponding with their identified gender. 
• FCPS also created a handbook with rules allowing suspension of students starting in fourth grade for using the wrong pronouns. 

What cited in that statement usurps the district court’s ruling?

[Anonymous]

Look, I don't want a boy that looks like a boy coming in the bathroom with my daughter, regardless of the stalls. She would feel extremely uncomfortable and that is normal. Same with if my son was getting changed in the locker room and a girl that is clearly a girl came in and started to change near him. Having a unisex bathroom/locker room or two per school would fix this. I think that is something that everyone can get behind regardless on how you feel about trans. My personal feelings should should not affect someone else's person lives and vice versa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These Northern Virginia counties are clown shows. This is a stupid hill to die on and it shows disrespect for actual women and girls. I can't even believe we are here.

Trump doesn’t get to interpret the laws. He has to follow the laws. His letters and threats do not follow the law (nor do they follow the required processes for investigation). It’s the same BS he is pulling on colleges. I don’t know why so many of you are willing to lay down and let this man be your king, legislature and courts. We have a system in America.

This. And which group does he and his administration go after next?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These Northern Virginia counties are clown shows. This is a stupid hill to die on and it shows disrespect for actual women and girls. I can't even believe we are here.

Trump doesn’t get to interpret the laws. He has to follow the laws. His letters and threats do not follow the law (nor do they follow the required processes for investigation). It’s the same BS he is pulling on colleges. I don’t know why so many of you are willing to lay down and let this man be your king, legislature and courts. We have a system in America.

This. And which group does he and his administration go after next?

What part of Title IX is Trump violating?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
State Senator Roem posted the following (I didn’t cut/paste the entire post) which seems to show that the districts are following current statutes?


On August 26, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (CA4 for short) ruled in favor of the plaintiff Gavin Grimm in the case Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board, which directly affected public schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The Supreme Court of the United States declined to overturn the ruling on June 28, 2021, which means the CA4 ruling from 2020 still stands today, almost exactly five years after the decision.

In that ruling, the judges wrote, "At the heart of this appeal is whether equal protection and Title IX can protect transgender students from school bathroom policies that prohibit them from affirming their gender. We join a growing consensus of courts in holding that the answer is resoundingly yes."

You can read that ruling here:
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca4/19-1952/19-1952-2020-08-26.html

Today, the Prince William County School Board joined four other Northern Virginia public school systems in rejecting a demand from the federal administration to break federal and state law regarding its restroom policy for transgender and gender nonconforming students.

You can read the Prince William Times story about it here:
https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/breaking-prince-william-schools-keeps-its-inclusive-transgender-bathroom-rules/article_7c0f9de9-d08d-4637-a278-f7bfceb30448.html

In response, "The U.S. Department of Education said Friday that it will take action against the school districts that are defying its order to reverse their policies," according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
https://richmond.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_b2d32a33-6a80-4b7f-8aac-27add1ff8b64.html

However, no action from the federal administration, Congress or Supreme Court of the United States has overturned the CA4 ruling in Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board -- not even the United States v. Skrmetti decision from June 18 of this year.

What that means is, regardless of whether anyone personally supports or opposes the outcome of the ruling, public school systems in Virginia have to follow the law and the CA4 ruling is law.

In addition to that, this is also a matter of state law.

§ 2.2-3900 of the Code of Virginia -- known as the Virginia Human Rights Act -- states in Section B, Paragraph 1 that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to "Safeguard all individuals within the Commonwealth from unlawful discrimination because of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, or disability in places of public accommodation, including educational institutions and in real estate transactions."

You can read the Virginia Human Rights Act here:
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacodepopularnames/virginia-human-rights-act/

Woke ruling, by a woke court at the height of the woke movement. SC will have to step in and correct. SC is going to have a very busy schedule over the next few years.

Ok, so regardless of your opinion of it being “woke” (and I’m one who agrees that biological males should not be on women teams), we agree that the school districts’ stance falls correctly under current law.

Which is why the administration has to step in and take a hard line. So that federal law (Title IX) is affirmed as the law of the land by the SC and girls/woman are protected. Fastest way to solve the problem.