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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Adding that I wish there were a moderate running outside of the democrats but there aren’t any.[/quote]

Davis is a moderate. If you think otherwise you are far to the left and can’t handle a mainstream candidate. [/quote]

She supports book banning. That is not moderate. It’s part of the right wing extremist playbook currently running in other states and in Spotsylvania County, VA.[/quote]

It is not "banning books"  to eliminate inappropriate materials for minors from schools.  "Banning books" means that books cannot be published or sold.  No one is calling for that.

While I'm not fan of Stacy Langdon, it is clear that the book she talked about at the SB meetings does not belong in any school library.  A graphic novel with pics of "parents" participating in what could kindly be called "out of the usual" sexual acts has no redeeming qualities.  [/quote]

Who should determine what is inappropriate? In states with policies like Langton wants, Toni Morrison and Jodi Picoult and many other authors are banned. https://abcnews.go.com/US/author-jodi-picoult-denounces-book-bans-after-florida/story?id=98151365

FCPS has a book challenge process, concerned people should follow it. I don’t want one untrained individual deciding to ban books from our school libraries.[/quote]

Schools in FCPS are both a place to educate minor children, and a place of employment by adults.

I think a good starting point for deciding which books are available inside of classrooms and libraries is:

1) For students, if a book contains graphic images or explicit text that would result in an adult being charged with a crime against children if they showed it to the child outside of school, and especially without the parents explicit informed consent, then the book should not be allowed in school.  Graphic novels such as Gender Queer would fall under this category.  If your 50 year old neighbor Joe decided to read a book full of drawings of blow jobs and other explicit photos to your 13 year old son or daughter, especially encouraging them to keep this info away from you their parent, he would likely be arrested.  This should be a basic, common sense standard in public school.

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2)  If a book contains graphic images and text such that if a Virginia state or Fairfax County government employee had it out at work and showed or distributed it to coworkers and especially subordinates, willing or unwilling,   would result in the state or county government employee being disciplined or fired for sexual harrassment, then the county employees of FCPS should not be allowed to share that book with minor children in FCPS in any capacity, be it in the library, in the classroom, or sharing with an individual student.

Use the state and county employment standards for what material an adult employee is allowed to share in the workplace, and apply this to our govt employee teachers, counselors, support staff and principals.

This should not even be a point of contention unless you are a predator.[/quote]
+1,000,000.   Plus, any At-Large School Board candidate who agrees with this stance, and makes it known, should have a great chance of winning.

Unfortunately, there are many vulnerable kids at FCPS who can barely read, yet most of these explicit drawings can leave a distorted long-lasting effect.  Any candidate who cares about them should make it their priority to protect them. [/quote]

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