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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2 very interesting highlights from the dissent

• Silencing of viewpoints. This year was the first time FLECAC had an opportunity to review, at the direction of the Board, the lesson scripts prepared by FCPS staff for the LGBT curriculum approved by the Board in 2015. When one of us, Laura Hanford, proposed motions at the January meeting that would improve the medical accuracy of some of these new lessons,2 her amendments were tabled by the majority, and the Board promptly replaced Ms. Hanford. In the last decade and a half no other committee member has had their tenure summarily curtailed mid-term in this manner.3 At the next meeting in February, the FLECAC majority used parliamentary procedures to suppress all debate on these motions, as well as on a motion by Ms. Laura Murphy to ensure medical accuracy in teaching about contraceptives.4 The willingness of the FLECAC majority to completely silence earnest deliberation on certain viewpoints, or even a vote on the merits, is of tremendous concern, and raises questions about how members might have voted differently had there been a more open process.

• Underrepresentation of parents. Based on FLECAC’s current membership, it is clear that the voices of parents who have children in the FCPS system are greatly underrepresented. We are extremely confident that a much higher proportion of county voters would support our positions on various issues than FLECAC votes reflect.[/quote]

Thanks for this. Where can the dissent statement be read online? [/quote]

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