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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not a troll, genuine question.

What are the GOP endorsed candidates referring to when they point out a "disturbing effort to introduce age-inappropriate sexual concepts and ideas to our youngest students" (Bartkowski)? Or when they request that schools leave "family values to the parents" (Sabio)?

I have three kids in FCPS and I am honestly unsure what this is about. I get the academics/equity/TJ/AAP references. I understand the masking and school closings issues. But what are the "age-inappropriate sexual concepts" that are being introduced... what? when? where? Is this all about the coed sex-ed in middle school?? Have I missed something huge happening in the elementary schools?[/quote]

Hi OP.

They are probably referring to the insistence on the part of political activists in FCPS leadership of providing very graphic novels to tweens and teens in FCPS school Libraries.

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This is OP. I am not sure what is in the FCPS libraries. I'd like to see a list of what people object to-has someone compiled this list?

I will say that I have read every single novel that has been assigned to my kids in middle school and high school as well as quite a few from the recommended summer reading lists. I like to read and appreciate knowing what my kids are assigned. I am not claiming to be an expert on FCPS English departments but I probably have read more of the assigned books than most parents. The only book in the past whole bunch of years that I can imagine being at all controversial was a Sherman Alexie novel that openly talks about masturbation. (It's also a hilarious, moving, and well-written book.) Other than that, I have been told that some of the summer reading recommendations I read like [i]The Hate U Give[/i] and [i]Speak[/i] are banned in some parts of the country. These novels are not at all graphic and I don't understand the logic behind banning them simply because they mention difficult topics.

So, I haven't seen what these political activists have achieved. If you tell me where to look, I will go and I will read the books. But are we actually just talking about a handful of LGBTQ-themed novels on library shelves??

Compared to what I was assigned in high school many decades ago in a different state, my own FCPS students read nothing more controversial. Mostly they just read LESS.[/quote]

Hi OP.

I think the republican candidates are probably objecting more broadly, to include the fairly recent revisions to the Family Life Education Curriculum; you can read the revisions here:

https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/AYKU7H699ED9/$file/FLECAC%20Annual%20Recommendations%20Report%202017_18_051018g.pdf

But please start at the end, with the “Dissenting Opinions” section.  It is remarkable, and demonstrates a significant percentage of the committee was simply ignored to push through an agenda.

I will let the FCPS document I linked speak for itself as to what that agenda was.[/quote]

This Board also ignores recommendations from the Facilities Planning Advisory Council even when those recommendations are actually in line with their supposedly Democratic views, like supporting boundary changes to reduce segregation of poverty while improving facility efficiency. It's difficult to understand the Board's true colors.[/quote]

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