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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess the woke went too far
https://www.localdvm.com/news/virginia/fairfax-co-public-schools-removes-two-books-after-heated-school-board-meeting/amp/

Liberals lost on this one, better luck next time[/quote]

It's not over.  They will be "reviewed."  Prediction:  Lawn Boy will survive.  Not so sure about the graphic novel.

My opinion, FWIW:  Just because they "can" put these in our school libraries does not mean they "should."  [/quote]

It’s ok for parents to be concerned about books. FCPS even has a review process in place for such concerns. And parents always have the choice to exclude specific books for their own children.

It’s not ok for parents to throw tantrums at SB meetings and it’s certainly not OK to push misinformation.

Precisely.  It was distracting, performative nonsense designed to kick up the outrage machine.  And it succeeded.  Very demoralizing and alarming.  What books will they come for next?
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Reading from a book available in a county school at a county school board meeting hardly counts as throwing a tantrum.

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No, this was a performative tantrum.   Genuine and appropriate concern starts by talking with the school librarian and school admin. Who acknowledge your concerns and point you to the book review committee. Then you file a challenge with the committee and seeing what they say.  It does not involve cherry-picking a page out of two books out of thousands and going straight for shock value at a SB meeting.  You do that to make a scene and make headlines.  I don’t care that she objected.  I care that she immediately escalated to the SB in the most dramatic way possible.   And in the end, thenSB did exactly what the librarian would have done— referred it to the committee. Same result. More headlines.

And because the material is graphic, I don’t appreciate it being broadcast with no warning into every household with ES aged kids who might be present watching the livestream.

All of us get ticked off at FCPs policies and decisions. And most of us escalate concerns appropriately.  Otherwise, you’d have 100,000 parents pitching temper tantrums at the SB level for things that can be dealt with at the school level.  This SB cannot walk and chew gum at the same time. And the time it takes for them to deal with this crap is time they aren’t dealing with improving quarantine and isolation, livestreams to kids with COVID, a testing protocol, and test to stay.

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