Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking forward to the first lawsuit by a student who was suspended because he/she "misgendered" someone.

Good times.

The trans male who was forced to use the bathroom that did nor correspond with his preferred gender just won millions from the state of VA. This established trans rights in school. The suspended student will get nowhere. The trans. Student would win a lawsuit if the school didn’t act.

And maybe you think it’s small. But these are kids with very high suicide rates. I don’t claim to understand it. But I believe my nephew when he says misgendering and misnaming is terrrible for him. It’s called empathy.

Kids have won free speech lawsuits over this very issue

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. I hate this entire debate. Why can't people just live their own lives in peace, and accept that sometimes people will be weird and call them by the wrong name? There are millions of people at risk of starvation in Asia and Africa, more than usual because of the war in Ukraine and profiteering on the grain market. Why don't we do something about REAL issues instead of fighting over what one kid said to the other?

Ah, the fallacy of relative privation rears its godforsaken ugly head

In SRR I believe consequences are listed, same as any other type of bullying. It's just adding an explicit callout for this type of bullying alongside all the other types of bullying that are already called out in the SRR. People making a big deal out of nothing basically.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Out of curiosity how much time did the School Board spend talking about academics or facilities last night?

They have not talked about academics since they were elected. except to laugh about how racist the new TJ policy is and how asians are cheaters because they study for math and science like all my neighbor kids practice for travel soccer, lacrosse and basketball.

Well, maybe next year we can restore some balance to this School Board. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a group of bumbling incompetents, poseurs, and hypocrites in office before in Fairfax.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me get this straight. No child has actually ever even been reprimanded because of this rule, but ignorant parents are still fighting it because they are scared of people who are different from them. Their children are clearly not scared and don't care, but these parents seem to think public school is about them, not the children. Idiots.

If that's true, then clearly there is no actual need for this rule. It is posturing.

It’s only posturing if no one has ever had issues in our schools about this.

But as FCPS is never proactive but always reactive, most likely some parent had some issue and there was a lawsuit and here we are.

Finally- for all of the free speech and posturing BS— your political alignment is not a protected class and hate speech is not protected.

But the protections based on sexual identity are.

My theory is that a bunch of your kids harassed a trans kid and now we have to do this. And for the record: we have to do this now because FCPS had no chance of winning that lawsuit. And if your kids just didn’t make a big deal out of it, like everyone else, we wouldn’t be in this situation.

But hey- keep holding on to your fragility.

Oh boy. Hate speech is definitely protected by the first amendment, because who decides what that is?
And in some areas; DC for example, political affiliation is most certainly a protected class.
Stop embarrassing yourself.

I mean, this article doesn't mention what happens when someone slips up. I have a trans friend who just started transitioning about a year ago, and I can't seem to remember to refer to him with his new name and gender all of the time. What about kids who switch back and forth. I know 2 teens who have each had 3 different names and pronouns in the past year. One of whom does get upset when people can't get it right.

Anonymous wrote:Kids not using different pronouns is not necessarily bulling. This is getting absurd. We’ve had teachers not pronounce my child’s name and it’s an easy name. Should we get them fired? My kid is so uncomfortable with all the school talks and feels being straight is not ok and it’s only ok if you are gay or trans. We are ruining other kids by forcing these adgendas on them. I am very liberal but I’ve had enough with the damage it has done to my kid.

Your kid sounds like a very snowflakey snowflake. Therapy and homeschool.

Anonymous wrote:Looking forward to the first lawsuit by a student who was suspended because he/she "misgendered" someone.

Good times.

The trans male who was forced to use the bathroom that did nor correspond with his preferred gender just won millions from the state of VA. This established trans rights in school. The suspended student will get nowhere. The trans. Student would win a lawsuit if the school didn’t act.

And maybe you think it’s small. But these are kids with very high suicide rates. I don’t claim to understand it. But I believe my nephew when he says misgendering and misnaming is terrrible for him. It’s called empathy.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They voted on it last night. It need to have malicious intent.

I don’t see the big deal.

Isn't this already covered by the bullying rules?
Why single out "misgendering?" Are they going to single out every situation in which a child might be bullied?

I think it is ridiculous.

I think that that is the reason why it’s in the SRR.

Kids are stupid. They say stupid things.

But make it in the handbook- less stupidity.

Fcps looks the other way for all other kinds of bullyijg.

So only trans kids matter in fcps

Some kids at our high school were running an IG page last year that was essentially an anonymous burn book. Many of the posts were from a gay kid slurring and naming girls and harrassing straight boys in graphic detail.

Many parents took screen shots and complained. Fcps said their hands were tied.

The instant this page posted an anti lgbtq type post, the school sent out an email exclaiming that they got IG to shut down the page and that harrassmemt of lgbtq kids would Not Be Tolerated.

Yet this page had been harrassing straight people, boys and girls, many of the posts a gay kid talking about what he wanted to do to specific named straight boys.

That kind of bullyimg was okay by fcps.

One post about the chosen community got fcps tech team to get the page shut down within the day.

Yes, there is a double standard for bullying by fcps.

Ask anyone whose kid has been bullied.

This is political pandering at its worst.

Apply the old bullying policy evenly and fairly.

Don't make one community more worthy of protection than another, like with this new bullying policy.

Anonymous wrote:Out of curiosity how much time did the School Board spend talking about academics or facilities last night?

They have not talked about academics since they were elected. except to laugh about how racist the new TJ policy is and how asians are cheaters because they study for math and science like all my neighbor kids practice for travel soccer, lacrosse and basketball.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are republicans so afraid of life? Oh noes, the gays! Oh noes, the trans! Oh noes, new ideas!

Because breaking down traditions and institutions has been so helpful for society as a whole and for individuals...

Yes, like the tradition of slavery, the tradition of not allowing women to vote, the tradition of beating children....all that good stuff.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me get this straight. No child has actually ever even been reprimanded because of this rule, but ignorant parents are still fighting it because they are scared of people who are different from them. Their children are clearly not scared and don't care, but these parents seem to think public school is about them, not the children. Idiots.

If that's true, then clearly there is no actual need for this rule. It is posturing.

It’s only posturing if no one has ever had issues in our schools about this.

But as FCPS is never proactive but always reactive, most likely some parent had some issue and there was a lawsuit and here we are.

Finally- for all of the free speech and posturing BS— your political alignment is not a protected class and hate speech is not protected.

But the protections based on sexual identity are.

My theory is that a bunch of your kids harassed a trans kid and now we have to do this. And for the record: we have to do this now because FCPS had no chance of winning that lawsuit. And if your kids just didn’t make a big deal out of it, like everyone else, we wouldn’t be in this situation.

But hey- keep holding on to your fragility.

Anonymous wrote:Let me get this straight. No child has actually ever even been reprimanded because of this rule, but ignorant parents are still fighting it because they are scared of people who are different from them. Their children are clearly not scared and don't care, but these parents seem to think public school is about them, not the children. Idiots.

If that's true, then clearly there is no actual need for this rule. It is posturing.

Let me get this straight. No child has actually ever even been reprimanded because of this rule, but ignorant parents are still fighting it because they are scared of people who are different from them. Their children are clearly not scared and don't care, but these parents seem to think public school is about them, not the children. Idiots.

Anonymous wrote:Kids not using different pronouns is not necessarily bulling. This is getting absurd. We’ve had teachers not pronounce my child’s name and it’s an easy name. Should we get them fired? My kid is so uncomfortable with all the school talks and feels being straight is not ok and it’s only ok if you are gay or trans. We are ruining other kids by forcing these adgendas on them. I am very liberal but I’ve had enough with the damage it has done to my kid.

+1.
I know tons of families embracing homeschooling because they're seeing this in their kids. Schools make it seem like questioning or discontent with your birth sex is normal instead of a disphoria that we should have empathy for. Kids think they're supposed want to be something different or to at least experiment first. It's scary.