At tonight’s school board meeting, LCPS Supt Spence said the “main message” he has heard from the community is “we love our school division and we would like other people to stop picking on us…”
A woman who says she's a Loudoun County teacher just broke into tears addressing the school board saying she would not honor the transgender pronoun policy because of her faith and she told the board she was quitting her job, right there on the spot.
@nbcwashington
Never seen some of these folks as worked up as they are about the removal of masks in schools. They seem to be primarily concerned about the adults, who have been triple vaccinated. When will they stop using children as human shields?
A friend broke down crying at her desk today because other parents were asking her what else they could do to help their kids with disabilities and IEPs who are forced to mask in school. These kids are “collapsing.” She had no answers. No help is coming. What more can we do?
Loudoun parents are worried about a culture of silencing victims and covering up assaults in LCPS. But we shouldn't be involved in education? We only know about this because we got involved!
Teachers unions fought to keep schools closed across the U.S. They have given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Terry McAuliffe. If elected governor, he will prioritize unions not students.
There’s one candidate in this race who has walked the walk when it comes to our kids, our parents, our educators, our public schools and so much more.
@TerryMcAuliffe
is that candidate.
Educators for Terry McAuliffe - via
@YouTube
$190,000,000,000 went somewhere...where could it have gone?
Oh yeah, it went to open schools. That was a whole lot of “support” that has never been audited or tracked.
Putting a student without a mask in the back of the classroom, facing a wall, despite the “preferential seating” part of his IEP is a violation of federal IDEA.
@LCPSOfficial
knows this and yet it happens.
If you choose to keep your kids masked at school, but allow your kids to harass unmasked kids, you are not virtuous and you are not setting a good example.
Here's a Univ of Kansas psychologist who believes 4 year olds know they are in the wrong body when they want to grow their hair long, choose a velociraptor toy instead of a doll, or want to go play in the mud.
Wake up, Kansas.
KU Med gender clinic psychologist on transitioning minors: "...even on our own campus where physicians or physicians in training respond very strongly to the idea of..a minor being put on hormone blockers or...hormones or pursuing any surgical care to support their transition."
@KellDA
She’s one of those moms who so wants her kids out of her hair, she dismisses COVID, school safety, and anything that interferes with just putting them on the bus like pre-COVID.
Don’t try to make it make sense. It’s a selfish person trying to make their selfishness seem moral.
Please explain where these so-called “violent protests” are taking place. We are in Loudoun County and have never seen anything like what you describe. Why do you view parents as enemies?
Glenn Youngkin wants to be taken seriously. Well, this is his opportunity. Is he going to ignore threats and violence? Or will he stand up and denounce the violent protests at school board meetings and tell the groups organizing them to stop?
#AFTvotes
“Put the camera away and we will talk about your approach to journalism, Nick” says the new Loudoun superintendent in response to questions about student fentanyl overdoses. 👀
Tonight
@7NewsDC
attempted to ask Loudoun County Superintendent Dr. Aaron Spence about why it took the school system weeks to notify parents about student fentanyl overdoses.
Story:
Just heard about an assault in LCPS in which the principal attributed it to "kids being kids." We need to get control over what is happening in our schools. This is not a "phony trumped up culture war."
LCPS uses words like FERPA, HIPAA, minor & privacy to make you believe they cannot tell parents about student fentanyl overdoses, even those needing narcan, CPR, or ambulance.
But LCPS told parents about every single student COVID case 3 years ago, even the asymptomatic.
The new VA Dept of Ed model policies no longer allow adults at school to have secrets with the minors they are supposed to be educating. If it upsets you that parents have to be informed about what is happening to their children at school, then you are part of the problem.
When your son is strangled on a school bus, yet the school does nothing, so you get a protective order, but the school still does nothing, and your son has to change schools, yet the perpetrator is allowed to remain in school, then you might be in Fairfax County Public Schools.
The Loudoun County School Board has engaged independent law firm
#2
to advise them on releasing the so-called independent report created by Blankingship & Keith. Parents wonder, what does this report contain? And how many more law firms does LCPS need?
Our NoVa Superintendents want to suspend kids for not wearing masks, but a teen who sexually assaults someone in school keeps the right to in-person education/due process and cannot be suspended.
#makeitmakesense
Yesterday's conversation with
@FLOTUS
,
@AmbRice46
,
@SecCardona
, and
@SecMartyWalsh
is helping us identify the actions we can take immediately to support schools so teachers can help kids recover and thrive. I was proud to be a part of it.
“You hired the former head of the VA Democratic Party as your legislative liaison, paying his firm $75,000 --What would happen if you paid
@iandprior
$75,000 to be a legislative liaison?”
LCPS pays Jackson-West Consulting, a firm with deep Dem ties, but parents are the problem?
Why would a public school district pay $2,225 per hour of taxpayers $ to FIGHT allegations of human rights violations? Why not just cooperate with the investigation?
#makeitmakesense
New: Fairfax County Public Schools has hired a K Street law firm at $2,225 per hour as Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares investigates FCPS for possible violations of the Virginia Human Rights Act.
@rweingarten
@SEIULocal99
@UTLAnow
The entire country is not behind you closing the doors yet again to the most vulnerable students. When you go to the United Nations, do you suggest worldwide strikes as best educational practices?
"On Tuesday, the first in-person speaker at the meeting, former Loudoun student Nicholas Gothard, blanched as he stepped inside."
******
Note to WaPo: Mr. Gothard is also the Executive Director at Loudoun County Democratic Committee.
Under her union's control, 55 Chicago schools have NO children proficient in either math or reading. Yet be afraid of change, Chicago. Keep voting for Randi.
In Philly. In New Orleans. In Bridgeport. Everywhere he's worked Paul Vallas has pursued the same agenda for schools as Betsy DeVos. That's why she's spending money to elect him. Let's keep the DeVos agenda out of Chicago.
#BrandonIsBetter
@libsoftiktok
They also have a new public info officer account
@LCPS_PIO
to counter "misinformation and disinformation" so maybe they can respond to any questions?
When an LCPS high school girl expressed concern that a boy in boys clothes was using the girls restroom, this was the response provided by school admin. They offered mental health services and a single use bathroom to the girl. This is Virginia state policy.
Schools should not be fostering a culture of secrecy and lying to parents because not every adult has pure intentions. It took great courage for the victim to come forward and say something.
As we look back on the past 2 years, neither major political party understands what parents have gone thru with school closures. There's a general sadness as the kids struggle to regain their footing. They are not resilient. They are, in many cases, broken. And I have no answers.
So the VDOE removed materials from its website that it
didn’t want used in schools, but the VEA is supplying those same removed materials to schools and teachers. And bragging about it. This tells you who runs our public schools.
Big congrats to our parent friends in VA Beach schools who got valedictorian & salutatorian, plus class rank, restored by their school board tonight!
@OpenVBCPS
@rweingarten
@DeAngelisCorey
It was safe enough in 2022 to have in-person instruction in the vast majority of the country except for places with super strong unions like Chicago. You cannot lie about what happened, bc we remember.
@BeckyPringle
All most parents want is for their kids to go to school, learn advanced math that we can’t teach them, play some sports or participate in activities, and come home without being assaulted.
Why would any parent vote for him after he chose the person most responsible for keeping schools closed to speak at his rally the night before the election? Terry is owned by the teachers unions. He and Randi would govern together.
Recklessly opening school buildings right now instead of working to reduce community transmission is, once again, needlessly putting millions of lives at risk. National
#2weeks
pause NOW to
#ProtectOurCommunity
Let's
#Unite4SafeSchools
SIGN & RT NOW!:
Just received this in an email from a mom in Virginia:
"I used to be a Democrat and am now an Independent. I feel betrayed by the Democrat Party and the media outlets that I watched regularly .. They smeared, belittled, & de-humanized parents who simply wanted schools to open"
The bottom line is Randi & the teachers unions want us to STFU about how our kids suffered in isolation for over a year at home while literally everything else opened up (including schools but only for $$ day care!) because they are tired of criticism. They are not sorry though.
The bottom line is everyone suffered in the pandemic.. because of the pandemic. The disruption was everywhere, and it was bad regardless of whether schools were remote or in person. We are focused now on the urgent need to help kids recover and thrive.
Shocking new details:
@LCPSOfficial
failed at every turn to protect students. After May 2021 Stone Bridge sexual assault, admin’s callous indifference & incompetence allowed 2nd girl at Broad Run to be targeted, stalked, abducted, almost choked to death, & sexually assaulted.
"Hey LCPS staff, if you are upset that justice is finally being served upon those who covered up sexual assaults in our schools, we have counseling available. Stay strong. You know, like the kids who were victimized had to stay strong."
"In 2014, SFUSD denied access to algebra 1 for all 8th graders, regardless of their preparation & motivation, justifying this with the word 'equity.' SFUSD subsequently claimed success."
👉But FOIA data exposed the truth.
Good morning to everyone but the Loudoun County Public Schools board members and staff who colluded with former Supt. Ziegler to hide the truth that zero Title IX investigation was done in fall 2021 of 159 reported incidents in schools.
"Crimes were committed against teenage girls & the people tasked with keeping them safe did everything wrong...while enjoying reflexive support from the nation’s largest & most powerful newsrooms."
“Against the stern and censorious new ideologies of identity politics, Gaines is taking a stand for sexual equality, reason, scientific truth and women’s rights. Yet rather than being celebrated, she is demonised and assaulted. It’s shameful.”
Literally everyone in the country knows that teachers unions fought to keep distance learning instead of returning kids in person to schools. This revisionist history won't stick, even when the NYT runs its pro-Randi propaganda. We saw what unions did and we remember.
Ah, this Betsy DeVos reply guy who hangs with Qanon and white supremacists is trolling this tweet. They really want you to think that Randi wanted schools closed, despite consistently advocating for them to be open.
I know that Youngkin is trying to attack
@TerryMcAuliffe
on education right now, but let's be clear - if you care about public education, Terry is the candidate to vote for.
#VAGov
“Yesterday there was a student videoing the kids not wearing masks and sharing on snap chat at my child’s HS so some kids that would like to take off their masks are definitely keeping them on because they don't want to be exposed on social media.” - LCPS parent
Fairfax Cty Public Schools paid a witness to contest the results of a 12 year-old girl’s sexual assault exam. The expert said the girl’s injuries might be from “poor hygiene” or constipation.
So FFX friends, when your taxes go up, remember you paid this witness & these lawyers.
🔥Day 20:
@AsraNomani
reports from Courtroom 1000 on a
@fcpsnews
SANE expert's testimony that "constipation" or "poor hygiene" could have caused Kate's alleged rape injuries, and
@FairfaxCountyPD
deputy chief testifies
This standard Virginia High School League athletic participation form, rev’d Jan. 2021 (under Dem Gov. Northam btw) requests info about female menstrual periods & is NOT marked “optional.”
Do some research before you fall for the fake outrage over Florida.
Governors & ed officials in Florida and other states are doing exactly what extremists baselessly accuse educators of doing—imposing their ideological agenda on public schools, rewriting history, stifling free expression and creating intolerance.
LCPS announced it has filed an FCC complaint against local media for reporting that garnered Emmy nominations & led to new VA legislation mandating school fentanyl OD notification.
This is the next phase of LCPS crackdown on voices who resist its packaged PR messaging.
@opinion
@StepCarter
No. We must assign blame because the exact same people are still in charge who refuse to admit their role in this absolutely avoidable disaster. Until they accept responsibility it can happen again.
Loudoun dad Mital Gandhi, father of 2 boys including 6th-grader Liam, learned LCPS was not offering Algebra I to 6th graders. LCPS claimed the state wouldn't allow it. Gandhi discovered LCPS was blocking his son's accelerated math course not the state.
🧐
On July 11 at 10 am, the Loudoun County School Board will officially try to shut down the special grand jury. Why not let the process play out to clear up the accusations?
@SecCardona
$190,000,000,000 went to schools for reopening and there has been no accountability for where the money went. You should not be bragging about systemic fiscal irregularities.
In other words, adults remain free to force masks on children despite facts, statistics, data, and science. There is no off ramp for kids wearing masks in Loudoun schools, and suspensions for noncompliance continue with no end in sight.
BREAKING: An initial win for school boards which have decided to keep universal masking in place. An Arlington judge has granted their request for a temporary restraining order.
@nbcwashington
The Governor is waging a war on educators to score political points, and our students are caught in the crosshairs.
EVERY SINGLE ONE of Virginia’s 133 superintendents has come together to urge
@GovernorVA
to end his backward policies.
"Less than half of my students know where the Grand Canyon is,” Smith wrote in her email. “Not one of my freshmen could list three notable American authors. Only 20% could list 10 U.S. Presidents. It's no longer a gap. It's a hole. Nobody has knowledge.”
“I stopped using them [the bathrooms] because I don't know what's going to happen to me in there…I’m telling you right now half the women in this building feel the same way. We don't use the bathrooms. We hold our pee until we can't.” - LCPS student
🔥Every parent should be reading about this ongoing trial in Fairfax County concerning how a school system buried middle school rape allegations years ago & is still trying to intimidate witnesses & the victim. Horrifying & shocking.
@shatterFCPS
🔥 DAY 6
@FairfaxTimes
: “Kate” testifies to being sexually assaulted in a park. A tombstone there reads: “At Rest.” She says Asst. Principal Sybil Terry told the alleged male assailant: “How many times can I keep bailing you out of these situations?”
Loudoun County School Board rep thinks if they don't allow cameras on public commenters then LCPS will stay out of the news.
💡How about LCPS just quit doing stupid stuff & there won't be anything newsworthy to report?
@April4Algonkian
blames parents and community members for being in the news and for that reason will not support the camera to show the faces of those that participate in public comment.
3 years ago today, the Post realized schools were not reopening but the narrative was set: schools were not considered essential. Today, truancy is at an all-time high, drug use & discipline issues rage, & test scores are down. We tried,
#openschools
parents. 😔
Today I heard my friend's child will leave the residential facility they have been in for 4 months to deal with the effects of school closures. The future looks good after a dark time. All our children need prayers and promises from our elected officials to do better for them.
This superintendent cares more about intimidating small children over masks than he does about keeping them safe from sexual assault in our schools or making sure they learn to read proficiently.
Adults hiding behind our children, yet again. I just received an email with RETALIATION PUNISHMENT for students, staff and admin who go against the unnecessary mask policy at
@LCPSOfficial
. Remind you,
@GovernorVA
signed an EO giving parents the right to choose.
#RaiseTheBar
In today’s installment, the rape exam of the 12 year-old whose report card was examined in great detail last week showed evidence of…rape. So naturally, Fairfax school lawyers objected.
Why did no one at this school contact police? Aren't these adults all mandatory reporters?
🔥Day 10: In
@AsraNomani
's latest courtroom report, a former
@fcpsnews
assistant superintendent admits that officials did not
notify him of sexual bullying allegations. Also, a
@HuntonAK
lawyer objects to using a rape report, and the judge overrules her.
At tonight's LCSB meeting, teachers have come forward in public comment to talk about the number of ambulance calls to schools for ODs & suicide attempts.
School attorneys pawing thru a 15 year-old girl's diary trying to discredit her bc she said she was sexually harrassed & assaulted in middle school.
This is a new low even for public schools.
🔥 DAY 9
@FairfaxTimes
: At 15, “Kate” wrote her musings in a diary. In a trial over an alleged coverup of sexual harassment of Kate from when she was 12, the
@FCPSNews
School Board, led by
@KarlFrisch
, made the diary of a teen girl Defense Exhibit 130.
Loudoun Board of Supervisors had time over the past day to draft this pro-mask resolution for schools & put it on their meeting agenda tonight, but had no time in almost 2 years to draft any support whatsoever for in-person learning despite parents’ pleas for help.
Weird huh?
Last night, LCSB Rep. Polifko asked whether LCPS has considered obtaining a definitive AG
@JasonMiyaresVA
opinion on whether FERPA prevents LCPS from disclosing student fentanyl OD info. Supt. Spence has repeatedly cited FERPA as a barrier to transparency. 🧐
#BREAKING
Today, the Loudoun County Circuit Court ruled that parents have a fundamental right to make decisions that affect the health, wellbeing, and safety of their children.
The Court also ruled that
@GovernorVA
’s EO2 is lawful.