A recent post on this site, “FCPS Moves Closer to Gender Ideology Instruction in Elementary Schools,” has precipitated an all-out attack from one member of FCPS’s Family Life Education Curriculum Advisory Committee (FLECAC).   The article, posted on the 4PublicEducation website, is filled with ad hominem claims against the editor of this blog as well as… The post FLECAC Controversy Heats Up With False Accusations appeared first on Fairfax Schools Monitor ..read more

  My post of December 31 stated that the next meeting of the FCPS Family Life Education Curriculum Advisory Committee (FLECAC) would be this evening, January 8.  Due to the weather, it has been cancelled.  The next committee meeting will be the regularly-scheduled February meeting, on the 12th, from 7 to 9 p.m. at FCPS… The post FLECAC Meeting Cancelled– Rescheduled to February 12 appeared first on Fairfax Schools Monitor ..read more

The Fairfax County FLECAC (“Family Life Education Curriculum Advisory Committee”) was asked by this year’s School Board to “explore instruction on gender identity in elementary school.”  There was little doubt from the outset where the “exploration” would lead because, as reported previously, FLECAC’s membership in recent years has consistently pushed controversial, “progressive” proposals. FLECAC meetings… The post FCPS Moves Closer to Gender Ideology Instruction in Elementary Schools appeared first on Fairfax Schools Monitor ..read more

Earlier this year, the Fairfax County School Board made several changes to its policies and procedures relating to its Community Advisory Committees, but the Board didn’t address the most important problem with these bodies:  They tend to echo the preexisting views of Board members rather than being a source of independent advice. Background Over the… The post FCPS’s Advisory Committee “Reforms” Avoided Real Reform appeared first on Fairfax Schools Monitor ..read more

Earlier this week, Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) announced that Ann Bonitatibus, the principal of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (“TJ”), was “resigning” to take a new position in the central office.  The announcement followed the release of data showing that TJ’s number of National Merit semifinalists had plummeted from 165 last… The post Good Riddance to TJ’s Principal appeared first on Fairfax Schools Monitor ..read more

In 2022-23, when transgender advocates urged the Fairfax County School Board to eliminate gender-separate sex-ed classes for boys and girls, 84% of the community opposed the idea in a public survey.  The School Board therefore ducked the issue and didn’t vote on it.  Nonetheless, FCPS administrators thereafter quietly decided to proceed with a version of… The post Alert: FCPS Students Will Be Automatically Enrolled in Unpopular Unisex Sex-Ed Classes Unless Parents Opt Out Soon. appeared first on Fairfax Schools Monitor ..read more

The Fairfax County School Board and FCPS administrators have become increasingly contemptuous of its constituents.  As reported in recent posts on this site, they have recently enacted highly controversial measures, ignoring the results of their own surveys showing massive opposition by the community.  For inexplicable reasons, the Board and the administration seem to care principally… The post More Citizens Express Concerns about School Board Actions appeared first on Fairfax Schools Monitor ..read more

A perceptive journalist, Stephanie Lundquist-Arora, just eliminated a project I had planned for today.  I intended to write an article about last week’s meeting of the Fairfax County School Board at which the Board once again dismissed the results of a community survey because the results were not to its liking.  The Board also decided,… The post School Board’s Contempt for Parents on Full Display appeared first on Fairfax Schools Monitor ..read more

The Fairfax County School Board will be voting on several recommended changes to the sex-ed curriculum for Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) at its next meeting, on June 27.  For this reason, several community members addressed the issues at the Board’s June 13 meeting. Two speakers, including myself, voiced concerns about some of the Family… The post The Transgender Agenda at FCPS — What’s Next? appeared first on Fairfax Schools Monitor ..read more

The Fairfax County public school system (FCPS) has one of the most far-reaching transgender policies in the nation.  Under it a student can change his or her name and gender-indicative pronouns without parental consent, and all other students and school personnel must use those altered designations.  If a student exhibits gender dysphoria at school, FCPS… The post Unisex Sex-Ed Classes Are Being Implemented in FCPS Elementary and Middle Schools appeared first on Fairfax Schools Monitor ..read more