Education
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Despite Rain, Smears and Intolerant Rhetoric by Local Elected Officials, Hundreds Still Showed Up to Ask for Simple “Opt Out” Option at MCPS
Read more: Despite Rain, Smears and Intolerant Rhetoric by Local Elected Officials, Hundreds Still Showed Up to Ask for Simple “Opt Out” Option at MCPSPhoto Credit: Reardon Sullivan It isn’t going away. The grassroots energy. The passion for basic civil liberties and religious freedom, for pluralism. The grassroots movement for basic parental notification and yes, an “opt out” option on select MCPS curriculum. None of this organizing is going away, like the local MoCo politicians or the Montgomery Board…
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Opt-Out Rally #2: “We Love Everybody”
Read more: Opt-Out Rally #2: “We Love Everybody”Progressives, all 10% of you in the general population, you may want to consider something. You can insult us, you can tax us for your projects, you can appoint your friends to positions, you can deny us jobs, you can lecture us, you can judge us, and to a large extent you successfully control us.…
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Marc Elrich’s Incoherent Take on School Safety Policy & SROs
Read more: Marc Elrich’s Incoherent Take on School Safety Policy & SROsRemember 2014? A throwback to a time, just nine years ago, when Montgomery County seemed “governed” by responsive adults. MoCo was still highly taxed, its small businesses burdened and frequently regulated with local ordinances that started in California, not in MD. It was still stagnating, economically, and it couldn’t hold a match to Northern VA’s…
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To Our LGBTQIA+ Students: It’s Not About You
Read more: To Our LGBTQIA+ Students: It’s Not About YouTo the LGBTQIA+ students in the county’s public schools, in the private schools, and everywhere you are— You are just as human as anyone else. You deserve everything that everyone else deserves. You deserve love, opportunity, equity, equality, and above all, respect. You are entitled to the inalienable rights mentioned in this nation’s Declaration of…
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Was It Truly a “Great School Year” Worth Celebrating for MCPS?
Read more: Was It Truly a “Great School Year” Worth Celebrating for MCPS?Last week, MCPS sent an email to parents wishing them well for the summer and “Celebrating the End of a Great School Year!” See screen capture below. This email came the last day of school for students, which was June 16th, 2023. But, was it truly a “great school year”? Even by MCPS’s historical standards? …
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Let’s (not) talk about mental health
Read more: Let’s (not) talk about mental healthA question: Would you like your child doing therapy with school teachers or administrators in schools (public or private, I care not)? Perhaps I’m projecting, but I’m assuming the answer is, “no.” Why does it seem like there are quite a few parents, mothers and fathers, asking for schools to focus more on mental health?…
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Is Not Allowing Opt-Out Even an MCPS Policy?
Read more: Is Not Allowing Opt-Out Even an MCPS Policy?In September of 2022, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) published its Gender Identity Guidelines. This document was written to: As a school district, we are committed in recognizing and respecting matters of gender identity; making all reasonable accommodations in response to student requests regarding gender identity; and protecting student privacy and confidentiality as we strive…
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Blockbuster Testimony from BOE Meeting June 6th
Read more: Blockbuster Testimony from BOE Meeting June 6thSince many are not able to attend the MCPS Board Meetings given when they are held, and since even less will search through BoardDocs to find the meeting agendas with submitted testimony, we are sharing one very especially powerful testimony by Hisham Garti, the director for the Montgomery County Muslim Council. In this testimony he…
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Mink Brings School Vouchers One Step Closer
Read more: Mink Brings School Vouchers One Step CloserNo, Council Member Mink didn’t say these Moslem children are “just like bigots.” Nevertheless, would you want to send your children to a school where one of the top administrators says they are on the same side as bigots? I’m not part of the thought police crowd, and to me it’s a reasonable proposition to…
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BOE Lynne Harris Calls Muslim Girl “Brainwashed”
Read more: BOE Lynne Harris Calls Muslim Girl “Brainwashed”On May 25th, at a school board meeting, a high school Muslim student testified on her desire to opt-out of the LGTBQ curriculum being required by MCPS. As covered by MoC0 360, school board member Lynne Harris expressed feeling “kind of sorry” for the girl and wondering if she had just been “parroting dogma”. The…