{"id":1962400,"date":"2023-07-01T16:27:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T20:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-doesnt-always-dictate-school-board-ignores-84-of-parents-on-how-to-teach-sex-ed-and-the-inclusion-of-gender-identity\/"},"modified":"2023-07-01T16:29:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T20:29:35","slug":"majority-doesnt-always-dictate-school-board-ignores-84-of-parents-on-how-to-teach-sex-ed-and-the-inclusion-of-gender-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-doesnt-always-dictate-school-board-ignores-84-of-parents-on-how-to-teach-sex-ed-and-the-inclusion-of-gender-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"School board disregards 84% of parents&#8217; input on sex-ed and &#8216;gender identity&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmajority-doesnt-always-dictate-school-board-ignores-84-of-parents-on-how-to-teach-sex-ed-and-the-inclusion-of-gender-identity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1962400&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A School Board in Virginia Ignores Parental Concerns Over Sex Education<\/h2>\n<p>A school board in Virginia is facing criticism for disregarding the wishes of the majority of parents who oppose the idea of boys and girls receiving sex education together. One candidate running for the Fairfax County Public School Board is determined to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-mary-miller-bidens-department-of-education-refuses-to-say-there-are-two-genders\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014\u00a0Rep. Mary Miller: Biden\u2019s Department of Education Refuses to Say There Are Two Genders\">give power back<\/a> to the parents.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis shows the school board does not care about the parents,\u201d says Tony Sabio, a candidate for the Fairfax County Public School board. \u201cThey feel unheard and disrespected.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During a work session, the Fairfax County school board was presented with a poll revealing that 84% of parents are against children being taught \u201cFamily Life Education\u201d in mixed-gender classes. Out of the 2,656 respondents, the overwhelming majority of parents expressed their desire for gender-segregated classes.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, students are separated by gender, but there is a proposal to combine their instruction starting in fourth grade.<\/p>\n<p>Parents made it clear in the open-ended comments section of the survey that they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-doesnt-always-dictate-school-board-ignores-84-of-parents-on-how-to-teach-sex-ed-and-the-inclusion-of-gender-identity\/\" title=\"School board disregards 84% of parents' input on sex-ed and 'gender identity'.\">strongly oppose teaching gender ideology<\/a> in schools.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Fairfax County School Superintendent, Michelle Reid, responded to the data by saying, \u201cHonestly, the majority doesn\u2019t always dictate, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYou know, what if students learned more than my generation did about other genders?\u201d questioned Melanie Meren, another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/44-san-francisco-schools-to-see-name-changes\/\" title=\"44 San Francisco schools to see name changes\">school board member<\/a>. \u201cI think this is a step towards further accepting everyone and understanding people&#8217;s biology. I mean, it&#8217;s just straight-up biology.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tony Sabio, not convinced by the board&#8217;s response, emphasized the importance of considering the majority opinion. \u201cYou can&#8217;t discount 84%,\u201d he stated. \u201cIgnoring the majority goes against the values of Fairfax County residents and the country we want to live in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another school board member, Karl Frisch, who openly identifies as gay, dismissed the data, suggesting that the survey may have been compromised by individuals outside of Fairfax County.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSo if I&#8217;m a Reddit lawyer in Wyoming, and I have two cell phones, a laptop and iPad, and maybe web access over my television, I could submit answers to this survey,\u201d Frisch argued. \u201cAs many times as I have access to a device, we have no guarantee that the people reside in Fairfax County.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sabio, running against Frisch in the Providence district, proposed a solution to address concerns about the survey&#8217;s reliability.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe need to go to each district and break it down,\u201d Sabio suggested. \u201cWe should visit schools, attend PTA meetings, and involve everyone. We can take the surveys directly to them and ask for their input. If there are doubts about the data being skewed, there are simple ways to address that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBut they refused,\u201d Sabio added. \u201cThey are afraid to face the reality of the results, which will likely show that 84% of parents oppose this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, school board member Abrar Omeish called out her colleagues for disregarding the data that showed an even higher percentage of teachers, 88%, were against combining genders in Family Life Education for 4th through 8th graders.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhy are we pushing for this when the data clearly shows strong opposition?\u201d Omeish questioned the board. She reiterated that teachers, parents, and students are all opposed. \u201cSo, can someone explain to me where this push is coming from?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The survey also included responses from 48 students, the majority of whom expressed concerns about feeling awkward, embarrassed, and uncomfortable in mixed-gender classes. These students were against the idea of combining genders.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the pushback from the majority of students, Frisch maintained his stance that genders should be combined to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-school-district-prohibits-teachers-from-contacting-parents-when-students-change-gender\/\" title=\"Virginia School District Prohibits Teachers From Contacting Parents When Students Change Gender\">accommodate transgender students<\/a> in the county.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe must remember that these students exist and that they are real,\u201d Frisch emphasized. \u201cTrans boys are boys, and trans girls are girls. They deserve the same support from FCPS as anyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sabio, who is also a veteran, believes that the school board&#8217;s responses directly attack the values of parents, not just in Fairfax County, but across the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey refuse to acknowledge that their agenda contradicts human traditions, family traditions, and faith traditions,\u201d Sabio asserted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The board has yet to vote on the proposed changes. The final recommendations also include teaching \u201cgender identity\u201d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/incoming-nyc-schools-chancellor-backs-claim-that-america-was-built-on-lies\/\" title=\"Incoming NYC Schools Chancellor Backs Claim That America Was \u2018Built On Lies\u2019\">elementary school students<\/a>, as young as four, despite overwhelming opposition from parents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the wishes of most parents in Virginia who oppose co-ed sex education. A candidate for Fairfax County Public School Board aims to restore parental authority, highlighting the board&#8217;s indifference towards this matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1962401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1962400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1962400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1962401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1962400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1962400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1962400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}