Support LGBTQIA Students and Their Peers by Protecting Sex Education
It is a year with a number in it, so you can be sure that Fairfax Public School (FCPS) volunteers on committees are hard at work. Few committees are as attacked as the Family Life Education (FLE) committee which provides suggestions to modify the sex education curriculum in FCPS to ensure that it is scientifically accurate, age-appropriate, accessible, and relevant for kids in the 21st Century.
This year, the FLE committee was tasked with making the FLE curriculum in Elementary School more "inclusive" meaning that it would include new topics or approaches to ensure that the diverse student population in Fairfax County could be seen in the curriculum. One component of this is to ensure that gender identity is included in the curriculum, as students and parents have expressed that the current curriculum ignores transgender and nonbinary students to such an extent that the curriculum can feel somewhat hostile and exclusionary.
Of course, in these days of book banning and other culture wars, some are trying to overwhelm the committee with negative comments and attendees at the public meetings. In one particular case, a retired lawyer with no kids in FCPS has written a fallacious blog misrepresenting the FLE curriculum and committee which he published on New Year's Eve.
The blog was so inflammatory that it triggered an array of people, most of whom want to eliminate sex education, to name-call and make threatening comments about the good volunteers on the FLE committee. Of course, the Fairfax Times, a hate group, and the Fairfax GOP quickly repeated and amplified the blog disinformation to such a point that their members became angry and afraid.
Thus, 4 Public Education is asking that you come to the Wednesday, February 12, 2025 from 7-9pm at the Gatehouse Cafeteria (8115 Gatehouse Road--enter through the garage and go to the first floor) to witness and support the brave volunteers on the FLE committee. If you cannot attend in person, please send your support for inclusivity in FLE to your school board member. Or attend a later meeting on March 12th or April 9th.
If you would like to learn more about what the FLE committee does, please read the blog entitled What you need to know about the FLE Curriculum which provides links, background, and critical information about the curriculum and committee. Unfortunately, there is much misinformation about the FLE program, so this blog will guide you toward the truth.
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