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New training materials for teachers in Fairfax County Public Schools show students can change their name and pronouns on school documents without parental consent. The documents obtained by Fox News show slides instructing teachers to allow students to change their pronouns in class, on official records, and use locker rooms and bathrooms in line with their chosen gender.
“Students will receive diplomas and transcripts with both the legal and chosen name,” according to one slide. “Parental permission is not required” is listed directly underneath the bullet.
(Fairfax County Public Schools)
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Parents say they once again feel they’re being cut out of their children’s academic life. Stephanie Lundquist-Arora, a mom of three boys in Fairfax County Public Schools and member of the conservative Independent Women’s Forum, told Fox News that she feels her rights as a parent are being called into question on sensitive topics like gender identity.
“They are getting into areas that are parental rights areas, and you should be able to have conversations with your children based on your own personal values, about what you think about gender identity or any kind of identity affirmation as it pertains to your children,” said Lundquist-Arora. “And they’re basically what we’re seeing is public school is crossing into a jurisdiction where they don’t belong in.”
(Fairfax County Public Schools)
Other parents agree, saying the training puts teachers in an uncomfortable spot, isolating children from their parents and driving a wedge between them.
“You’re having secretive behavior with kids and you’re discussing highly sexualized content that breaches boundaries,” said Chris Corbett, who has two students currently in FCPS.
He said that he’s frustrated that social issues continue to be the focus in the classroom while…
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