In a unanimous vote last week, the Fairfax County School Board approved a plan to add “gender identity” to elementary school curriculum.
The push to introduce gender ideology came from a curriculum advisory committee. Its written recommendation states the “exclusion of gender identity at the elementary level does not create an environment that is open and accepting of all students or provide a space for students to learn about themselves and others.”
The term “gender identity” refers to the non-scientific belief people can change their sex, such as from male to female, or even believe they are no gender at all which is referred to as “agender.”
Fairfax County, located in Northern Virginia, is home to famously wealthy suburbs that ring Washington, D.C.
AFN reported on the liberal public school district in March, when a parent complained her daughter was forced to use made-up pronouns or be punished. That student, a high school senior, sued because she was also required to sign a student form called “Students Rights and Responsibilities.”
Victoria Cobb, president of the Family Foundation of Virginia, says what the school board approved is indoctrination of children.
“The idea that we are going to sow confusion in the minds of the youngest of our students is devastating,” she tells AFN.
According to a related Daily Signal story, the curriculum committee was required to seek public comments before making a recommendation. The committee received 2,539 comments from the public. More than half of those came from parents and most parents objected, the story said.
According to Cobb, even though it seems like Fairfax County schools is winning over parents, the school district is losing students “year and year” because of its liberal policies.
In fact, an education article at Cardinal News, published in January, projected a 5% drop in students within Fairfax County. That represents about 9,300 students, the largest loss of any public school district in the state, according to the article.
