About Transparency in Education
Transparency in Education is making proposals to the BOE to improve things like parental notification, opt-in processes, reporting individual BOE member votes, providing video broadcasts of all committee meetings along with archival retrieval, installing a tool currently used in other Maryland districts that provide access to all books and materials in each school’s library, submitting legislation on things like a parental bill of rights and parental protection, and highlighting changes in policies and curriculums along with regular status updates.
Many of the deepest concerns for parents and residents about the public school systems stem from the debate over the role of the school versus that of the parents and families. As the Social and Emotional Learning programs have rapidly expanded concerns over the introduction of woke ideologies, the role the schools have taken on regarding social and behavioral development, and the decline of academic proficiency have created a need for the current relationship between the FCPS and the community to evolve.
Transparency in Education will be providing specific content information on policy and curriculum changes, and updates on materials and activities for parents and residents so that parents can separate fact and hearsay. Transparency in Education will also provide specific tips on where to find information on the FCPS web site that may not be easy to access or that provides inadequate detail.
Featured News
September 13 Rally in Downtown Frederick for Parents’ Rights Was a Tremendous Success
We had a terrific rally on Wednesday, with hundreds of parents and community members supporting parents’ rights and the need for changes in FCPS. We heard from over a dozen speakers, including parents, students, faith leaders, community members, Moms for Liberty, candidates for the BOE, the Senate, the 6th district Congressional seats, and Transparency in Education.
Non-Conforming Gender Versus Biology at FCPS
Among the many things FCPS is considering and/or developing is a series of videos and that present transgender identities and gender choices to FCPS students as a regular part of childhood development, and their policies and actions support and promote a one-sided version of the scientific and biological realities.
A Summary of Parents Rights on Curriculums, Opting Out of Surveys, Student Records, and Compelled Speech
It is Back to School time, and parents can prepare themselves for the new school year by becoming familiar with some key parental rights federal laws.
A School System in Maryland Wants To Charge Parents Over $18,000 To Obtain Copies of Correspondence
In response to the Montgomery County School system’s refusal to allow parents to opt out of elementary school transgender reading programs, parents requested copies of the public records of correspondence about the district’s banning the parental opt-out provision.
Montgomery County Public Schools Promote Tolerance by Becoming Intolerant
There is no longer a debate over whether the school systems in Maryland support ideology over parents and families. When MCPS decided to offer a transgender reading program to elementary school children this year, the program came with an opt-out option for parents. When an overwhelming majority of parents opted out, MCPS eliminated the opt-out option. Parents are suing.
The Policy That Allows FCPS To Withhold Information From Parents About Their Child’s Gender Identity Choices Conflicts With One of Their Own Policies on Family/School Partnership
FCPS is ignoring the facts and refusing to consider the substantial new information that indicates the current policies are out of date, including the fact that most of Europe, which has much more experience than the U.S. on this topic, is moving away from the exact type of approach FCPS continues to insist we use.
The National Teacher’s Unions Are Driving Gender Ideology Into the School Systems, Including FCPS, and the BOE Agrees
America’s largest teachers union, The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), “coached its members on how to inject gender identity politics into classroom teaching,” said the report published by the Defense of Freedom Institute on Wednesday, August 22nd.
With Multiple Policies and Regulations That Protect Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Students, Why Is 443 Even Necessary?
When policy 443 went in, there were at least three policies and an FCPS regulation that ensured transgender and gender non-conforming students were protected from an unwelcoming environment. So why was 443 even installed? The history behind 443 and the push to expand an ideology explain not only why it’s in place but also why six of the seven BOE members refuse to discuss changes.
The Recent Court Ruling on Parental Notification Went Against the Parents of Montgomery County, but It Isn’t Because the Policy Is Constitutional.
The finding provides a path to winning a similar case. Last Tuesday, August 15, the 4th Circuit Court in Richmond ruled that the case brought by three Montgomery County parents to force the school system to change their policy that precludes telling parents if their child chooses an alternative gender or determines they are transgender found for the schools. But it did not confirm that the policy is legal under the Constitution.