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Virginia parents with differing viewpoints sounded off on school
policies they say harmed children at Tuesday's Loudoun County
Public Schools board meeting.

One year ago, LCPS passed Policy 8040 to follow Virginia
Department of Education guidelines put forth by the previous
Democratic administration to protect transgender students. It
requires employees to address students by their chosen "name and
gender pronouns" and gives students access to the bathrooms,
locker rooms and sports teams that match their gender identity.
The decision sparked a backlash among parents, particularly
because it did not require parents to be notified or approve of
changes made to their child's gender identity.

Several parents came to the meeting Tuesday to demand schools
comply with new guidelines released last month by Gov. Glenn
Youngkin, R., which says parents must sign off on changes to
their child's gender identity and assures accommodations will be
made. It also separates sports by biological sex.

"I implore you to adopt Gov. Youngkin's new Model Policy in
place of existing Policy 8040. The fact that parents have to
advocate and fight for their parental right is absolutely
absurd," Michelle Warner, a mother of two Loudoun County
students told the board.

VIRGINIA GOV. YOUNGKIN DEFENDS TRANSGENDER POLICIES AFTER
STUDENT PROTESTS: PARENTS WILL NOT BE �EXCLUDED�

"LCPS seems to think they are better equipped to discuss
sexuality, feelings, body image, morals and such over their own
parents," she continued.

Another parent, Abbie Platt, urged the board to "honor" the new
policies, after she tearfully shared how her young boys were
forced to use the bathroom while "little girls" watched them
last year. "There are obvious challenges with what happened last
year� Do the right thing," she told the board.

Amy Paul read an excerpt from a novel she said was currently in
six public elementary schools called "It Feels Good to be
Yourself." She blasted the book as "propaganda" that
"encourages" young children to question their gender.

Parents Clint and Erin Thomas likened the board to a "cult" who
uses "disassociation from the family, love bombing and
indoctrination" on children.

CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATOR ACCUSES LOUDOUN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF
BEING �CHILD ABUSERS�

"This board thinks you're part of the problem, which means they
need to protect your child from you," he warned fellow Loudoun
County parents.

Other parents and educators pushed back against these claims and
urged the board to continue with Policy 8040.

Brenda Bengston, who taught in the Loudoun County Public School
district for 31 years, said the parent movement was "all
political" and had become a "training ground" for attracting
media attention.

She defended the transgender policy to Fox News Digital, saying
teachers had the students' best interest at heart. "We need to
be interested in our students and not what we have as a bias, to
bring it in with us," she said. The former teacher said her role
was to "welcome" students, not question them.

Bengston said the rules were necessary because some students
"don't feel like they can talk to their parents."

Fellow supporter and longtime Loudoun County resident Tammy
Cummins agreed that not informing parents was the right move
because "Some homes are not safe. Unfortunately some people feel
that every parent is a good parent. But we know that is not
true."

She shared about seeing abused children in her practice and
recounted how she observed many homeless youth in the area were
LGBTQ.

Cummins praised students for being "way ahead of their parents
in accepting that transgender students are here to stay." She
compared the treatment of transgender-identifying students to
how "lesbian, bisexual and gay" students were treated "20, 30
years ago."

LOUDOUN COUNTY PARENTS HAMMER SCHOOL BOARD, JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
AS CONTROVERSIES CASCADE

Kerry Kidwell, a parent of two teenagers told the board that
children are "young individuals not our property." She said
Youngkin's guidelines would make school "less safe."

She warned about transgender kids being "emotionally abused" by
their parents. "It's normal for parents to want their children
to share with them, I certainly do, but let's trust the children
who tell us that it's not safe to do so."

Loudoun County parent and executive director of Fight for
Schools Ian Prior argued it wasn't the school's job to socially
transition kids.

Speaking to Fox News Digital, he warned the next steps after
socially transitioning were puberty blockers, cross-sex
hormones, mastectomies, surgery and other health issues. "For
them to take parents out of that discussion, its extremely
concerning and the government should not be in that role."

Canadian activist and father Chris Elston, better known as
"Billboard Chris" because he travels across North America
wearing signs protesting gender-affirming surgeries and puberty
blockers for minors, also showed up at the LCPS meeting. He told
Fox News Digital that this wasn't a political issue and that
parents on both sides he speaks to don't want their kids
"sterilized." He condemned the school board for trying to "hide"
the issue from parents.

"We have to put a stop to this," Elston said. "What do we say to
our kids when an adult wants to keep something secret from their
mom and dad? For all of history we've known this as wrong. But
now the schools are pushing this as policy? It's totally insane."

Elston argued that schools were pushing this "social contagion"
on kids to not accept the body they were born in and likened it
to abuse.

"What an abusive thing to say to a child, that they might be
born in the wrong body because they might feel like a misfit
right now� They are beautiful and perfect the way they are.
That's the message of true acceptance," he said.

The school board has not indicated if they will follow the
governor's guidance. When reached for comment, the LCPS board
referred Fox News Digital to a statement on their website that
read in part "LCPS is carefully considering the model policies
and whether they require any changes to LCPS policies in order
to comply with Federal and State law. LCPS wants to assure our
families that we will continue to provide a learning environment
that is safe, welcoming, affirming, and academically rigorous
for all students, regardless of the impact of the 2022 Model
Policies."

The school board has previously defied the Republican governor's
orders when it came to mask mandates.

LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HIT WITH LAWSUIT FOR �MORAL
CORRUPTION OF CHILDREN,� PARENTAL �VIOLATIONS�

Parents against Policy 8040 were doubtful the board would comply
with the governor's order.

"Governor Youngkin just passed new guidance telling the entire
state of Virginia to stop doing this, but they're ignoring it,
and they're going to keep hiding this from parents." Elston
added, "They're not going to follow it."

Clint Thomas stated, "I suspect this is going to be a continued
board that rejects the governor's mandate. I suspect most
counties in Virginia will actually comply with that just like
they complied with Northam's guidelines earlier. So we're hoping
that takes place."

He added, "But I'm expecting more lawsuits and more battle in
that area."

Thomas, along with 11 other parents, are the plaintiffs in a
lawsuit by America First Legal against the school board last
June that demands transparency about how the transgender policy
came to be.

The Northern Virginia suburb about 30 miles outside Washington
D.C. has been the home to several controversies in the past two
years, including accusations they covered up a sexual assault by
a boy wearing a skirt.

The parent protests across the nation over critical race theory,
mask mandates, low academic standards, and equity and inclusion
curriculum in schools, has garnered attention at the federal
level.

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