[Call to Order]
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WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER 16TH, 2021 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING THIS TIME.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK THE SENIOR PASTOR FROM BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH, PASTOR DOUG ECHOLS TO COME PAT, PASTOR ECCLES.
IF YOU COULD TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR HOUSE OF WORSHIP AND ABOUT YOURSELF AND YEAH.
UM, I'M PASTOR AT BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH.
UH, IT'S ON YORKTOWN ROAD, RIGHT BESIDE TAB HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 11 YEARS AND, UH, THE CHURCH HAS BEEN THERE FOR 180 YEARS.
SO IT'S GOT ME ABOUT, GOT ME BY A FEW YEARS.
UH, OUR CHURCH CURRENTLY MEETS AT, UM, EIGHT 30 AND 11 O'CLOCK ON SUNDAY MORNINGS.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CLASS THAT MEETS AT, UH, 9 45.
IF YOU COULD LEAD US IN THAT, ABSOLUTELY BE GLAD TO TELL ME, FATHER, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THIS DAY AND FOR EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT THAT COMES DOWN FROM ABOVE GOD.
AS WE LOOK AROUND US, WE SEE THE CHANGING OF THE COLORS OF THE TREES, AND WE ARE REMINDED OF THE BEAUTY OF YOUR CREATION.
AND WE GIVE YOU PRAISE GOD DURING THIS MONTH.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR VETERANS, FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE WORN THE UNIFORM TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS AND OUR FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE AS AMERICANS.
WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR SERVICE, FOR THE SACRIFICE THAT THEY HAVE MADE ON OUR BEHALF.
GOD, AS WE PREPARE TO GATHER WITH OUR FAMILIES NEXT WEEK TO CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING, WE'RE REMINDED OF THE PSALMIST WHO SAID, ENTER HIS GATES WITH THANKSGIVING AND HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE.
GIVE THANKS TO HIM AND BLESS HIS NAME.
WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO US AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT ALL THAT WE HAVE COMES FROM YOUR GOOD AND GRACIOUS HANDS.
NOW, FATHER, WE PRAY FOR THIS MEETING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE TONIGHT.
WE PRAY FOR GODLY WISDOM FOR THOSE WHO WILL BE MAKING DECISIONS, WE PRAY FOR COURAGE AND BOLDNESS FOR THOSE WHO WILL BE SPEAKING BEFORE THIS BODY, WE PRAY FATHER THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS SAID, AND THAT IS DONE, AND THIS PLACE WILL BE SEASONED WITH GRACE.
AND WITH TRUTH, WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE CITIZENS OF YORK COUNTY FOUR, IT'S IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL ON SHERIFF DANNY DIGS TO COME DOWN AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[A Presentation of Proclamation. Presentation of proclamation to Pierces Pitt Bar-B-Que in honor of their 50th Anniversary as a Business in York County. ]
ITEM OF BUSINESS IS A PRESENTATION AND IF THE PIERCE FAMILY COULD COME UP HERE FOR PIERCE'S BARBECUE, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION COMMANDING PIERCES, BARBECUE.THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS IN THE COUNTY FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND THEY'VE OVER THOSE 50 YEARS.
UH, I'VE BEEN THERE AT LEAST 50 TIMES, UH, AND, UH, YOU'VE SUPPORTED AT LEAST 50 A LITTLE LEAGUE TEAMS AND, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, UH, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, HERE'S TO ANOTHER 50.
AND, UH, I KNOW WE HAD SOME FUNNY WORDS BEFORE THIS.
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TELL ANY STORIES NOW NOW'S THE TIME TO ALL RIGHT.ONE AN HONOR TO ACCEPT THIS AND THAT LITTLE BUSINESS WAS BUILT ON THE BACK OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND WE REALLY DID START OUT, ABSOLUTELY BROKE WITH NOTHING.
UM, MY MOM AND DAD, I WAS 15 YEARS OLD WHEN WE OPENED THE RESTAURANT AND, UH, HE BORROWED $2,500 TO BUILD A BUILDING.
WELL, WE KNOW NOW THAT YOU CAN HARDLY GO TO THE GROCERY STORE FOR $2,500, BUT IT WAS A LOT OF MONEY TO US THEN, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING.
AND, UH, WE BUILT THE BUILDING, I SHOULD SAY, MY MOM AND DAD BUILT THE BUILDING ONLY DID WHAT I WAS TOLD TO DO, BUT AT 15, BUT ON OPENING DAY WE HAD NO MONEY LEFT TO PUT IN A CASH BOX.
WE DID NOT HAVE A CASH REGISTER.
WE HAD A CASH BOX AND SANDWICHES WERE 80 CENTS A PIECE.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE HAD BORROWED $40 FROM A FRIEND TO MAKE CHANGE.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAD TAKEN IN $80 ON THAT DAY.
WELL, MY MOM STARTED CRYING AND SHE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO STARVE TO DEATH.
WE'LL NEVER GET THIS ONE THROUGH SCHOOL.
I WAS THE ONLY ONE LEFT AT HOME.
AND MY DAD SAID, WELL, WE MADE A HUNDRED PERCENT.
SO I GUESS HE WAS RIGHT, BUT I AM THANKFUL TO BE A PART OF YOUR COUNTY TO BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND TO ALL OF OUR LOYAL EMPLOYEES.
THIS IS ANDREW HUTCHINSON WHO HAS BEEN WITH US FOR 40 YEARS.
AND MAJORITY OF OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN THERE FOR THEIR FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD GENERATIONS.
AND SO I DON'T TAKE CREDIT FOR IT.
WE WERE BUILT ON THE BACKUP SUPPORT FROM THIS COMMUNITY AND FROM THOSE HARD WORK AND EMPLOYEES.
[CITIZENS' COMMENT PERIOD]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD, AND I'VE SEE THAT THERE ARE A FAIR AMOUNT OF CITIZENS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO COMMENT TONIGHT.IF YOU COULD QUEUE UP A FIRST GROUP, ONE THROUGH FIVE, UH, AND WE'LL DO IT THAT WAY.
UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK ABOUT GIVING YOUR ADDRESS.
STATE YOUR NAME, UH, WHERE IN THE COUNTY YOU MIGHT LIVE, OR IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE GIVING YOUR ADDRESS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH NUMBER ONE, MS. PEUGEOT, MY NAME IS PAM BOUCHER.
MOST OF OUR NEW RESIDENTS MOVE TO YOUR COUNTY FOR THE EXCELLENT SCHOOL SYSTEM.
A BETTER EDUCATED POPULATION MEANS A LOWER CRIME RATE.
DONALD TRUMP SAID REAL POWER IS FEAR.
I ALWAYS HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN ASSET OR LIABILITY, BUT WHATEVER IT IS I DO JOSEPH GURBLES NAZI MINISTER OF PROPAGANDA SAID, REPEAT A LIE OFTEN ENOUGH.
HALF-TRUTHS AND OUTRIGHT LAWS ARE PROMOTED BY SOCIAL MEDIA AND LEGISLATORS TO IGNORANT, NAIVE, GULLIBLE, AND OR ALIENATED PEOPLE CREATE A FEAR THAN STOKE RAGE AND TELL THEM TO ATTACK CHRISTOPHER RUPO CREATED CRG HYSTERIA, WRITING CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS THE PERFECT VILLAIN.
ONE YEAR AGO ONLY ACADEMICS HAD HEARD OF CRT.
A PROGRAM OFFERED TO ADULT LAW SCHOOL STUDENTS.
CRT IS AN ACADEMIC FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYZING HISTORICAL PATTERNS OF RACISM AND HOW THEY PERSIST ECONOMICALLY.
IT IS NOT TAUGHT IN K-12 EVEN IF IT WERE TO BE TAUGHT IN THE FUTURE TO AGE APPROPRIATE GRADES.
WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT? THIS NATION HAS A HISTORY OF GENOCIDE OF NATIVE AMERICANS.
200 YEARS OF LEGALLY ENSLAVING, TORTURING, RAPING, AND MURDERING PEOPLE DECLARED LESS THAN HUMAN.
JIM CROW LAWS USED TO TERRORIZE AND SUBJUGATE, FREED SLAVES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS ENTERING US CITIZENS OF JAPANESE DESCENT, KNOWING DETAILS OF NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AND IGNORING THE SYSTEMIC SLAUGHTER OF NON-UNION PEOPLE, KEEPING WOMEN SUBSERVIENT TO MEN, RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC INTOLERANCE.
AND THE LIST GOES ON, GO TO VIRGINIA.
1.20 4.1 GIVES THE PARENT THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHETHER THEY, THEIR OWN CHILD ATTENDS PUBLIC SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL, OR HOMESCHOOL, THEN IT DOES NOT GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO IMPOSE THEIR PERSONAL BELIEFS ON ANYONE ELSE'S CHILD.
IT IS NOT A RATIONALE TO MICROMANAGE THE CURRICULUM.
PARENTS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN DIVISION SCHOOL-BASED COMMUNITY COMMITTEES, ATTEND BOARD MEETINGS, VOLUNTEER, MEET WITH TEACHERS AND ALL STAFF MEMBERS TO AIR THEIR CONCERNS.
OUR CHILDREN DESERVE TO BE EDUCATED BY FACT, BY REALITY, NO MATTER HOW UNCOMFORTABLE IT MAY BE, THEY MUST LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKES AND ATROCITIES OF OUR PAST AND HOW FUTURE GENERATIONS HAVE CONTINUED TO BE AFFECTED.
IF WE WANT TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE.
OVER THE YEARS, PARENTS HAVE TRIED TO SEND BOOKS FOR FOUGHT THE TEACHING OF EVOLUTION AND SEX EDUCATION INTEGRATION, GENDER EQUALITY, SCHOOL, PRAYER, AND DEMONIZED STUDENTS WITH AIDS WITH ALL THAT RANK, OR WE HAVE MANAGED TO SURVIVE THESE OBJECTIONS WITHOUT HARMING OUR CHILDREN.
PARENTS ARE THEIR CHILDREN'S FIRST TEACHERS
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AT HOME, TEACH THEM YOUR VALUES.SCHOOLS TEACH FACTS, EVEN UNCOMFORTABLE ONES, AND HOPEFULLY STILL INSTILL EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY IN 20 OTHERS, DEFUNDED THEIR SCHOOLS FOR FIVE YEARS, RATHER THAN INTEGRATE.
PLEASE DON'T ACT WITH THE SAME IGNORANCE AND INTOLERANCE THAT THEY DID.
MY MOTHER'S ANCESTORS WERE ALABAMA SLAVE OWNERS AND CONTROL SOLDIERS.
MY FATHER'S FAMILY WAS WIPED OUT BY HITLER.
MY HUSBAND'S ANCESTOR PR WHO SHOW A SOLDIER STATIONED AT FORT NIAGARA IN NEW YORK WAS A NOTED INDIAN SCALPER.
OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WERE NOT SPARED THEIR HISTORY AND THEY ARE STRONGER FOR IT.
THANK YOU, BILL TODD UH, CHAIRMAN GREEN AND DISTINGUISHED, UH, SUPERVISORS.
UH, I'M BILL TODD LIVE AT 1 0 8 HOUNDS, JASON, THE FOXWOOD, UH, SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS IN MS.
WHO'VE GONE THROUGH YORK COUNTY SCHOOLS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE GRANDCHILDREN ON YORK COUNTY SCHOOLS.
AND MY DAUGHTER, AMY IS MY CHAUFFER TONIGHT, UH, TEACHES A SCIENCE AND, UH, YOUR CHI, UH, KATHY AND I HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY PLEASED OVER THE YEARS, UH, WITH THE EDUCATION PROVIDED IN YOUR COUNTY SCHOOLS.
AND I BELIEVE OUR TEACHERS, UH, ARE COMMITTED PROFESSIONALS WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT STUDENTS AND COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY WITH PARENTS.
I WAS SHOCKED TO READ THE DRAFT RESOLUTION ATTACKING THESE SAME DEDICATED EDUCATORS FOR SUPPOSEDLY VIOLATING STATE LAW THROUGH THE EMOTIONAL ABUSE AND IDEOLOGICAL INDOCTRINATION OF STUDENTS INTO BELIEF SYSTEMS THAT CONFLICT WITH THOSE OF THEIR PARENTS.
UH, SO WHAT IN THE WORLD DOES THAT CONSIST OF SPECIFICALLY AT, UM, THOSE HYPERBOLIC ACCUSATIONS, CONJURE UP IMAGES OF, UH, SATANIC RITUALS OR SOMETHING, BUT NO, ALL IT IS IS THE TEACHERS ARE COMPLETING THEIR 18 MINUTES OF MANDATORY CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING, UH, ONLINE PROVIDED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SO I THINK THE ONLY DUE DILIGENCE THAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO DO IS TO WATCH THIS, UH, THIS TRAINING.
THAT'S BEEN VILIFIED HERE IN THE RESOLUTION.
UH, AND, UH, AND IT'S, UM, TO SAY THAT THE RESOLUTION MIS-CHARACTERIZES, IT IS A GROSS UNDERSTATEMENT.
I'VE SEEN IT AND THERE'S NOTHING IN IT THAT I BELIEVE IS, UH, YOU'D FIND, UH, EVEN BORDERLINE CONTROVERSIAL REGARDLESS OF YOUR POLITICAL PERSUASION OR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
AND I, I, I THINK ANYONE THAT VIEWED THIS TRAINING AND THEN DECIDED IT WAS STILL SOMEHOW SINISTER, I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM WOULD BE THEM AND NOT THE TRAINING.
SO IN SUMMARY, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS PROPOSED PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION IS WORTHY OF SERIOUS CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD IT'S FOUNDED ON, ON THE SOLUTION.
THAT'S DEMONSTRABLY UNTRUE, PROPOSED RESOLUTION IS MEAN-SPIRITED OFFICIOUS, THREATENING AND COMPLETELY FALSE.
I BELIEVE IT'S INSPIRATION WAS A FACT FREE POLITICAL NARRATIVE.
ANYTHING THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON IN YOUR COUNTY ARE FINE.
TEACHERS DON'T DESERVE TO BE INSULTED IN THIS CALLOUS HURTFUL WAY.
THIS RESOLUTION, IF ADOPTED WOULD SERIOUSLY DISCREDIT THE BOARD.
AND I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO REJECT IT IMMEDIATELY.
UM, I'M LIVING, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND OH, KIM GOODWIN LIVES IN SANFORD.
UM, MR. GREEN'S DISTRICT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND TAXPAYERS HAVE SPOKEN OUT BOLDLY AT SCHOOL BOARD AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY THROUGHOUT VIRGINIA AND HERE IN YOUR COUNTY, WHY DURING THE LOCKDOWNS AND ONLINE CLASSES, PEOPLE SAW LESSONS THAT CONCERN THEM OVER WHAT WAS BEING TAUGHT AND WHAT WASN'T HISTORY BASED ON FICTIONAL ONE SIDED STORIES RATHER THAN THE WHOLE PICTURE BASED ON FACTS AND AN IDEOLOGY, PUSHING DIVISIVE AGENDAS AND CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS.
AS LOCAL TALK AS LOCAL TAXPAYERS LEARNED THAT 50% OF THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY IS GIVEN TO OUR SCHOOLS.
THEY JOINED CONCERNED, PARENTS ASKING HARD QUESTIONS.
WHY ARE THESE QUESTIONABLE LESSONS BEING FORCED HERE FOR MANY YEARS, WE'VE BEEN SOLD A STORY THAT THERE'S A HUGE LEARNING GAP BETWEEN RACES HERE THAT WHITE STUDENTS HAVE MORE SUCCESS THAN
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STUDENTS OF COLOR.YOUR COUNTY TEACHERS REPORT THAT THIS HAS BEEN PUSHED FOR YEARS, THAT THE LEARNING GAP IS SO LARGE, THAT EXTRA MEASURES MUST BE TAKEN TO BRIDGE THE GAP THAT NEVER SEEMS TO GET FILLED, BUT IS IT TRUE? RECENT VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DATA SHOWS THAT Y CSD GRADUATE RATE GRADUATION RATES ARE 96.5% FOR WHITE STUDENTS AND 97.6 FOR BLACK STUDENTS PROVING THEY ARE STATISTICALLY EVEN, AND THAT BLACK STUDENTS GRADUATE AT A HIGHER RATE THAN WHITES WITH A VERY HIGH RATE.
OVERALL, WHY ARE WE PAYING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO OUTSIDE COMPANIES TO FIX THE FALSE PREMISE THAT OUR SCHOOLS AND CULTURE ARE INHERENTLY AND SYSTEMICALLY RACIST HERE? WHY ARE WE PLACING UNDUE BURDEN ON TEACHERS ALREADY OVERWHELMED WITH TEACHING THEIR ACADEMIC SUBJECTS BY REQUIRING ADDITIONAL WORK CENTERED ON INDOCTRINATION RATHER THAN ACADEMICS.
THIS PROVES OUR PARENTS AND CITIZENS ARE RIGHT AND ASKING QUESTIONS TO DIG DEEPER FOR THE WHOLE TRUTH.
THIS PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION BEGINS TO REINFORCE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT SHOULD BE BETWEEN SCHOOLS, PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE AND IMPROVE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE THROUGH TRANSPARENCY.
WE NEED YOU TO VOTE YES, ON THIS RESOLUTION.
NOW THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR WALTZ AND BREYER FOR LISTENING TO MANY PARENTS AND CITIZENS WHO CONTACTED YOU ABOUT THESE SERIOUS ISSUES AND FOR POSING THIS PROPEL PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION AT THE DISCRETION AT THE DIRECTION OF CHAIRMAN CHAD GREEN, WE STRONGLY URGE THE OTHER SUPERVISORS TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO OPENLY SUPPORT VIRGINIA'S RIGHTS OF PARENTS LAW.
ONE DASH TWO 40 DASH ONE, AND VOTE.
NOW TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN FROM THE INDOCTRINATION BEING INTRODUCED AND FORCED ON THEM.
WE'VE HEARD THE SCHOOL BOARD WANTS THIS AS A JOINT MEETING VOTE, WHERE THEY CAN DELAY AND KILL IT.
THIS NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY BY EACH BOARD FOR TRANSPARENCY.
SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE EACH BOARD STANDS IN FOLLOWING THE LAW AND PROTECTING PARENTAL RIGHTS.
DON'T LET THE SCHOOL BOARD DELAY AND KILL THIS.
DON'T KICK THIS DOWN THE ROAD, VOTING NO MEANS YOU DON'T SUPPORT PARENTAL RIGHTS.
WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU WANT TO SEND TO ALL YOUR COUNTY AND VIRGINIA? THEY'RE ALL WATCHING US AND LOOKING TO YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION.
KATIE
PARENTS LAW, SECTION ONE DASH TWO 40.1 STATES, A PARENT HAS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS CONCERNING THE UPBRINGING, EDUCATION AND CARE OF THE PARENT'S CHILD.
A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO YOUR COUNTY PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION IS BASED ON THIS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT CODIFIED INTO LAW.
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT HAVE SIN SEEN FIT TO OPENLY DESCRIBE OUR PARENTS AS MISINFORMED AND CONFUSED, COMPLETELY DISREGARDING THE FACTS PRESENTED BY PARENTS AND CITIZENS GATHERED FROM MANY HOURS OF RESEARCH.
DO YOUR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MISSION STATEMENT SAYS IT IS TO FOSTER PARTNERSHIPS WITH FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY AND PROMOTE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AND AMONGST STAFF, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, SCHOOL OFFICIALS, PUBLICLY CALLING PARENTS MISINFORMED AND CONFUSED HARLEY FOSTERS PARTNERSHIPS AND PROMOTES POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS.
WE HAVE HIT A BRICK WALL IN HAVING OUR CONCERNS TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND ARE LEFT ONLY WITH THE CHOICE TO PETITION YOU, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, KNOWING THAT YOU DO HAVE A SAY IN THE SCHOOL SINCE 50% OF YOUR COUNTY'S BUDGET IS GIVEN BY YOU TO THE SCHOOLS.
THIS RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGES OUR CONCERNS BY STATING YOU RECOGNIZE THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS LAW ONE DASH 2, 4 0, AND THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT ALL ACADEMIC SUCCESS BEGINS BY EMBRACING THESE FUNDAMENTAL PARENTAL RIGHTS IN OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
IT ALSO STATES THAT YOU AGREE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARDS, JUNE, 2020 RESOLUTION, STATING THAT YOU'RE ACTIVELY COMMITTED TO WORKING AGAINST THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF RACISM AND TO ENSURE THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW IS THE TIME TO PERSONALLY TAKE A STAND TO SUPPORT THIS BY VOTING YES, ON THIS RESOLUTION TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF ALL PARENTS AND STUDENTS HERE.
OUR SCHOOL BOARD HAS OPENLY STATED IT'S CONTEMPT FOR OUTSPOKEN PARENTS AND CITIZENS SEEMING TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL BOARD ASSOCIATIONS.
LABELING OF CONCERNED PARENTS AS DOMESTIC TERRORISTS, THEY HAVE PUBLIC EVOLVE, VIOLET FIVE, THE MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, OR A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, HAVING THE AUDACITY TO PRESENT THIS PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF CONCERNED, PARENTS AND CITIZENS, WE ARE NOT MISINFORMED.
AND WE ARE CON AND WE ARE NOT CONFUSED.
WE ARE DEFINITELY NOT DOMESTIC TERRORISTS.
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WE ARE JUST PARENTS AND CITIZENS WANTING TO MAKE SURE OUR CHILDREN ARE EDUCATED AND NOT INDOCTRINATED YOUR VOTE TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION SHOWS YOU CARE ABOUT THESE SAME FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FOLLOWING VIRGINIA LAW.A NO VOTE MEANS YOU AGREE WITH THESE VOWEL LABELS OF US AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
SO ON WHICH SIDE OF THE FENCE DO YOU SIT, STAND VOTING? NO MEANS YOU DON'T SUPPORT PARENTAL RIGHTS AND YOU DON'T WANT TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS IN THAT THE MESSAGE THAT YOU WANT TO SEND TO ALL.
IS THIS THE MESSAGE YOU WANT TO SEND TO ALL OF YOUR COUNTY, VIRGINIA IN THE NATION.
THEY'RE ALL WATCHING US AND LOOKING TO YOU FOR LEADERSHIP.
WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION.
AND YES, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I AM GREG
YOU BELIEVE THAT EDUCATION MUST FOCUS ON ACADEMIC SUBJECTS AND SHOULD NOT INCLUDE PUSHING SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS AND OPINIONS.
AN ACADEMIC FOCUS IS WHAT OUR TAX DOLLARS SHOULD BE FUNDING.
DO YOU BELIEVE THIS? OR DO YOU SUPPORT INDOCTRINATION? WHICH IS IT OUR SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT INSIST THE VISIT IDEOLOGY UNDER THE CRT UMBRELLA HAPPENING IN OTHER AREAS IS NOT HAPPENING HERE, BUT LOCAL PARENTS AND STUDENTS ARE SAYING IT IS A TAB.
HIGH PARENTS SAID HER DAUGHTER WAS FOSTER STUDY THE 1619 PROJECT LAST YEAR, A FICTIONAL STORY DEBUNKED BY HISTORIANS AND WAS FORCED TO DO A PROJECT ON IT.
WALT DENIED A REQUEST TO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE PROJECT BASED ON HISTORICAL FACT, THIS WAS PUSHED HERE IN YOUR COUNTY HOME OF AMERICA'S FOUNDING.
IF THIS HAPPENED, ONCE IT CAN HAPPEN AGAIN, PROVE IS PROVING.
ANOTHER PARENT REPORTED THAT A COVENTRY ELEMENTARY, FIFTH GRADE TEACHER READ THE BOOK.
JACOB'S NEW DRESS TO THE CLASS ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, AND THEN ASKED WHAT PRONOUNS EACH CHILD WANTED TO USE.
AND THEN ASK PROBING QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR FAMILY'S BELIEFS.
AND WEREN'T GIVEN THE CHOICE TO OPT OUT SCHOOL.
ADMINISTRATORS, TRY TO EXCUSE THIS BY SAYING THIS TEACHER JUST CHOSE A POOR WAY TO TEACH AGAINST BULLYING.
TEACHING KINDNESS IS HOW YOU TEACH KIDS NOT TO BE BULLIES ASKING CHILDREN TO PUBLICLY DECLARE PRONOUNS THAT GO AGAINST ENGLISH.
GRAMMAR LESSONS TAUGHT FOR CENTURIES HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH NOT BEING BULLIES AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH POTENTIALLY ABUSIVE ACTIVITIES FOR COERCIVE INDOCTRINATION STUDENTS AT OTHER YOUR COUNTY SCHOOLS SAID THEIR TEACHERS SPEND TIME.
THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL PUBLICLY ASKING EACH STUDENT WHAT THEIR PREFERRED PRONOUNS WERE TO THE POINT THAT STUDENTS WERE ANNOYED AND UNCOMFORTABLE THAT THIS WAS THE TEACHER'S FOCUS RATHER THAN WHAT WAS BEING NEEDED FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN THEIR CLASSES AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED MEMBER JIMMY RICHARDSON ASKED THE SUPERINTENDENT STAFF HOW YOUR COUNTY SCHOOLS WOULD HANDLE THE STATE DIRECTIVE ON THIS ISSUE AND WAS A SHORT SEVERAL TIMES.
IT WOULD BE HANDLED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AS HAS BEEN THE POLICY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THAT WOULD NOT BE A BLANKET APPROACH.
THE ABOVE INCIDENTS PROVED THIS IS FALSE, THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS STAFF LIED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD YET THAT BOARD CONTINUES TO SUPPORT AND FOLLOW THE SUPERINTENDENT OVER PARENTS, VALID CONCERNS, PROVING THIS PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION NEEDS TO PASS NOW WITH YOUR VOTE TO PROTECT PARENT'S RIGHTS AND MAKE SURE OUR SCHOOLS FOCUS ON AN EDUCATION AND NOT INDOCTRINATION VOTING.
NO MEANS YOU DON'T PROMOTE YOUR MENTAL RIGHTS AND YOU DON'T WANT OUR STUDENTS IS THAT THE, YOU WERE AT A VR.
YOU WERE AT, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
AND IF WE COULD HAVE, UH, THE OTHER NUMBER EIGHT THROUGH 16 LINEUP, GO AHEAD, MISS HEIDI HOEVEN.
AND I LIVE NEAR THE LACKEY POST OFFICE, UM, LEARNING WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND HERE IN VIRGINIA WOKE US UP.
IF IT HAPPENED THERE, IT COULD HAPPEN HERE.
MANY WEREN'T HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY WERE SEEING IN ONLINE CLASSES.
WE STARTED PAYING ATTENTION, RESEARCHING THE STATE'S EDUCATION WEBSITE, ASKING QUESTIONS AND GATHERING EVIDENCE.
THE MORE QUESTIONS WE ASKED AND EVIDENCE WE PRESENTED, THE MORE WE WERE BULLIED BY YOUR COUNTY, SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD, OUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS DISMISSED AS MISINFORMED AND PERSONALLY LABELED AS CONFUSED WITH OUR CONCERNS.
TOSS ASIDE AS TRASH THAT HASN'T STOPPED US.
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WE DISCOVERED THAT WHY CSD WEBSITE LINKS ABOUT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING BY CASELL BEING PLANNED FOR US FOR USE HERE WERE REMOVED.AFTER WE STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS, IT MADE US WONDER WHAT ARE THEY HIDING AND WHY PARENTS DISCOVERED THAT YOUR COUNTY WAS CHOSEN BY VIRGINIA'S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO GIVE THEIR 2021 YOUTH SURVEY TO OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS YET NO ONE HERE SEEMED TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
PARENTS FOUND THE ACTUAL SURVEY QUESTIONS ON THE STATE'S WEBSITE AND FIGURED OUT WHY THEY WERE WEREN'T ADMITTING IT EXISTED.
THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL SURVEY ASKED ABOUT THE CHILD'S GENDER IDENTIFICATION, WHETHER THE CHILD HAD BEEN EMOTIONALLY OR PHYSICALLY ABUSED AT HOME, CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE, ILLEGALLY SMOKED, DRANK, OR USED ILLEGAL DRUGS, BEEN SEXUALLY ACTIVE AND ASK PROBING QUESTIONS ABOUT PERSONAL HEALTH CHOICES.
THE HIGH SCHOOL QUESTIONS WERE SIMILAR.
BOTH SURVEYS SAID THEY INFORMATION WILL NOT BE USED TO FIND YOUR NAME AND NAMES WILL NOT BE REPORTED.
WHY ARE OUR SCHOOLS BEING ASKED TO DO THIS DATA MINING? THEN IF A SURVEY REVEALS THAT A STUDENT ISN'T OR IS IN DANGER OR DOING SOMETHING ILLEGAL, ISN'T THERE A MORAL AND LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO REPORT.
THAT'S SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO IMPLEMENT SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND TRAINING TEACHERS TO USE TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES, GOING TO IGNORE IF A CHILD REVEALS THIS REALLY NO NAMES, HOW DO THEY MAKE SURE HIS CHILD IS ANSWERING TRUTHFULLY AND NOT JOKING? SINCE NAMES AREN'T USED? WHAT ABOUT PROTECTING THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDREN? WHO'VE NEVER BEEN EXPOSED TO THESE TOPICS WHEN WE'RE PARENTS GOING TO BE INFORMED AND ALLOWED TO OPT OUT, WHY WEREN'T PARENTS NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY AS PARENTS EXPOSE THIS? WHY CSD ADMITTED THE SURVEY EXISTED, BUT SAID THAT SINCE THEY FOUND SOME QUESTIONS CONCERNING, THEY CHOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE BASED ON HOW PARENTS HAD BEEN TREATED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.
HOW CAN WE, CAN WE TRUST THAT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE OUTCOME IF PARENTS AND CITIZENS HADN'T EXPOSED THIS INFORMATION FIRST, PROBABLY NOT.
PARENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT SURVEYS AHEAD OF TIME, TO BE ABLE TO OPT OUT FOR THE GOOD OF THEIR CHILD.
WE HAVE TURNED TO USE SUPERVISORS FOR HELP AND WHY YOU NEED TO APPROVE THIS PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION NOW TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS.
VOTING NOTE MEANS YOU DON'T SUPPORT PARENTAL RIGHTS AND YOU DON'T WANT TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS.
IS THAT THE MESSAGE YOU WANT TO SEND TO ALL OF YOUR COUNTY? HOW ABOUT VIRGINIA AND THE NATION? THEY'RE ALL WATCHING US AND LOOKING TO YOU FOR LEADERSHIP.
LET ME JUST MAKE ONE EXPLANATION.
THE GREEN LIGHT, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES WHEN THE YELLOW LIGHT COMES ON, YOU GOT ONE MINUTE WHEN THE RED LIGHT COMES ON, IT'S OVER.
SO THIS FAIRMONT, OH, LINDA FAIRMONT.
I LIVE IN THE TAB DISTRICT OF YORK COUNTY.
WHEN VIRGINIA MANDATED ALL TEACHERS BE TRAINED AND IMPLEMENT CULTURAL COMPETENCY FOR CERTIFICATION PARENTS RESEARCHED IT.
PASS LESSONS, EMBRACE LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT CULTURES IN OUR HISTORY AND PRESENT SOCIETY.
BUT WE LEARNED THIS FOCUS WAS DIFFERENT AND IMPLEMENTS THE DIVISIVE PRINCIPLES OF CRT, DR.
CAROL SWAIN, PROFESSOR OF LAW AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY AND RESPECTED BLACK WRITER AND LECTURER SAYS CULTURAL COMPETENCY IS PART OF AN INTELLECTUAL THEORY TO TEACH THAT RACE IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT.
AND THAT RACISM IS NOT MERELY THE PRODUCT OF INDIVIDUAL BIAS OR PREJUDICE, BUT AS COLLECTIVE AND SYSTEMICALLY EMBEDDED IN AMERICA'S LEGAL SYSTEMS, INSTITUTIONS, AND POLICIES.
THIS IS WHERE THE DEVICE OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY IDEOLOGY COMES INTO OUR SCHOOLS, KNOWS CRT AS A CLASS, DOESN'T EXIST HERE AND ISN'T TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS.
YOU'LL PROBABLY NEVER FIND THE WORDS, CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN THE CURRICULUM.
HOWEVER, ITS IDEOLOGY AND PRINCIPLES ARE BEING PUSHED WITH THIS REQUIREMENT FOR EVERY TEACHER IN EVERY CLASS.
THIS IDEOLOGY TEACHES THAT ALL WHITES ARE OPPRESSORS, RACIST AND SUCCEED ONLY BECAUSE OF WHITE SUPREMACY.
IT'S COLLECTIVE BLAME AND GUILT FOR AMERICA'S ORIGINAL SIN OF SLAVERY THAT CAN NEVER BE CORRECTED.
EVEN THOUGH HISTORY HAS SHOWN OTHERWISE THIS DEVICE OF IDEOLOGY LABELS EVERY AMERICAN INSTITUTION AS RACIST AND MUST BE RE-IMAGINED DISRUPTED, DISMANTLED AND DESTROYED TO BE RACIST.
DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE NOT RACIST.
IT MEANS YOU MUST WORK TO DESTROY THESE INSTITUTIONS OR YOU ARE A RACIST.
AND PART OF THE PROBLEM, THIS IDEOLOGY TEACHES THAT BLACK PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS OPPRESSED AND KEPT DOWN BY WHITES.
THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN SUCCEED IS WITH EXTRA HELP.
THEY CAN NEVER MAKE IT ON THEIR OWN.
HISTORY HAS SHOWN THIS TO BE FALSE TO A REVIEW OF YOUR COUNTY.
GRADUATION RATES ALSO PROVES THIS FAULTS.
97.6% OF BLACK STUDENTS AND 96.5% OF WHITE STUDENTS ARE GRADUATING.
OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM AND INSTITUTION ARE RISING ABOVE WHAT THIS DEVICE OF IDEOLOGY SAYS.
YOUR COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE EMBRACED AND TAUGHT DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING'S PHILOSOPHY TO SEE AND VALUE THE CONTENT OF A PERSON'S
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CHARACTER, NOT THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.IT'S WORKING CULTURAL COMPETENCY.
I DID IDEOLOGY THROWS THIS AWAY AND DIVIDE STUDENTS BASED ON RACE AND INTERSECTIONALITY, LIMITING ALL STUDENTS TO FORCE EQUITY AND OUTCOMES RATHER THAN EMBRACING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND PERSONAL CHOICE.
VIRGINIA'S RIGHTS OF PARENTS LAW, SECTION ONE DASH TWO 40.1 GIVES ALL PARENTS THE RIGHT TO SAY NO TO THIS DIVISIVE IDEOLOGY THAT INSTEAD WE CHOOSE TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO UNITE FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE.
FOR ALL EQUALLY PASSING THIS RESOLUTION NOW IS NEEDED VOTING.
NO MEANS YOU DON'T SUPPORT PARENTAL RIGHTS AND YOU DON'T WANT TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS.
IS THAT THE MESSAGE YOU WANT TO SEND TO ALL OF YOUR COUNTY, VIRGINIA AND THE NATION.
THEY'RE ALL WATCHING US AND LOOKING TO YOU FOR LEADERSHIP.
WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION AND VOTE.
IF YOU AGREE, GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN BOARD.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SUBMIT THIS TO THE BOARD.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A LISTING SECRETARY, ONLY MEMBERS THAT SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION, BUT COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
OKAY? ROBIN FIELD, YOUR COUNTY, OTHER PARTS OF THE RESOLUTION FOCUS ON SPENDING COUNTY TAX DOLLARS WISELY.
THAT'S WHY WE HIRE YOU AS SUPERVISORS.
SINCE 50% OF THE YORK'S BUDGET IS GIVEN BY YOU TO OUR SCHOOLS EACH YEAR, YOU SUPERVISORS HAVE A MAJOR OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THESE TAX DOLLARS AREN'T BEING SPENT ARE BEING SPENT WISELY.
ESPECIALLY DURING THIS CURRENT ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY, YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THE CITIZENS OF YOUR COUNTY TO WITHHOLD MONEY.
IF IT ISN'T BEING USED CAREFULLY, PARENTS AND CITIZENS CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED.
AS DISTURBING LESSONS AND BOOKS ARE BEING DISCOVERED BY PARENTS IN OTHER VIRGINIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
IF IT ISN'T HAPPENING, IF IT'S HAPPENING THERE, CAN WE BE SURE IT'S NOT HAPPENING HERE? IT WOULD BE THE HEIGHT OF ARROGANCE TO THINK WE ARE IMMUNE FROM THIS WITHOUT CHECKING.
AND ONE SUIT STUDENT HAS SAID THE BOOK, ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE WAS FOUND IN HIS SCHOOL LIBRARY HERE IN YORK COUNTY.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT THAT ONE ON A VIDEO OF A PARENT IN VIRGINIA, THAT ACTUALLY WAS READING EXCERPTS OF IT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, HORRIFICALLY GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS OF BOY ON BOY RAPE.
THIS RESOLUTION IDENTIFIES THE LEGAL PROBLEM WITH HAVING THIS BOOK AND OTHERS LIKE IT IN THE SCHOOL PROPERTY AND POSSIBLY PURCHASED WITH TAX DOLLARS, VIRGINIA LAW SECTION 18.2 DASH 3 7 1 DEALS WITH CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR AND SECTION 18.2 DASH 3 7 4 0.4 COVERS DISPLAY OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OR GROOMING VIDEOS OR MATERIAL TO A CHILD.
IF THESE BOOKS AND MATERIALS ARE NOT THERE, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH MAKING SURE THEY DON'T COME IN.
BUT IF THEY ARE HERE, PARENTS AND TAXPAYERS NEED TO KNOW HOW THEY GOT HERE AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS.
THIS RESOLUTION GIVES A WAY FOR PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY TO FOSTER A POSITIVE TRUSTING RELATIONSHIP WITH TEACHERS, THE ADMINISTRATORS, THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO MAKE SURE OUR SCHOOLS SPEND OUR TAX DOLLARS WISELY.
AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE LEARNING PLACES, NO MATTER HOW THE BOOKS AND MATERIALS ARE BROUGHT IN.
HOWEVER, THE MORE THE SCHOOL BOARD BULKS AT PARENTS ASKING QUESTIONS, BULK SET, SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION AND BULKS AT DEVELOPING PROTECTION AND STATING THAT DIVISIVE AND LONG LAWFUL MATERIALS WON'T BE ALLOWED IN YORK COUNTY SCHOOLS THROUGH THIS RESOLUTION, WE'RE LEFT WONDERING WHY ARE THEY FIGHTING AGAINST IT? IS THERE SOMETHING THEY'RE TRYING TO HIDE FROM US? THIS IS WHY WE COME BEFORE YOU TO ASK THAT YOU PASS THIS PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION TONIGHT.
BE THE LEADERS IN SHOWING THE SCHOOL BOARD.
THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO PROTECT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND PROTECT ALL PARENTS' RIGHTS UNDER VIRGINIA LAW.
WE'RE COUNTING ON YOU BEING A LEADER.
THANK YOU, MR. LAMB MEMBERS OF THIS DISTINGUISHED BOARD CITIZENS, A YORK COUNTY
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HERE THIS EVENING, AND THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO BE LISTENING.MY NAME IS TED LAMB AND I LIVE IN THE HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA AREA.
I COME BEFORE YOU TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION AS A PUBLIC EDUCATOR WITH 24 YEARS EXPERIENCE AND A TWO TERM ELECTIVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
IT IS TIME THAT WE PROTECT OUR AND YOUR CHILDREN FROM TOXIC PHILOSOPHIES THAT IS BEING HANDED DOWN FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SOME HAVE SAID THAT THESE PHILOSOPHIES SUCH AS CRT AND GENDER IDENTITY ARE NOT HERE IN VIRGINIA.
IF THIS IS TRUE, THEN WHY ARE TEACHERS FORCED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONCERNING USING APPROPRIATE GENDER PRONOUNS AND CULTURAL COMPETENCIES? HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WEBSITE? WELL, IF THIS IS NOT TRUE, THEN WHY DID HOUSE BILL 1 45 AND SENATE BILL 1 61 GIVES AUTHORITY TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CREATE MODEL POLICIES THAT ALLOWS FOR STUDENTS TO IDENTIFY AS 11 DIFFERENT GENDER IDENTIFIERS.
WHY DID THIS BILL ALSO AUTHORIZED FOR SCHOOL DIVISIONS TO LOOK FOR BIAS IN THE CURRICULUM AGAINST RACE AND GENDER IDENTITY AMONG OTHER THINGS IN THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WEBSITE, UNDER THE SAID DOCUMENTS, I'VE SAID, LISTEN TO THIS DEFINITION OF ANTI-RACISM, ANTI-RACISM ACKNOWLEDGES THAT RACIST BELIEFS AND STRUCTURES ARE PERVASIVE IN ALL ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES AND REQUIRES ACTION TO DISMANTLE THOSE BELIEFS AND STRUCTURES.
THIS REQUIRES THAT SCHOOL LEADERS HOLD EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS ACCOUNTABLE WHEN SAYING DO THINGS THAT MAKE SCHOOL AND SAFE AND THEY DISMANTLE SYSTEMS PERPETRATING IN EQUITABLE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY AND OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED BY RACE.
SO NOW THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION POLICY IS THAT IT WILL HOLD STUDENTS, YOUR CHILDREN AND EDUCATORS, EDUCATORS ACCOUNTABLE FOR RACISM IN THEIR LIVES IS THE BDOE THING THAT OUR INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING ITSELF IS INHERENTLY RACIST.
AND NOW LET'S ROOT OUT RACISM FROM OUR CHILDREN.
I CAN NOT GO ON FOR, I COULD GO ON FOR THREE HOURS, BUT I HAVE THREE MINUTES.
IS THIS ONE, IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN? I SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION.
AM I ASKING THAT YOU AS A BOARD, PASS THIS RESOLUTION AND ALLOW FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO PASS THE RESOLUTION ON THEIR OWN MERITS AND IN THEIR OWN MEETING.
THANK YOU, MS. SKETCHER AND SCATTER RICO.
CAN YOU HEAR ME SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? CINDY SCATTER RICO DISTRICT FOR MY FAMILY AND I MOVED TO VIRGINIA FROM ILLINOIS AROUND EIGHT YEARS AGO.
I HAVE CLOSE TO 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND A BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH A CONCENTRATION IN MANAGEMENT OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, I'VE HAD EXTENSIVE TRAINING THROUGH VARIOUS COMPANIES ON A MYRIAD OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT METHODS.
I AM COMFORTABLE IN SAYING I KNOW HOW TO GET RE RESULTS IN A TEAM ENVIRONMENT.
ON SEPTEMBER 7TH OF 21, I HAD RESIGNED FROM MY POSITION IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT THE SMITHFIELD INNOVATION CENTER.
AS A MOTHER, I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE ENROLLING MY DAUGHTER IN THE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL HERE IN VIRGINIA AND MADE THE DECISION TO HOMESCHOOL HER PER THE BDOE WEBSITE.
SEL PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN THE EDUCATION AND UPBRINGING OF VIRGINIA CHILDREN.
AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO TITLED THE ROLE, THE FAMILY ROLE IN SEL FOUND ON THE V D O E WEBSITE, I WAS LEFT WITH MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS AND WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND ANY SPECIFIC TRAINING FOR PARENTS AS A RESULTS DRIVEN MANAGER AND A CONCERNED PARENT.
MY EYES ARE DRAWN TO PAGE SIX OF THE V D O E SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING WEBSITE.
THE EXAMPLES GIVEN BELOW BETTER SENSE OF COMMUNITY IS WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR FOR MEASURING SUCCESS OF SEL.
THE QUESTION IS HOW ARE WE MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF THE GOAL AS A PARENT? I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE END GOAL FOR SEL.
IN MY EXPERIENCE, THE SMART GOAL METHOD IS A COMMONLY USED TOOL FOR DRIVING RESULTS.
IT IS AN ACRONYM SMART, MEANING SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, ATTAINABLE, REALISTIC.
TIME-BOUND THE BENEFITS OF SEO OUTLINED BY THE VIDEO E ARE DIFFICULT TO BUILD SMART GOALS AROUND, FOR EXAMPLE, BETTER SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
HOW CAN WE MAKE A SMART GOAL TO DRIVE MEANINGFUL RESULTS FOR OUR CHILDREN SPECIFIC? WHAT IS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY? HOW DO I TEACH THAT TO MY CHILD? IS THERE A PAT, A TEST THAT SHE CAN PASS MEASURABLE? HOW CAN I MEASURE THIS SENSE OF COMMUNITY FOR MY CHILD ATTAINABLE? HOW DO I KNOW WHEN MY CHILD HAS ATTAINED A BETTER SENSE OF COMMUNITY REALISTIC, WILL EACH CHILD HAVE THEIR OWN STANDARD FOR A BETTER SENSE OF COMMUNITY TIME DOWN? WHEN ARE THEY EXPECTED
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TO HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF FIFTH GRADE 12TH GRADE ON JULY 23RD, 2020, THE YORK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED THE RETURN TO SCHOOL PLAN, WHICH INCLUDED FRAMEWORK FOR SEL.IF SMART GOALS ARE NOT PUT INTO PLACE, THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME AND TAXPAYER MONEY AND CLOSING THE V D O E REPORTEDLY REPEATEDLY EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RULE AND THE PARENT SEO MOVING FORWARD.
I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO REPRESENT YOUR COUNTY TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT PARENT STEERING COMMITTEE TO DRIVE AND IMPROVE THE SEL PROCESS.
THIS COMMITTEE SHOULD BE CLOSED COMPOSED OF REASONABLE RESPECTABLE PARENTS WHO REPRESENT THE YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY.
I ASK THAT THIS BOARD WILL VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THE PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, MR. MURPHY, MR. CHAIRMAN, FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.
I LIVE AT 1 47 LINEBERRY WAY A YORKTOWN TONIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE JOINT RESOLUTION BETWEEN THE BOARD SUPERVISORS AND THE SCHOOL BOARD.
I'VE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT IT HAS BEEN PULLED, UH, BUT ONLY FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR, WHY NOT FROM THIS BODY? THIS RESOLUTION WAS NOT BEING MADE IN GOOD FAITH.
IN FACT, IT APPEARED TO BE ORCHESTRATE COMPLETE LIKE ONE PERSON BASED ON NO FACTS WHATSOEVER.
JUST WATCHING THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS, SUPERVISOR AND SCHOOL.
VERY FEW PEOPLE EVEN KNEW WHAT WAS BEING DRAFTED.
AND ABSOLUTELY NO COLLABORATION WAS MADE BETWEEN THE TWO BODIES.
IT WAS BEING FORCED BY ONE PERSON AND THAT PERSON HAD NO FACTS BEHIND THE REASON THIS RESOLUTION NEEDED TO BE MADE.
AGAIN, WATCHING PREVIOUS MEETINGS DURING A SUPERVISOR COMMENT PERIOD, I WAS AMAZED AT ONE SUPERVISOR READING FROM EXTREME POLITICAL PUBLICATION AND ENCOURAGING OTHER SUPERVISORS TO SUBSCRIBE TO THAT PUBLICATION.
THIS GRANDSTANDING HAS NO BUSINESS IN OUR GOV GOVERNANCE OF OUR COUNTY.
I THOUGHT WE WERE ABOVE ALL THIS.
I AM PROUD OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD.
I HAVE TWO CHILDREN, ONE HAS GRADUATED AND ANOTHER, THAT WILL BE GRADUATING IN A FEW YEARS.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN INDOCTRINATED, STUDIED CRITICAL RACE THEORY, OR HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO ANY SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS.
THEY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT EVERYTHING.
THEY NEED TO BECOME A PRODUCTIVE ADULT IN OUR SOCIETY.
THE CURRICULUM YOUR COUNTY HAS ADOPTED THROUGH THE STATE IS EVERYTHING THEY NEED WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE ON.
DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS, I WOULD EXPECT THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ACT A LITTLE MORE SUPPORTIVE AND NOT TO TRY AND PUSH SOME ALTERNATIVE AGENDA.
LOOK AT WHAT OUR SCHOOL BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT, ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, SUPPORT STAFF, STUDENTS AND PARENTS HAVE BEEN THROUGH.
WE HAVE A STAR WITH A FIRE AT THE GRAFTON COMPLEX, WHICH HAS AFFECTED THE ENTIRE COUNTY MOVING STUDENTS AROUND SHARING SCHOOLS AND FACILITIES.
AND THIS WAS A LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE.
ALL OF THIS WAS COMMUNICATED WITH MEETINGS, PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS TO THE PARENTS.
THE PANDEMIC WAS NEXT, FORCING TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO SUDDENLY TEACH AND LEARN ONLINE.
NOW WE ARE COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC HOPEFULLY, AND ONE MEMBER OF A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WANTS TO DEVELOP A JOINT RESOLUTION ON SOMETHING IS NOT BEING TAUGHT IN OUR STATE.
AND ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENTS DON'T NEED THIS.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO FULLY FUND OUR SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL DIVISION AND ESPECIALLY ACT LIKE RESPONSIBLE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
YOUR COUNTY IS BETTER THAN THIS.
THANK YOU, MR. MURPHY, MR. HOGLIN.
UH, TODD HOAGLAND, WE LIVE IN EDGE HILL AND I AM A TEACHER AT DARE ELEMENTARY.
UM, I'M SPEAKING ON MY OWN CAPACITY THOUGH.
I'M NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION AT ALL.
COULD YOU TAKE YOUR MASK OFF? THANK YOU.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY FAMILY.
UH, MY WIFE, LESLIE, AND I HAVE FIVE CHILDREN.
MY OLDEST IS A GRADUATE OF YORK HIGH, AND HE'S NOW ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND WHERE HE'S SITTING POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT.
MY TWO MIDDLE CHILDREN ARE BOTH ADOPTED AND WE CHOSE THIS YEAR TO HOMESCHOOL THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR DISABILITIES.
AND THIS IS COMING FROM A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER.
I CHOSE TO HOMESCHOOL MY CHILDREN.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A SOPHOMORE AT YOUR CHI AND WE HAVE A SECOND GRADER AT DARE ELEMENTARY.
I'M VERY INVESTED IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HERE AS BOTH AN EMPLOYEE AND A PARENT.
AND I TELL YOU, PARENT CHOICE IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
PARENTS ALREADY HAVE THAT CHOICE.
PARENTS CAN CHOOSE FOR THEIR STUDENTS WHO ATTEND PUBLIC EDUCATION.
PARENTS CAN CHOOSE TO ATTEND PRIVATE EDUCATION.
PARENTS CAN CHOOSE TO HOMESCHOOL AS WE HAVE FOR THE ONES OF OUR FAMILY THAT NEED TO BE HOMESCHOOLED BECAUSE OF BEHAVIOR AND JUST SPECIAL NEEDS.
WE'VE BEEN IN THIS COUNTY AND WORKED HARD BOTH
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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE SCHOOLS TO HELP BUILD OUR CHILDREN AND TO RESPONSIBLE ADULTS.WE ALSO DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS RESOLUTION WAS DEVELOPED IN A GOOD FAITH EFFORT.
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH WAS ONLY COMMUNICATED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WAS NOT POSTED ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WEBSITE, WHICH WAS NOT DISCUSSED WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD IS IN BAD FAITH.
THE IDEA TO RE, TO RE WITHHOLD FUNDING TO OUR SCHOOL DIVISION BASED ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT HAPPENING IS JUST RIDICULOUS.
IN MY OPINION, WE WORK HARD IN THE SCHOOLS.
WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO HELP OUR STUDENTS LEARN ACADEMICALLY SOCIALLY AND BE SAFE.
THE BIGGEST THING I TELL MY STUDENTS IS THAT I'M THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND THEY ARE SAFE NO MATTER WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, NO MATTER WHAT THEY THINK THEY ARE NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE.
I MAKE SURE MY STUDENTS ARE SAFE.
I'M FEARFUL OF THIS RESOLUTION AND THE IDEAS BEHIND IT THAT WOULD TEAR DOWN PEOPLE BASED ON DIFFERENCES AND NOT LOOK AT REALITY OF WHAT STUDENTS HAVE AND WHAT STUDENTS COME TO THE TABLE WITH.
WE HAVE LOTS OF KIDS THAT COME WITH LOTS OF BAGGAGE, LOTS OF BAGGAGE AND SOCIAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING IS SO IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE SAFE, THAT THEY ARE LOVED AND THAT THEY CAN BE PROTECTED IN OUR SCHOOLS.
THANK YOU, MR. ENQUIST AND IF, UH, P ALMOST SEE THE LINE BEHIND.
MY NAME IS TED ENQUIST AND I AM RUNNING FOR THE U S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE SECOND DISTRICT.
NEXT YEAR ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET, I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE ENTIRE SECOND DISTRICT.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT MY SITUATION.
I'M A LICENSED ORDAINED MINISTER IN MULTICULTURAL CHURCHES FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS.
I'VE DEALT WITH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.
AND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH TODAY IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE.
IT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH IN THE HEART, NOT AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.
MY WIFE TEACHES RIGHT HERE IN YORK COUNTY AND FOR HER PRIVACY, I WON'T LIST WHICH SCHOOL SHE TEACHES AT.
MY DAUGHTER IS IN THE MIT PROGRAM.
MASTER'S IN TEACHING OVER AT CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT NEED TO BE INFORMED, GO LOOK AT THEIR CURRICULUM.
THEY ARE TEACHING THE NEXT GENERATION OF TEACHERS.
YOU MUST TEACH CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
MY DAUGHTER JUST SPENT AN ENTIRE SEMESTER HAVING THIS STUFF SHOVED DOWN HER THROAT AND BEING TOLD THAT SHE IS A BIGOT AND THAT SHE IS A RACIST BECAUSE SHE WON'T BUY INTO THEIR WOKE, CANCEL CULTURE.
SHE'S STANDING UP FOR TRUE VALUES.
THE REASON SHE STANDS UP FOR THOSE VALUES IS BECAUSE WHEN WE SIT DOWN AT A THANKSGIVING DINNER, SHE DOESN'T WANT TO LOOK ACROSS THE TABLE AT HER NIECES AND HER NEPHEW AND SAY, I'M SORRY THAT YOU'RE OPPRESSED BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
WE COME FROM A BLENDED FAMILY AND THEY'RE TRYING TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN.
MY NIECE CAME HOME AND ASKED MY SISTER, MOM, WHY ARE YOU AN OPPRESSOR? DO YOU WANT THAT TAUGHT TO OUR CHILDREN? I THINK NOT.
AND SO WITH THIS BILL, I DO THINK WE NEED TO WITHHOLD FUNDING.
IF THE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO CRAM THIS STUFF DOWN OUR CHILDREN'S THROATS, WE NEED TO BRING A COUNTRY TOGETHER, NOT DIVIDE THEM.
CRT IS VERY DIVISIVE IN ITS NATURE BECAUSE IT'S ROOTED IN MARXISM.
IT'S ALL ABOUT SEPARATING AND DIVIDING.
IT'S NOT ABOUT COMING TOGETHER AND BEING UNIFIED.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S OTHER AVENUES CALLED CULTURAL RESOURCE INITIATIVE.
IT'S GOING TO OPEN UP THE CANON TO ALLOW, UH, AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND FEMALE AUTHORS IN THE CANON.
SO WE GET A DIVERSE EDUCATION OF OUR HISTORY.
I DO BELIEVE OUR HISTORY NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY SO WE CAN LEARN FROM IT.
BUT I DO NOT FEEL THAT THIS CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS THE WAY TO DO IT.
AND I 100% AS A REPRESENTATIVE SUPPORT THIS MEASURE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO BRING IT FORTH, MR. RAMBO, AND THANK YOU, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR VOTING.
I LIVE IN THE DARE SECTION OF THE COUNTY.
SO OUR FAMILY MOVED TO YOUR COUNTY IN 2009 IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THE GOOD REPUTATIONS OF THE SCHOOLS.
BUT AS OUR FIVE KIDS PROGRESS FROM ELEMENTARY
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TO MIDDLE TO HIGH SCHOOL, I'VE BECOME INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LEVEL OF ANTI-AMERICAN INDOCTRINATION.BUT I FIGURED MY KIDS WERE STILL GETTING A GOOD EDUCATION, RIGHT? AND I COULD DETOX THEM AT HOME BY EXPLAINING THAT NO, THE NATIVE AMERICANS WEREN'T ALL PEACEFUL AND SLAVERY WASN'T INVENTED BY THE UNITED STATES.
IT WAS ACTUALLY AROUND FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS BEFORE COLUMBUS DISCOVERED AMERICA.
AND THE UNITED STATES IS THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT FOUGHT A CIVIL WAR TO END SLAVERY AND NO CATASTROPHIC GLOBAL WARMING.
ISN'T GOING TO BURN UP THE PLANET BY 2020, UNLESS WE STOP USING FOSSIL FUELS BY 2010.
BUT THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE COMPLETELY CHANGED MY FEELINGS ABOUT THE YORK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND I NOW CAUTION PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN TO CONSIDER PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR HOMESCHOOLING LET'S FACE IT.
THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN AN ACADEMIC DISASTER.
SO MANY STUDENTS WERE GOING TO FAIL THE SOL THAT THE STATE HAD TO LOWER THE PASSING GRADE AFTER A BACKLASH FROM PARENTS, THE SUMMER, THE SCHOOL BOARD AGREED TO IN THE MASK MANDATE, BUT THEN THEY CAVED AT THE LAST MINUTE TO THE GOVERNOR'S EDICT, WEARING MASKS, HUGELY AFFECTS LEARNING FOR ALL CHILDREN.
FIRST GRADE THROUGH 12TH GRADE.
DID YOU KNOW THERE'S ONLY BEEN TWO SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN IN VIRGINIA WHO DIED FROM COVID.
DID YOU KNOW THERE'S ZERO EVIDENCE THAT CHILDREN CATCH COVID AT SCHOOL AND THEN INFECT PARENTS OR GRANDCHILDREN, GRANDPARENTS AT HOME.
AND BELIEVE ME, THEY'VE LOOKED FOR THAT EVIDENCE.
SO WITH ALL THAT ACADEMIC PROBLEMS WE'RE HAVING COULDN'T WE JUST FOCUS ON ACADEMICS, BUT NO.
NOW THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS MANDATED CULTURAL COMPETENCY, NOT JUST TRAINING, BUT EVALUATIONS OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN IMPLEMENTING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PRACTICES.
THIS GOES WAY BEYOND CULTURAL SENSITIVITY TRAINING EDUCATORS ARE EXPLICITLY CALLED TO BE CHANGE AGENTS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ACADEMIC EQUITY, NOT EQUALITY EQUITY.
YOUR COUNTY SCHOOLS HAS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED OUTCOME-BASED EQUITY PROGRAM IN SCHOOL DISCIPLINE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IF A KID IN THE BLUE ETHIC GROUP DOES SOMETHING WRONG AND HE CAN'T BE SUSPENDED IF TOO MANY BLUE KIDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUSPENDED, THIS IS OUTCOME BASED EQUITY.
IT'S CERTAINLY NOT JUDGING BASED ON THE CONTENT OF THE KID'S CHARACTER.
INSTEAD OF TEACHING OUR CHILDREN, THE LIE THAT AMERICA IS SYSTEMICALLY RACIST, WE SHOULD BE TEACHING THEM JUST HOW GREAT OUR CONSTITUTION IS.
I IMPLORE YOU DO THE RIGHT THING, PASS THIS RESOLUTION.
AND IF I, IF I COULD HAVE 17 THROUGH 23 Q UP BEHIND MS. HAYWOOD CAMP, GO AHEAD.
I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT CRITICAL RACE THEORY BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING SPEAK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING PROGRAMS, HELP CHILDREN DEAL WITH THEIR EMOTIONS AND THEIR PEERS.
IT HELPS PEOPLE IDENTIFY EMOTIONS TO CONTROL THEMSELVES, TO SEEK HELP IF THEY NEED IT.
IT HELPS CHILDREN UNDERSTAND OTHERS AND TO RESPECT THEIR DIFFERENCES.
I AM SURE YOU'RE AWARE THAT BULLYING IS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR OUR YOUTH.
SO CAN HELP BOTH TO PREVENT BULLYING AND TO HELP THE VICTIMS. YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT RAPE IS A CRIME OF ANGER, POWER DOMINATION.
IT IS PA IT IS BULLYING TAKEN TO AN EXTREME.
YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT 7% OF THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE RAPED.
AND THIS HAS BEEN TRUE FOR YEARS.
IT'S PROBABLY ACTUALLY MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT.
TALK TO THE WOMEN, YOU KNOW, ALMOST 50%.
I THINK OF WOMEN WILL BE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN SOME WAY.
AT SOME TIME, SELL CAN HELP SEEING OTHERS AS PEOPLE WITH VALUE, RECOGNIZING THAT EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT, THEY ARE THE SAME.
IN MANY WAYS, UNDERSTANDING OUR PEERS, RESPECTING THEM, PARTICULARLY WOMEN.
THESE ARE IMPORTANT STEPS TO STOP BULLYING AND ESCALATING VIOLENCE.
THE RESOLUTION HAS NOT BEEN THOUGHT OUT WELL, THE HATRED AND FEAR BEHIND IT, OF ANYONE WHO ISN'T THEIR RACE OR THEIR RELIGION OR THEIR SEXUAL SEXUAL ORIENTATION HAS LED THEM TO A POSITION IN WHICH THEY WOULD PRESENT A PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD PREVENT POTENTIALLY BOTH PREVENT THE BULLYING AND RAPE OF OUR CHILDREN.
AND WHAT ALSO HELP UNFORTUNATE VICTIMS DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH.
UNDERMINING THIS PROGRAM HAS PERVERTED.
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IT IS DISGUSTING AND MORALLY CORRUPT.I AM ASHAMED THAT IT IS EVEN BEING DISCUSSED.
MY DAUGHTER GRADUATED FROM TAP HIGH SCHOOL LAST FALL.
I'VE FOLLOWED MANY OF HER CLASSES OVER THE YEAR.
I KNOW SHE HAD A HARD TIME, BUT I WAS HAPPY THAT YORK COUNTY KEPT IT TOGETHER.
PEOPLE WERE DYING AND I'M GLAD THAT I MADE IT THROUGH.
I HOPE THAT WHEN THE BOARD TALKS WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, THAT YOU KEEP MY POSITION IN TA IN MIND.
BARBARA HAYWOOD BRUTON DISTRICT TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND MR. MORGAN.
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THAT I RESPECT YOUR ELECTED POSITION TO THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
I SPENT 30 YEARS ON THE YORK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND IN DOING SO HAVE SUPPORTED PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.
IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING THE DIVISION'S CURRICULUM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, I'M THE PROUD MOTHER OF THREE SONS WHO ATTENDED FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TO GRADUATION FROM THE DIVISION.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN MANY JOINT MEETINGS BETWEEN OUR TWO BOARDS WHILE I DUTIES HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.
BOTH WHAT'S ACCOUNTABLE TO THE CITIZENS OF YOUR COUNTY.
WE MAY HAVE DISAGREED ON ISSUES, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE RESPECTIVELY FOUND COMMON GROUND.
THERE ARE ALLOWED EACH BOARD TO FULFILL ITS DUTIES.
I'LL COME TO YOU TONIGHT AS A RESULT OF THE RESOLUTION, ALLEGEDLY CRAFTED BY MR.
THE UPBRINGING, EDUCATION, AND CARE OF THE PARENT'S CHILD.
IN MY 30 YEARS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, I DO NOT REMEMBER WHERE THE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD DISAGREED WITH THIS STATEMENT REGARDING THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE DIVISION HAVE ALWAYS SOUGHT INPUT FROM PARENTS, STUDENTS, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WHEN IT WROTE THE MISSION, THE GOALS AND THE BELIEF STATEMENTS.
IN FACT, ON THE Y CSD WEBSITE, WE WILL SEE, YOU WILL SEE THE PHRASE EMBRACE, ENGAGE IN POWER.
IN ADDITION ON THE WEBSITE, YOU WILL SEE A SECTION THAT POSITIVELY SPEAKS TO PARENTS INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION.
WITH ALL THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE LAST WEEKS.
I HAVE ONLY TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU TONIGHT.
BOTH OF WHICH I KNOW YOU CANNOT ANSWER TONIGHT, BUT I TRULY HOPE THAT YOU WILL ANSWER INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY THE FIRST QUESTION, WHAT ARE CRITICAL RACE THEORY, CRITICAL COMPETENCY TEACHING AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING.
AND SECOND, WHERE DO THESE CONCEPTS ARE? WHERE ARE THEY BEING TAUGHT IN YOUR COUNTY? WHY CSD AND THE ENTIRE STATE HAS.
AND WE'LL FOCUS ON CULTURAL RESPONSIVE TEACHING UNIFORM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DEFINE EFFECTIVE TEACHING ACROSS AND LEARN ACROSS THE STATE SINCE AT LEAST 2008.
THESE STANDARDS INCLUDE EDUCATION, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING.
IN ADDITION, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GINNY SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION.
NOWHERE IN THE STATE IS CULTURE.
UM, CULTURAL RACE THEORY BEING TAUGHT NOR PLAN TO BE THOUGHT IS THAT THE POST-MASTER'S LEVEL AND POSTGRADUATE LEVEL AND CONCLUSION, I READ YOUR RESOLUTION AS AN ATTACK ON PUBLIC EDUCATION AND YOUR ACCOUNTING, WHICH INCLUDED THREATS OF WITHHOLDING FUNDING.
THANK YOU, MS. HAYWOOD, I WILL YOU TO HAVE A LISTENING EAR AS YOU GO FORWARD, PLEASE.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE, MS. WILKINS, HELLO, CHAIRMAN GREEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND FELLOW CITIZENS OF YOUR COUNTY.
I LIVE HERE IN YORKTOWN AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO EXP EXPRESS MY PROFOUND DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE RECENT ATTEMPTS BY SOME MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD TO STOKE FEAR AND HOSTILITY IN OUR COMMUNITY BY PROPOSING SO-CALLED PARENT'S RIGHTS RESOLUTION.
I'M ALSO HERE TO THANK THE YORK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FOR THEIR UNANIMOUS REJECTION OF THAT ATTEMPT.
APPARENTLY THE DRAFT PROPOSAL WAS NOT SHARED WITH THE SCHOOL SCHOOL BOARD, NOR EVEN NOR EVEN OTHER SUPERVISORS BEFORE BEING PUBLICLY PROPOSED AS A JOINT RESOLUTION.
ALTHOUGH OUR CHILDREN GRADUATED FROM YOUR CHI YEARS AGO, WE REMAIN PROUD OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF YORK SCHOOLS AND ARE DISMAYED AT THIS CHARACTERIZATION OF ITS EDUCATIONAL MISSION.
THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PROPOSED FURTHER PROMOTED,
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PROMOTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THEN VERY QUIETLY PULLED FOR LACK OF SUPPORT IS NOT BACKED BY ANY EVIDENCE OF IMPLIED OF THE IMPLIED WRONGDOING OR INDOCTRINATION BY ANY YC SD STAFF REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING FOR TEACHERS.I BELIEVE THAT IT SIMPLY SEEKS TO CREATE AN OPTIMAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR EACH AND EVERY STUDENT AND TO ADDRESS WELL-DOCUMENTED GAPS IN ACHIEVEMENT BETWEEN DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT GRAPHICS, WITHOUT EVIL OR DANGEROUS INTENT.
AS I SEE IT, WE ARE AT A CRITICAL CROSSROADS IN THIS COUNTRY, THE SHARPLY POLITICAL CLIMATE, WE FIND OURSELVES IN LEAVES, NO ROOM FOR FURTHER RIBS OR DIVISIONS.
I FOR 1:00 AM EXHAUSTED BY THE HATE AND INCIVILITY AND DISCOURAGED BY THE FLOOD OF MISINFORMATION, SPEWING FROM POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS AND SOCIAL MEDIA.
DO WE REALLY WANT TO CONTINUE TO CONSTRUCT ARTIFICIAL BARRICADES BETWEEN US AND THEM FUELED BY VENOM AND EVEN THREATS OF VIOLENCE? IS THIS THE WORLD WE WANT FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF OUR PERSONAL POLITICAL BELIEFS AND BIASES OR WHO WE HOLD UP AS OUR POLITICAL HEROES, OUR CHILDREN WILL GROW UP LIVING AND WORKING ALONGSIDE PEOPLE FROM MANY ECONOMIC AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS.
SHOULD WE, AS THE RESPONSIBLE ADULTS IN THEIR LIVES, PROMOTE CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT OR ENDLESSLY SOW SEEDS OF DISTRUST, RATHER THAN BRING A BARRAGE OF FALSE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST OUR BELEAGUERED PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC, PERHAPS WE CAN RESOLVE INSTEAD TO DISCUSS THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY WITH COMMON PURPOSE.
IF WE COULD RISE TO THAT CHALLENGE, WHAT A BREATH OF FRESH AIR IT WOULD BE.
UH, CHAIRMAN GREEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS JACKSON MONT FRANCE.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION CONCERNING WHAT YOU CALL PARENTAL RIGHTS.
THE COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS CHARGED WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND EVALUATION OF THE CURRICULUM THAT IS IMPLEMENTED IN VIRGINIA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THIS IS ALSO THE CASE FOR THE PO POLICY OF CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING AND EQUITABLE EDUCATION, WHICH ATTEMPTS TO PROMOTE AN UNDERSTANDING OF AND SENSITIVITY TOWARDS STUDENTS FROM ALL CULTURES IN OUR SOCIETY.
IT IS NOT AS SOME WOULD LIKE YOU TO BELIEVE PROPAGANDA, TO INDOCTRINATE OUR CHILDREN WITH FEELINGS OF GUILT AND INFERIORITY.
THERE WAS SO MUCH MISINFORMATION SURROUNDING THIS ISSUE.
ALL OF US COULD BENEFIT BY LEARNING MORE ON THE SUBJECT FROM UNBIASED RESOURCES SO THAT WE CAN OVERCOME THE CONFLICT AND ANTAGONISM THAT IS CAUSING OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH SUCH STRIFE.
I DON'T THINK THAT THE BOARD SHOULD ATTEMPT TO DICTATE AN EDUCATIONAL POLICY WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS, NOR SHOULD IT USE THIS THREAT OR WITHHOLDING FUNDING AS A MEANS OF DISSEMINATING CAREFULLY RESEARCHED OR DISMANTLING, EXCUSE ME, CAREFULLY RESEARCHED EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES.
INSTEAD, I'D LIKE TO SEE TRUST IN THE DULY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD AND OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS TO DO WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CHILDREN.
I IMPLORE YOU ALL TO GOVERN WITH AN INCLUSIVE APPROACH.
ONE THAT IS BASED ON AS THE GOOD REVEREND SAID, GRACE AND TRUTH AND ON FACTUAL INFORMATION AND TO PUT ASIDE THE POLITICS THAT ONLY CORRODE AND CONFOUND THESE ISSUES.
I LIVE HERE IN YOUR VILLAGE YORKTOWN VILLAGE, AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK YOU ALL DO ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF YORK COUNTY.
I'M A RETIRED TEACHER OVER 35 YEARS.
I'VE TAUGHT IN MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE INSTITUTIONS ALL IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
AS A TEACHER, A LIFELONG LEARNER, A GRANDMOTHER OF CHILDREN CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN VIRGINIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN A DIFFERENT COUNTING.
AND AS A CHRISTIAN, I BELIEVE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING THE TRUTH.
I AGREE WITH THE PASTOR WHO SPOKE THAT I, THAT RACISM IS A SIN OF