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Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | April 24, 2024 (Washington Examiner) — On April 11, a public school in DeWitt, Michigan, sent a letter home with its first grade students notifying parents about a plan to teach the 6-year-old children about gender ideology. Not only is this topic a reprehensible overreach of government-funded schools, but it is extremely […]

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | April 18, 2024 (Washington Examiner) — In the face of overwhelming evidence showing the harm of transitioning gender-confused children, an LGBT organization is scheduled to host a transgender camp in Arlington, Virginia, this summer for children as young as 6 years old. Last week, the United Kingdom’s National Health Service released a report criticizing the use

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | April 11, 2024 (The Washington Examiner) — This weekend, as we sat on the sidelines of our children’s lacrosse game, a mother told me about an incident at her son’s Fairfax County public school. When her mother, the student’s grandmother, went into his school late to sign in her grandson following his doctor’s appointment, the administrative assistant looked

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | March 26, 2024 (Washington Examiner) — Last week, Democrats on Fairfax County‘s board of supervisors voted to designate Easter Sunday as Transgender Visibility Day. The proclamation goes far beyond the supposed intent of making transgender people and gender ideology activists feel seen. Members of the board are also sending a message to Christians that they do not

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | March 21, 2024 (Washington Examiner) — Last week, the Loudoun County, Virginia, School Board voted against transparency when members decided to turn off the cameras during public comment. The decision was made along party lines, with the six Democratic-endorsed members voting to turn off the cameras, and the three Republican-endorsed and independent members voting in

Legal Fees, Per-Pupil Costs Soar Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | March 19, 2024 (Washington Examiner) — As Fairfax County Public Schools increases its budget to $3.8 billion, up 8.6% from fiscal 2024, taxpayers have been put on notice that they will be hit with more property tax increases. Fairfax County residents’ property tax bills are expected to increase again

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | March 12, 2024 (Washington Examiner) — Last Friday evening, the assistant principal at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Shawn Frank, sent a message to families, notifying them of a new confidential reporting form at Fairfax County’s magnet school. Frank told TJ families, “The form is designed to allow TJ students

The Supreme Court Should Have Heard Our Case Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | February 26, 2024 (The Washington Examiner) — As a parent, you learn how to help your child handle rejection. It’s a dagger every time, seeing hurt and disappointment on your child’s face. But you can turn it into a “teachable moment” and tell your

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | February 20, 2024 (Washington Examiner) — This week, Fairfax County’s school board is scheduled to adopt its fiscal 2025 proposed budget, totaling $3.8 billion, an 8.6% increase of $301.8 million from fiscal 2024. Rather than adding tax dollars to an already egregiously inflated sum, the local school district desperately needs a zero-based budgeting process, an external