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Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | August 14, 2024 (Washington Examiner) — Last week, I submitted a Freedom of Information Act request for simple demographic information pertaining to students at Fairfax County’s six failing high schools. It is likely that the information exists in the district’s Student Information System database. If the data were available in the Virginia Department of Education’s School […]

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | August 6, 2024 (Washington Examiner) — Last month, Virginia’s Board of Education approved new accreditation standards for the state’s public schools. In addition to the existing school quality indicators — academic achievement, academic achievement gaps, chronic absenteeism, the Graduation and Completion Index, dropout rates, and the College, Career, and Readiness Index — the state

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | July 22, 2024 (Washington Examiner) — This week, at Fairfax County, Virginia’s school board meeting, the Muslim community made a stand against gender ideology and sexually explicit materials in public schools.  Thoraia Hussein, a mother of six children who attend the district’s public schools, spoke at the dais to school board members in front

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | July 17, 2024 (Washington Examiner) — Last week, I sent an email to Fairfax County Public Schools leaders, inquiring whether they intend to implement President Joe Biden’s revisions to Title IX on Aug. 1. It’s a simple question with a “yes” or “no” answer. But, as with many other important decisions involving our children, the district’s

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | June 27, 2024 (Washington Examiner) — The disconnect between Fairfax County Public Schools leadership’s words and actions would be almost funny if their antics did not involve children. While they strive to put race at the center of every educational lesson and policy consideration, they are ironically omitting it as they discuss

Pictured: Fairfax County School Board Chairman Karl Frisch Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | June 25, 2024 (Washington Examiner) — This Thursday, the Fairfax County School Board is set to vote on controversial changes to the district’s sex education curriculum. The vote likely will include whether to start instruction on gender ideology in elementary school, as recommended by the district’s

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | June 11, 2024 (Washington Examiner) — In Fairfax County’s public schools, where drug possession on school grounds does not necessarily result in suspensions, political infractions, such as attending school maskless or “misgendering” peers, have been severely punished. Fairfax County’s code of conduct transcends “the science.” Even students in elementary school know from the highly

The left’s strategy is to redefine words that have clear definitions while being intentionally vague about terms like ‘marginalized groups.’ Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | May 28, 2024 (The Federalist) — With the rise of leftist, anti-Israel protests on college campuses, Americans increasingly recognize the dangers of the “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) cancer in higher education.

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | May 23, 2024 (Washington Examiner) — Last week, Fairfax County’s school board members sent an email to the district’s residents soliciting feedback in a survey on the proposed changes to the family life education curriculum. The school board’s appointed Family Life Education Curriculum Advisory Committee members’ recommendations for this year include gender identity instruction in elementary school and