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Woke School Boards Forget What Their Main Responsibility Is

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | October 18, 2024 (Washington Examiner) — School board members across the nation have the important responsibilities of ensuring that public school students receive a quality education, managing the district’s senior staff, and approving the budget. Too often, these elected officials neglect their duties in favor of a heavily politicized agenda. Fairfax County, Virginia, is no

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Is Fairfax County’s FOIA Office Charging High Fees to Keep Secrets?

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

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Some Fairfax County High Schools Likely to Lose Accreditation Under New Standards

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

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Muslim Families Object to Gender Ideology in Fairfax County Public Schools

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

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Fairfax County’s School District Leadership Ignores Parents on Title IX Revisions

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

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