Rumor mill Wrote:
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> > Baum Wrote:
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> > > Fake news fcps Wrote:
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https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/policies-regulatio
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> ns-and-notices/student-rights-and-responsibilities
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> > > > /important-topics
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> > > > "Students are expected to recite the Pledge
> > of
> > > > Allegiance and to observe one minute of
> > silence
> > > > each day, unless the student or his or her
> > > parent
> > > > objects to participation in such exercises.
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> > > > Nonparticipating students are expected to
> sit
> > > > quietly, or to stand silently, and to
> refrain
> > > from
> > > > engaging in any disruptive or distracting
> > > > activity. A student’s decision to
> > > participate
> > > > or not to participate should be respected."
> > > >
> > > > The idea that students aren't being taught
> > the
> > > > Pledge of Allegiance is simply a lie. They
> > are
> > > > actively being taught it, and are expected
> to
> > > > recite it, or if they choose not to
> > > participate,
> > > > to not be disruptive to students who do.
> > > >
> > > > Fake news. Gentlemen and ladies, you're
> > feeding
> > > a
> > > > troll.
> > >
> > >
> > > That may be official fcps policy, but it
> > doesn’t
> > > mean it’s being followed uniformly. I
> suspect
> > > there are a few schools that choose to not
> > abide
> > > by this protocol. Considering how
> dysfunctional
> > > fcps is, it’s conceivable that this is
> going
> > on
> > > and administration is doing nothing about it.
> >
> > I'm a teacher in FCPS and so are most of my
> > friends. I've lived in Fairfax Co for close to
> 20
> > years and my kids attend FCPS (different
> schools).
> > I've never heard of a school that does not do
> the
> > pledge every morning. Name one school you've
> > personally observed, or even heard about, that
> > does not do this. Just one.
>
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> I have heard sleepy hollow elementary does not
> encourage the Hispanic kids to speak English and
> lets them wave around the flags of whatever 3rd
> world cesspool they come from as opposed to the US
> flag.
This is incorrect. If you look on their website, there is a photo of the students standing to say the pledge (https://sleepyhollowes.fcps.edu/about). It's a Title I school that has many speakers of other languages, not just Spanish. The ESOL program is solid there and their ratings are a lot better than other schools in the area. Do some of the kids speak Spanish, or their other native languages, with their peers? Sure, but that happens at just about every other school in FCPS. It's very unlikely a teacher or school administrator would allow a student to wave anything around, including a flag from any country, during the school day.