0019 plus. Well, new tonight at 11:00, Fairfax County Schools held their first board meeting of the new year tonight, and let's just say this was anything but routine. There was a lot to talk about. Passionate protest outside the meeting and new safety screenings for everyone who stepped foot inside. Our Katy Luso brings us up to speed. >> Tonight, everyone who attended the meeting required to go through these weapons detection scanners. But ahead of the meeting, there were two rallies outside. One of frustration, the other a thank you. We are here because we want to make sure that the school board knows that we absolutely support what they're doing. >> For this family, the decision by FCPS to continue allowing students to choose which facilities they use based on their gender identity versus the one they
002were assigned at birth hits close to home. >> My uh 11-year-old Ketta um is non-binary. >> I came out when I was 7 years old when I hardly really knew the definition of non-binary, but I knew that was me. waving their flag. Together, they stood alongside dozens of others in support of FCPS despite demands from the federal government to change that policy. But just steps from them, >> another group gathered. >> They used to require parental permission for everything. >> Their frustration centered around accusations by a teacher at Centerville High School that FCPS officials arranged for minors to get abortions without parental consent back in 2021. She's the one who brought the allegations about uh apparent abortion trafficking from Centerville High School to the abortion facility right here in Falls Church to the attention of
003school authorities uh about seven times. >> Steven Aiden represents the teacher who came forward. >> So the message tonight is uh take this seriously, investigate. >> Among those at the rallies ahead of Thursday night's meeting, Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor John Reid. Look, there's a problem that is being revealed over the last couple of years in Northern Virginia with the management attitude of our public school system. >> He also weighed in on the gender policies in place at five Northern Virginia schools. >> I don't think that biological boys belong in the girls locker room. As a gay man myself, I can tell you that's really important that we make sure that we don't uh disrupt the entire society to cater to something that I have to tell you in my experience 30 years of being
004around this stuff is emotional delusion. And I want to be respectful of people. I don't mean to hurt anybody's feelings, but we can't base public policy on people's individual feelings. FCPS along with four other Northern Virginia schools have been placed on high- risk status by the US Department of Education with threats of possible funding cuts in the future. As for the allegations regarding abortions, Virginia State Police are still investigating in Fairfax County. Katie Lasso, W USA 9. >> Now to our weather impact forecast. So I can tell