001copies of materials for board members should be given to the public information officer or designee in the media box at the back of the boardroom prior to the start of the meeting for distribution to board members please provide 12 copies of materials under no circumstances will a speaker approach the deus speakers must limit comments to the time allotted by the chair and announced prior to the comment period public comment period the chair determines the time based on the number of speakers and the agenda but not to exceed five minutes those who need translation interpretation assistance or reasonable accommodation for any type of disability in order to be able to participate meaningfully in school board meetings or public hearings should contact the superintendent's office at least three days prior to the meeting the speaking time will
002be doubled for speakers requiring translation interpretation assistance when requested other communications to school board members the school board also is also open to receiving comments outside of the school board meetings as an alternative means of public participation to email all members of the school board please use lcsb lcps.org i'll just remind you that when the room is very loud it is difficult for speakers to hear their names being called so i'm again requesting the members of the public present tonight to show support for a speaker by raising their hands standing or holding up your signs and i thank you for your cooperation board members our first speaker this evening is christina kroll to be followed by jill mccabe hi i'd like to kick things off tonight by expressing gratitude for our school board members who
003have consistently put the safety of our students first even when it has been unpopular to do so thank you too to dr ziegler jones and bowers for drafting policy 8040. thank you to the 26 virginia lawmakers who wrote the legislation that makes this policy a mandatory non-negotiable state requirement using correct names and pronouns for transgender and non-binary kids is suicide prevention you're going to hear a lot of voices tonight a few are likely to be very loud remember that the quiet majority of people out there in the community support you and stand by you in wanting to protect children from harm this policy hurts no one and helps some of our most at-risk kids to simply feel welcome in their schools from all of us in the youth suicide prevention community and all of us
004who love and respect all children a sincere thank you jill mccabe to be followed by amber beekler my name is jill mccabe and i am a parent and a practicing pediatrician here in loudoun county board members thank you for introducing policy 8040 and adopting the virginia department of education's protections for transgender and non-binary students i am a doctor and a proud member of a team that regularly addresses all of our patients and acknowledges their gender identity and strives to work without discrimination please allow me to address some common misconceptions regarding children's experiences with transgender issues transgender identities and diverse gender expression do not constitute a mental disorder variations in gender identity and expression are normal aspects of human diversity gender identity evolves as an interplay of biology development socialization and culture and if a mental
005health issue exists it most often stems from stigma negative experiences rather than being intrinsic to the child pediatricians strive to decrease adverse childhood experiences for all children including transgender youth as educators you share this goal thank you i i neglected to let everybody know we are using the two podiums so you can alternate them or you can stand behind a speaker it is up to you whichever is easier for you to get to okay thank you so amber beaclard followed by willawocky thank you and i want to say happy pride to everybody my name is amber beekler and i'm a board member of the transgender education association of greater washington or tgea i'm also an lcps alumni and a former substitute teacher and i'm a proud transgender woman i'm encouraging you all on the loudoun
006school board to adopt policy 8040 in order to protect transgender students in lcps i'm a co-facilitator for trans teens and tweens group and some of our attendees are lcps students the past year and a half has been very difficult for them and they deserve to return in the fall to a school district that supports and protects their rights to be themselves the data is clear the policies like 80 improve the physical and mental health of transgender students and there is an evidence that this harms their cisgender peers please do what you can for transgender students they need the support for their school board and administration now more than ever and just for any transgender students who may be listening it is it it may be rough if you are listening but please know that there
007are plenty of people who love and support you thank you will a wonky to be followed by michelle lefler my name is willow walkie she her hers while i live in herndon i run a community building group for parents of trans teens in loudon i'm on the boards of the transgender education association and fcps pride i've heard a lot about what trans kids go through in loudoun schools as a trans woman myself i know what i went through growing up and throughout my life we are all afraid some here fear that things they do not understand they have not talked to a trans person let alone a trans kid and sought understanding black indigenous and kids of color hear critical race theory and understand enough to fear those that are afraid to learn about racism
008lgbtq kids here my religion teaches and understand enough to fear those people who will use their god to justify mistreatment i am here to ask for compassion compassion for all most importantly compassion for those who experience things you may never completely understand thank you happy pride michelle leffler to be followed by julia holcomb [Music] oh no pressure hello i guess my one minute starts now my name is michelle lefler i'm a virginia female woman veteran and on the equity committee thank you for that i can ask today if it was worth it if the division is worth it if being on equity committee is worth it and it reminded me of the challenge points that i have here joint task forces for bringing the presidential inauguration because i believed in it washington dc i got
009the marines uh gave me a challenge coin because i believed in my work there sing pac fleet because i worked for admirals and i believe myself and i believe myself now i have overcome many challenges and so have you the book of joy i hope you read this this is about transcending suffering don't be limited just be open thank it's you holcomb to be followed by kelly bearing hi my name is julia holcomb i'm the mother of a person who is married to a non-binary person of the asian community this isn't complicated people are trying to make it complicated we are here to advocate for children all of them including lgbtq children including children of color we support the equity committee we support carl rush the new chef chief equity officer we support the 80
01040 policy and we support the school board in its efforts to support every single one of the children of loudoun county that's not partisan that's not complicated thank you very much kelly herring to be followed by eric herring first i want to say go braid in and go hca i'm very excited to see that up there hi i'm back here today proud as a proud screaming parent of a young transgender son in our loudoun county school today instead of focusing on the hate that seems to be dripping off the followers of jesus in their room in this room and from their kids in our schools i wanted to take the time [Music] oh wait i can wait the board is in recess for five minutes i'm gonna ask that kelly hearing be given 40 seconds
011that is when the disruption began kelly before you start speaking i have an announcement for the room and they're going to reset the clock the board is here tonight to hear from everyone we started our meeting early because we knew we would have a large crowd and we had a large agenda we ask again that you respect each other and everyone is allowed to speak and have their time and i will also announce at this time that with unanimous consent of the board and based on legal advice we will end public comment and move to our next agenda item if the room erupts again as it just did so please respect each other and let everyone have their turn at the mic thank you i said 40 can you not do 40 seconds okay so
012your time is up at 40 or at five seconds so we have kelly herring can finish your comments followed by eric herring okay so finished my comment about jesus and the hate dripping off of you i wanted to take my time to speak to all of the transgender students that go through our halls every day i know this feels scary right now and that's because this is scary and you feel unsafe i want you to know that you're not alone and we will continue to fight for you the transgender community has been through decades of abuse and i promise you that you will come out victorious these are your schools too and you deserve to be there but even more than that you are wanted there you are smarter and stronger than any lawmaker or
013religious fanatic who is scared of difference you are perfect and you are brave and you make our school community healthier more vibrant and stronger do not eric caring to be followed by diane destefano i should apologize right at the beginning for um mispronouncing any names my apologies go ahead in the book of genesis we learned that god created day and night two opposites that god created land and sea two opposites god created birds and fish one that flies one that swims two opposites god created man and woman woman again two opposites each of these things created by god are two opposites two different sides of the spectrum day and night are opposites but what about dusk and dawn are they day or are they night genesis doesn't mention dusk and dawn and we still accept
014it as something god created what about a penguin it's a bird and it likes to swim in the water like a fish how about dolphins there are many different parts of the spectrum that count as god's creation so why do we hold humans to these opposites and not see a trans person as god's beautiful creation when we only see the opposites we only see black and white we miss all the beautiful colors in between to everyone here stop hiding your transphobia in your religion because your religion does not support it life on earth is too short let people be who they are show more love and acceptance stop the hate i promise you god is not going to punish you for it diane d stefano to be followed by aaron gulik it's t stefano if
015it matters good evening i'm the mother of two lcps graduates and the grandmother of two current lcps students i am proud to be the citizen of a country that has the courage and strength to admit its wrongs and to work towards correcting them i am proud to be the citizen of a country that is working to be inclusive of all including those in the l in the lgbtq community in my 40 years of teaching i have seen growth towards communication among people it we're not done yet i thank this board for having the courage to continue the righteous pursuit of equity and justice so that all students can thrive thank you erin gulick to be followed by hazel herring thank you for hosting us here tonight i'm a resident of the catoctin district and mom
016of two lcps elementary school students no one in my household is lgbtq identifying but i would like to voice my strong support for the passage of policy transgender and gender expansive students deserve to be recognized and supported recognized as their full selves and supported so they can get on with the business of learning growing and thriving throughout their lives that is what i would ask for my own children so it's what i'm asking for others children as well thank you hazel herring to be followed by aaron dunbar my name is hazel herron and i'm a rising 8th grader at harmony middle school and i'm here today to speak in support of my friends and brother they deserve to be safe in school just like i am and making pronouns more and more normalized can also
017help with this with the acceptance of trans kids things like putting pronouns next to name tags or having teachers teach students about pronouns make all the difference in normalizing it let's keep moving forward instead of backwards so so my friends and brother feel safe in school thank you erin dunbar to be followed by josh stack [Music] i never thought i'd see the day when i'd have to stand up to protect my kids from their own school board you put the feelings of a few above the safety and discomfort of the entire rest of the student body and that is completely unacceptable you may notice that some of our usual speakers aren't here tonight that's because instead of wasting time listening to irrelevant statements from the many people who should not be here because they're not
018even our constituents are our peaceful other instead our peaceful army of moms and dad is blanketing leesburg to finish the job of collecting required recall signatures for mrs bartz and we will do the same for each district wrapped on the recall a few teachers were kind enough to donate some of the challenge coins that mr schrock can forge in his basement for your uh legal fees if you're interested if anybody wants to sign the recall please come see me this is your last and final warning i'm asking you all i understand you're in support of speakers please do so in a quiet way so that i can continue with the speaker list it is long and we want to be able to hear from all of you josh stack to be followed by aaron smith
019aaron smith to be followed by megan zimmen are you aaron or megan okay all right megan zimmen to be followed by colin wood thank you i have lived in loudoun county for most of my life and attended elementary middle and high school here i am also a loud and county parent i can't say that growing up in loudoun county that i had all the that i had the benefit of inclusive policies many of my peers suffered silently and painfully i want my children to be exposed to inclusive policies such as policy 8040 that enrich the lives of all of our students it ensures our students are treated with dignity and respect regardless of their sex sexual orientation transcend transgender status or gender identity or expression i support the school board for their courageous advancement of
020policy 8040 not because it's the right thing to do because it's also the law a recent study in 2020 showed that after screening over 40 over 40 000 lgbtq youth that affirming space within schools reduce colin wood to be followed by kirsten shabanowitz sir the microphone isn't on and can you please reset the time oh can you reset the clock sir i've already asked them to they'll take my direction thank you ladies and gentlemen we are at a turning point in our history for the first time ever the very ideologies and people who built cultivated and protected this country with the their blood sweat and tears are under attack especially in our public school systems the western culture and values that brought forth christianity and the founding documents are being called evil and racist and
021the cure for this extreme allegation is to destroy those principles even more so white children are being told untruthfully that all the problems in this country were their fault the morality and values of our founders are slipping from our fingers but we will not let this happen if you believe in christ if you believe in the constitution and if you believe in america do not let this country fall parents and students you should must step up and defend your values because this nation under god will not perish from this earth but it will certainly perish without him first in shavanowitz to be followed by chris hodges thank you for the opportunity to speak today and thank you to our school board members who currently support the work being done across the county state and nationwide
022in support of our lgbtq plus students and staff one of the greatest triumphs this year was access to free meals for all students we know because studies have shown us that students learn better when their basic needs are taken care of we know that when we feed a child they feel safe supported and have a greater opportunity for a successful learning experience but the idea of feeding students goes far beyond the nutrition we provide for their bodies we have an opportunity no an obligation to feed the whole child every child to feed their creativity to feed their physical growth needs and we certainly have a need to feed their mental health i hope the same school board representatives educators and parents who were outraged about mental health during the pandemic are now supporting the mental
023health needs of our lgbtq plus students who need to feel seen supported and accepted during the seven plus hours they spend in the school building i am asking you to continue supporting the work being done to create and expand policy 80 40. thank you chris hodges to be followed by candy murphy thank you at the equity workshop on june 1st i watched the video mr sirotkin said we need to find a way to have similar conversations such as the workshop but directly with the public and i think that absolutely needs to happen mr moore said i do get concerned that our message gets manipulated and all that does is create incredible turmoil and the message is getting lost we have to be able to communicate it mr mahadevi is that correct said i agree with
024mr sarakin that as of now we are inward facing when we communicate we need to take it from internal to external and dr ziegler said equity has been widely misrepresentative and misinterpreted so my question is what is the communications plan the turmoil has been going on for months so dr ziegler i assume that proactively communicating with the public is your responsibility is it not so what is that plan and when will it start candy murphy to be followed by candy cushman hi my name is candy murphy my pronouns are she and her i am an 18-year resident of loudon i'm a parent of two lcps middle schoolers and i am a christian anyone using christianity to attack policy 8040 or lcps equity work in general does not speak for me or my family and does
025not speak for all christians the p in lcps stands for public not private not parochial lcps policies cannot be based on the beliefs of one faction of one religion many lcps parents of all beliefs want policies and a culture that supports all of our kids so does the commonwealth of virginia which has mandated the creation of these policies i am proud of lcps for its continuing work on behalf of all students policy 8040 will save lives thanks to the school board and superintendent ziegler and happy pride candy cushman to be followed by shelley sleberg good afternoon my name is candy cushman as a vice president with the family foundation of virginia i am speaking on behalf of hundreds of parents here in loudoun county who look to our organization for help having a voice we
026are asking you to put the protection of kids minds bodies and hearts first and foremost ahead of political advocacy we are asking you to protect the constitutional rights of the parents and students you were elected to represent by not rushing through adoption of the transgender and gender expansive policy this policy which is modeled after the top-down formula pushed on schools by the richmond based department of education seriously jeopardizes students rights to expect physical safety and bodily privacy in their bathrooms and locker rooms as well as parents rights to be involved in school policies and curriculum that has long lasting impact on their kids it is possible to find compassionate ways to protect every single child fairly without trampling on these core constitutional rights thank you jelly slippers to be followed by elizabeth boyko [Music] john
027beatty once said a rose by any other name is just as sweet critical race theory by any other name is just as toxic ziegler suggested we follow his concepts of patience flexibility comfort with the not yet known in grace mr moore stated the easiest way for us to ensure equity is to just stop learning ms corbo consistently reiterated that staff is her biggest concern mr sorakan said we're driving with the headlights on off and the kids are still in the car miss king said it's the children's responsibility to sacrifice for the greater good mr mahadavi said i don't think we have been incompetent miss research said virginia law is very clear regarding recalls and it's just as good fundraising tactic to pretend it can happen miss barts next time you put in writing that i
028am mocking you you might not want to look up how to search guns dismantling um cleaning on your lcps phone miss sheridan i yield the mic buzz me out now cps elizabeth boyco to be followed by ann pryor reset her time on june 11th beth bartz wrote on social media regarding policy 8040 that quote the community is not being asked if they want these policies or approve of them unquote in an email to a constituent john beatty wrote that these will be voted on which means they may not pass he encouraged spreading the word about these policies so the board can hear from the community looks like this was just another attempt by beth bartz to silence the opposition through her usual bullying tactics it appears the community does want to be heard and will
029not be silenced also beth bartz the knight of her censure did extensive internet searches on her lcps issued device about guns and rifles how to shoot upgrade clean and take apart also right after she fired off an email to a confidential school board address blaming me and six other parents for her censure my question is this if a teacher in lcps conducted these same internet searches on an lcps device would that be considered a violation of lcps policy for employee technology acceptable and responsible use and would it be flagged ian pryor to be followed by rachel passani you can just he i can see that he's not here thank you rachel passani to be followed by lori avila all right lori avila to be followed by amy yarr i'm a loudoun county resident and i
030have five children we all agree any child suffering from gender dysphoria should be treated with love policies 80 40 and 8350 violate constitutional rights and are not truthful to children parents school personnel are required to rubber stamp your child's transgender identity at school without your knowledge or consent this is a violation of the constitution of virginia which ensures our right as parents to raise our children students and teachers you cannot be forced to address another person by a pronoun or other sex specific way that you do not believe is accurate that is compelled speech and it violates the first amendment for those of faith like tanner cross if this compelled speech forces you to also speak and act against your sincerely held religious beliefs this is yet another violation of your first amendment rights students
031we love you we cannot lie to you you have been born in the right body amy you are to be followed by arya sadagi i will not speak to any of the policies this time because you guys really haven't listened to us all year despite the fact that we are the very clear majority it is an honor to be working on this recall it is an honor to really be listening to all the citizens of loudon it is an honor to know that their collective signatures will be heard in court and it is my personal honor to offer you this challenge just resign save the taxpayers the money of all this of all fighting for this don't rob the students and the teachers of that money and as we go forward with the recall dr
032ziegler's words could not ring more true as we recall with patience flexibility comfort with the not yet known and grace toward the common goal that common goal is your recall and i have absolutely no doubt we will succeed arya to be followed by michelle tannis before you start massaging i'm assuming there was a um you weren't able to sign up all in a row without objection to the next couple of speakers i'm going to let the saudis go right in a row due to um young children we're going to accommodate that okay so aria's first hi my name is arya i love my teachers i love mrs brown and miss henriquez name it saudi to be followed by monica sagi hi my name is neyman i say thank you to all to all my teachers
033thank you miss beasley miss music mr pearson and miss mcinto i also say thank you to miss nemish mr bender miss bland miss smith and miss payne and and miss miss schultz thank you monica sadagi to be followed by mohs audi hi my name is monica saudagie and i have two children in lcps i would like to start off by saying that i was blown away by the dedication and the love that my children's teachers poured into this year the disappointment and anger over the events of last year has never been about the teachers i attended my first open schools rally a year ago today and i have nev i never could have imagined we would be where we are teachers and parents are both frustrated with the lack of communication and transparency this school
034board has shown i honestly have faith in this community that we have come that had we come together to find compromises we would not be where we are after teachers were given coins instead of bonuses their efforts this year for numerous businesses around the county have stepped up to show teachers just how much that they mean to us by offering different deals when the coin is presented we need to come together and come up with compromises that that both sides can live with this starts with policies not being pushed through in a rushed manner but actually listen to concerns from both sides a town hall meeting is a must at this point thank you very much for letting me speak mo saudi to be followed by michelle tannis and i do appreciate um letting the
035saudi family go all in a row thank you everybody uh i again want to thank the teachers school staff bus drivers and just everyday employees at the schools that helped get us through this year now the hyatt is coming up over the summer it is time to engage more with the public uh we don't want any unilateral decisions to be made or to not be able to engage with you in a discussion about what we all want which is the best for our kids this is going to be a decisive summer on the future of our children but we don't want it to be divisive we acknowledge compromise may be necessary although difficult we can all have a voice but that is the most important thing that we all communicate as community members and hear
036each other out thank you michelle tanis to be followed by tamara nielsen i'm michelle tannis a mother of two daughters and two sons and a sexual assault survivor i am here to plead with you to stop the push for 8040 and 8350 as they fail to protect all students parents school board teachers i present to you a possible scenario that could come to a loud county school near you four girls are on a band trip and shari is sharing a room with only two beds one of the girls has a penis the girl without a penis who has to share a bed with a girl with a penis complains the girl with a penis can claim a civil rights violation on the grounds of gender identity the biological girl has violated the civil rights of
037the girl with the penis by not accepting her gender identity the school cannot require the girl with a penis to have a separate room but what if the biological girl who has complained is a sexual assault survivor are you going to tell her she has to accept this situation what about her rights to feel safe you are putting at risk the very people we should be working to protect tamara nielsen to be followed by fred avila fred avila to be followed by elizabeth perrin [Music] good afternoon i'm here today to speak in support of tanner cross and his constitutional right to speak i asked the school board to drop their appeal of judge ploughman's ruling you are now using taxpayer money to oppose an lcps employee whom a judge has validated as having a first
038amendment right to free speech without any retribution by appealing to the virginia supreme court you are taking precious taxpayer resources out of the classroom you are also each under official obligation to support the constitution of the united states a judge with jurisdiction over this county has ruled that you are instead violating the civil rights of a citizen in this county i urge you to reverse course and abide by the constitution that you are required to and have sworn to uphold elizabeth perrin to be followed by daniella harris this year we have yet to focus on the actual education of our children yet we've experienced the eight of you along with members of the board of supervisors breaking laws and violating our first amendment rights by engaging in multiple secret facebook groups creating a quorum to
039set county policy to target parents to remove any dissenting opinions from your own echo chambers before declaring war on the parents and dropping your narrative into the spin cycle to announce that we are an alt-right fringe group of a conspiracy or of conspiracy theorists and political operatives shame on you the fact remains that be this is all because of what you did and the fact that it did not match what you said they were at odds and parents decided to pay thousands of dollars on foia requests to find and share the truth in your own words i it is not political it is parental and i absolutely refuse to co-parent with lcps daniela harris to be followed by jeremy wright good evening first of all like to thank god that we're all here and live
040in a free country where we can speak our minds even if opposing opinions my question is to each of you personally why is active grooming of our students allowed to take place under your watch why is indoctrination allowed to take place under your watch why is continued misinformation allowed to be distributed under your watch why is only a one-way narrative allowed to take place under your watch why are teachers expressing their personal opinions and convictions during a public comment session then fire under your watch why is religious freedom being ignored and trampled upon under your watch why is science and basic biology being ignored under your watch why is the freedom of speech being condemned in schools we live in the united states of america our children are watching us and it's safe to say
041that we are greatly failing them under your watch jeremy wright to be followed by mary [Music] kapenshny and uh seeing some of the people that were bused in today i can't disagree with any of the slogans or images that i'm seeing i i do think black lives matter i think affirming inclusive environments are important in schools rainbows are beautiful and love is love how can anyone disagree with that but when it comes to the policies in this school the words don't match the actions to force policies that restrict our freedoms is beneficial to no one even those who would benefit in the short term none of the purported solutions help any of the people there they say they're fighting for making those arguments disingenuous their slogans and images false and those who follow these movements
042less fulfilled than the way when they join the cause it's all fake the more time that passes the clearer that will become to everyone race is very important to some but it is only skin deep these are superficial constructs that in the past have been used by political powers to divide this country i would argue is being done thank you mary kopech need to be followed by isaac mccurdy i'm sorry i didn't we don't engage with the board but during with the public comment we are trying to ensure everyone gets their turn to speak so we're going to keep going is mary kapcheny here all right we'll move to isaac mccurdy i'm isaac mccurdy of sterling and cornell university and over the past 10 years i've studied china both through my major at cornell and
043through a year and a half of living in china please take this as proof that my criticism of the school board today is not an overreaction or political proposal but a procedural warning based on carefully curated experience expertise in 1958 mao zedong and the chinese communist party began the great leap forward an agro-industrial initiative that killed 45 million people in 1959 chinese defense minister punderhuay publicly criticized the great leap forward and not a month later he was fired and later imprisoned in may 2021 tanner crossed before this school board and criticized a proposed policy that he believed to be dangerous to his students and not two weeks later he was placed on administrative leave amen is insufficient but please believe me when i tell you that based on my years of studying china if we
044here in loudoun county begin punishing our teachers for expressing concern for proposed school policy we really are only a few years and a charming leader away from an american cultural revolution in which a few control the approved ideology and procedure for the whole county thank you megan jenkins to be followed by lauren bordeaux first i want to say i am happy about the recent decision in the tanner cross case mr ziegler you owe him an apology and you need to reinstate excuse me reinstate him quit wasting our tax dollars on appeals i agree with mr cross that proposed policies 80 40 and 8350 are terrible trans people keep saying they need protection but they already have protection under lcps anti-bullying policy if policies 80 40 and 8350 get passed 99.5 of students will not be
045protected i have three children in lcps my oldest child will be starting middle school in the fall where is her protection if a biological male is staring at her as she changes her clothes in the locker room where is her protection if she runs track and loses every time to a biological male whereas a protection for teachers forced to call students a pronoun that does not match their biology according to science there are two genders male and female biology is not a means to an end it's an end in itself vote no to policies 80 40 and 8350 they are dangerous and lack common sense follow the science lorien bordeaux to be followed by brian davison i am a loudoun county resident a homeschool mom of three and a follower of jesus the lcps school
046board has managed to turn our once prestigious public schools into mediocre publicly funded politically motivated private schools they have said shut up or get out to those who object their equity and inclusion efforts school board you dismissed a beloved teacher for using his right to free speech in a public forum to express his religious objection to policy 80 40. and now you're using our taxpayer dollars to appeal the judge's sound decision to reinstate him you should be ashamed your actions have been despicable it is clear you don't listen to our objections but the world is listening make a stand as a prominent county in virginia stop equity training vote no on policy 8040 bring back the quality education that this county was once formerly known for to students staff and parents make your voices and
047views heard thank you brian davison to be followed by natasha grover you may want to read fulton versus city of philadelphia entitled seven to avoid some further legal losses tonight i wanted to talk about more failures of lcps why won't you report the maps map student growth scores at tonight's meeting instead of tomorrow we know the real reason it's because they are horrific as a result of the countless mistakes you have made this year black and hispanic students don't even make national average growth because of you and let's talk about your crt policies this coming year over 30 percent of seventh grade students will take algebra one but starting next year only a handful will because you've implemented a full year of prerequisites of pre-algebra you've already eliminated advanced math courses based on the dmpi
048even though vdoe said you didn't have to and when you say that lcds equity policies are not based on crt i just have one question if average outcomes of different racial groups are not equal such as in academic or discipline violations does lcps conclude this is the result of racial discrimination if so you are implementing the marxist crt ideology will you answer the question natasha grover to be followed by jolene grover thank you mahadavi sorry if i said that wrong do your constituents know that you threw their daughter's privacy rights out the window when brenda sheridan demanded it do they know that you sacrificed their daughter's modesty to save your political aspirations in the democratic party do they know that it was your vote that moved the crazy gender policies out of the pupil services
049committee in the first place i wouldn't have to be standing here today if not for your committee vote last week even if you do the right thing for girls today and vote against the inevitable move to suspend the rules that i know you're going to do and even if you vote against the policies themselves it was your cowardice and lack of principles that made this happen today jolene grover to be followed by dana lockhoff if i get knocked unconscious i don't just stop being a girl because you don't know what my preferred pronouns are being a girl is not all in my head boys who identify as girls are no different from boys who identify as boys except in their feelings about themselves but boy but feelings are not why we have separate bathrooms we
050have separate bathrooms because of what our bodies do in them bodies matter calling girls bigots because they don't want to use the toilet in a stall next to a boy or get undressed next to a boy is cruel and wrong it is embarrassing enough for a girl to change a pad knowing all the other girls can hear the crickle of the packaging but telling her that she must be okay doing it in the presence of boys because her preferred pronouns are she her how evil can you be girls bathrooms do not exist to validate identities [Music] dana lockhoff to be followed by kim kim good evening my name is dana and i'm a loudoun county citizen and i have three children in lcps i'm asking you to actually shift focus and do your job i'm
051asking you imploring you to focus on the students most disrupted by this pandemic our special education students my daughter is four years old and enrolled in ecsc at the beginning of the pandemic she was three and she was offered a chromebook a chromebook well my daughter was three like the peers in her class she was more developmentally like an 18 month to two-year-old a bunch of handouts that didn't match her skill level and a chromebook is the support we received from lcps last year lcps did not protect our most vulnerable students please reshift your focus and support the students who have fallen behind and the over nine thousand students in special education that you kicked to the curb kim kim to be followed by jessica mendez good afternoon members of the school board we may
052live in the information age but for all our advances many still struggle to discern fact from fiction even when the preponderance of scientific and medical research aligned to provide us clear direction some remain steadfast in clinging to suspicions fears misguided biases and outdated information the expert consensus clearly stands in favor of policies that fully support and affirm transgender children to those of you who listen to those experts and accept truth i thank you thank you for choosing a path that protects our most vulnerable students history is rife with examples of suffering inflicted onto the innocent due to ignorant and outdated thinking i thank you for helping us begin to end another one of those shameful periods in history thank you for choosing compassion jessica mendez to be followed by jamie fortier [Music] the people here
053today have been activated by your actions or your failure to act i was called to action when i learned that best friends of mine were put on an enemies list created in an attempt to silence and intimidate parents by members of a private facebook group that six of you are members of that's when a group of us formed fight for schools in order to recall those of you who violated your responsibilities and destroyed the trust of the community you serve every parent every teacher every american has a right to speak freely without fear of being targeted it's not just a right it's a duty to our children and it's a duty to those who can't and now we know that there is a second facebook group in which seven of you are current members this
054is yet another example of flouting state freedom of information act law open meeting law the virginia and united states constitutions and your own bylaws looks like we need to print some more petitions jamie fortier followed by truth teresa troth teresa troth to be followed by cara duel are you teresa okay i have taught precious teenagers who identify as transgender i chose to address them respectfully by using their preferred first name not their pronoun it is possible to teach and be kind without affirming no child should be taught to demand another's affirmation rather they should be taught that their worth is inherent no child should be forced to affirm what may be contrary to their moral convictions or understanding of biological reality no teachers should be compelled to speech that affirmed something against their conscience or
055comply with actions that they believe may harm a child no person should be forced to utter prayer say the pledge or communicate approval of anything against their conscience lcps should uphold an umbrella of freedom and grace freedom to think critically and grace that acknowledges our differing worldviews without demanding approval from others all students and staff deserve equal protection to live out their convictions as they see fit without demanding the affirmation and celebration of others cara duel to be followed by monique dupey monique to pee to be followed by daniel brubacher daniel brubacher to be followed by scott pio walk the plank says pirate jim but captain jim i cannot swim then you must steer us through the gale but captain jim i cannot sail then down with the galley slaves you go but captain jim
056i cannot row then you must be the pirate's clerk but captain jim i cannot work in a pirate captain you must be thank you jim says captain me i've noticed a pattern you treat your bosses most of us like children you treat the woke mob your employees and teachers unions like the boss and you treat children who have not harmed you like pawns in your leftist social experiment children are not identity groups they are individuals each one unique but the woke ideology you all have embraced denies this the united states is a nation unlike any other where limited government accountable to the people preserves opportunity for everyone but the false premises of wokeness that you propose to teach kids are self-destructive uh hate for others tearing down their own future brenda when you give us
057a timeout for clapping uh we hear you saying look at me i am the captain now you're not the captain we're your bosses and god willing will return most of you to the private sector very soon we don't hate you but we love our do love our children we love all of our neighbors and we love this country thank you scott piyo should be followed by angela cross my name is scott pio corbo sheridan reeser king bart's these questions are for you if i declare i'm a woman today can i follow you into the woman's bathroom this is a school building after all can you be followed into a locker room before gym and be watched as you change into gym clothes since it's allowed in middle school some of you have not hit puberty
058yet can the girls watch me dress and undress in my gym clothes if i declare i'm a girl because now i call myself a girl can i travel on a girl's soccer team sleep in the girls hotel rooms with my pjs watching the girls shower and change clothes because i've changed because i've declared myself a woman you have now ostracized all these girls it's a terrible thing but you should not be allowed to as a boy because you have a penis if you vote for 80 40 this is exactly what you'll be voting for and this won't happen when i unseat david reed in the house of delegates this year thank you angela cross to be followed by darris hess angela cross next speaker is darris hess is that you sir honduras okay no and
059that's not the next speaker go ahead mr house thank you at the board meeting two weeks ago mr sirotkin listed some priorities he believes need focus if we wish to have a best-in-class education system here in loudoun it's a good list that list is where you should have and could have been focused all along instead history will not judge this board well crt like its counterpart the 1619 project is nothing but phony scholarship it isn't meant to achieve anything it's meant to divide and destroy this country by people who hate it that's why so many state legislatures around the country are making it illegal in their schools your treatment of tanner cross is a loser in the courts freedom of conscience always prevails see the philadelphia catholic church decision last week 9-0 and the georgia
060gwinnett college decision last spring eight to one the six members targeted for retal targeted for recall should resign immediately it's the best thing for everyone we will not stop we are fight for schools ask chris anders to be followed by michelle lane to be followed by wally bonilla can you identify yourself sir before we start uh chris anders loudoun county okay thank you go ahead as i watch parent after parents step up and oppose or sadly support the radical racist and immoral propaganda that passes as an education in loudoun county i'm reminded of the tyranny of communist china where your money is legally stolen and then used in government schools not public schools these are not public schools these are government schools like here to indoctrinate children against their parents it is not a matter
061who sits on this school board the problem is the power that the school board has which is why we must all work endlessly to pass school choice and empower the parents and rip away the power of the loudoun county school board theft of our tax dollars corruption radicalization immorality and tyranny in our schools are simply because liberty and the right to choose has been shackled and government has replaced it government is a natural enemy of freedom and promotes ma'am are you michelle lane okay so michelle lane to be followed by wally benia it's hello my name is actually michelle lane smithwick and they it's hyphenated hello everyone i am a parent of two loudoun county high school graduates i'm a registered nurse and live in and own a decades old small business in loudoun county
062and i pay a huge amount of taxes which funds all this in my early 20s i lived in west germany and during that time we visited many concentration camps one question visitors always had how was it that german people allowed their fellow citizens to be treated and slaughtered like livestock the answer was hitler's propaganda minister joseph goebbel brainwashing the country's citizens to hate other racial groups this social engineering brought about hitler's authoritarianism critical race theory in fact pits black people against white people and has an endgame goal of restructuring restructuring america to an authoritarian regime in china before the rise of communism thank you ma'am wally bernier to be followed by borsika zevos yeah three white men males the republicans all in my family fought 160 years ago uh against racist democrats and the free
063slaves uh they did have a great personal expense one of them was wounded in battle one was put in andersonville prison where there was starvation and cannibalism and lots of diseases he spent another year after the war in walter reed hospital recovering from his injuries and illnesses i'm not here to ask for reparations why not who owes who i'm not here because that happened 160 years ago i'm not responsible for it nobody in this room was born 160 years ago they're not responsible for it it's against well i guess what i want to say is it's also grouping people by races which is wrong the american ideal is individual liberty uh all men are created equal and endowed by the creator with certain any thank you sir please yield the mic to our next speaker
064borsika zevos to be followed by michael rivera hi i'm justin messenger and this is a message from my father to you all you don't know me but i know your hearts and desires this region is not yours anymore for sometimes you choose to do things against my law and order on behalf of my children trying to protect their offspring i am taking away all authority from you to rule the school system you can resign in the next seven days and go away quietly and in peace or you will be removed shamefully organizations paying for your evil work will be exposed countries paying for the propaganda behind the scenes will be exposed you are held accountable for your deeds and justice will rule again your seats will be given to my children i protect the youth
065from your lives by a ring of fire i am taking the schools back i am transforming this region the people the hearts instead of hatred children will know me they will walk in love forgiveness and peace there will be unity freedom and joy walls of jericho calm down now i declare all these things in the name of jesus christ my son your everlasting father in heaven amen michael rivera to be followed by dick black barack obama loretta lynch condoleezza rice ben carson justice claire's thomas clara's thomas thomas lebron james oprah winfrey candace owens sheila jackson lee all of them having common wealth success power despite having been raised in a miserable and systematically racist country like the united states according to crt ironically many of the self-proclaimed crt advocates on the list are not willing
066to distribute their wealth and power to less fortunate people of color the summer time is the school board's favorite time of the year because parents and citizens go on vacation and are left unsupervised they are left unsupervised unmonitored and unchecked to do as they wish look at where that landed us today do not forget where we are today and how much worse it will be if the board is left unsupervised over the summer time do not go on vacation and forget about this sign the recall petition keep an eye on all local and state elections and vet all candidates that do not work for us dick black to be followed by joe mobley i'm retired senator dick black of ashburn virginia you retaliated against tanner cross by yanking him from teaching for addressing a public
067hearing of this board the judge ordered you to reinstate mr cross because if his comments were not protected speech then free speech does not exist at all it's absurd and immoral for teachers to call boys girls and girls boys you're making teachers lie to students and even kids know that it's wrong this board has a dark history of suppressing free speech they caught you red-handed with an enemies list to punish opponents of critical race theory you're teaching children to hate others because of their skin color and you're forcing them to lie about other kids gender i am disgusted by to be followed by donna russell [Applause] madam chair i moved to end public comment there's been a motion to end public comment is there a second i second motion made by miss reaser and seconded
068by miss king is there any discussion all in favor please raise your hand and say aye aye ms corbeau can i record your vote please bye thank you the motion carries 9-0 public comment is now ended we will move to our next agenda item [Applause] good evening loudon the school board meeting is resuming it is 6 30 p.m and i will ask miss reiser to make the motion to convene the closed meeting i move that the latin county school board recess the public meeting and enter into a closed meeting pursuant to section 2.2-3712 of the code of virginia for the following consultation and briefings with legal counsel pertaining to jewel probable litigation for such consultation or briefings in an open meeting would adversely affect the negotiating or litigating posture of the public body which is
069authorized by section 2.2-371-287 of the code of virginia and consultation with employed or retained legal counsel regarding the same specific legal matter requiring the provision of legal advice by such counsel in accordance with section 2.2-37-11-a-8 as authorized by section 2.2-3712 of the code of virginia discussion of the award of a public contract involving the expenditure of public funds and discussion of the terms or scope of such contract all related to the purposes of considering a contract for the facilitation of the lcps strategic plan where discussion in an open session would adversely affect the bargaining position or negotiating strategy of the school board under section 2.2-37-11-829 as authorized by section 2.2-37-12 of the code of virginia is there a second second seconded by mr sorakin is there any discussion no seeing none please raise your hand
070and say aye aye all in favor aye thank you that will carry 9-0 board members um we are going to join the closed session virtually so we'll need to go to different locations in the building and um log into the link sent to you you