By Meg Kilgannon
Last week a mom read aloud to the Fairfax County School Board excerpts from library books found in an FCPS library.
Shocking sexually explicit material was included in these books. Fortunately, parents are more aware than ever of what students are learning and the resources that are available to them. But this is not a new fight in Virginia. Not by a longshot.
The final debate in Virginia’s gubernatorial campaign gave us a glimpse into the heart of former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, and a brief history lesson about parental rights in Virginia is now in order.
Does McAuliffe really believe it’s his responsibility to “not … let parents come into schools and actually take books out and make their own decisions”?
Does he really believe what he said at the debate: “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach”? We know that he does, because he proved it at least twice in his previous stint as governor.
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Meg Kilgannon is Senior Fellow for Education Studies at Family Research Council. This article appeared in The Western Journal on October 1, 2021.
