Some school districts in Northern Virginia are pushing back against Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s 2022 Model Policies guidelines that would roll back protections for trans public school students across the state.
requirements for students to use bathrooms corresponding to their sex assigned at birth; the same goes for sports teams or extracurricular groups. In addition, students would need written parental consent to be called their preferred names and pronouns.
On Monday, Alexandria City Public Schools sent a letter to families saying the guidelines don’t align with the district’s “mission, vision, and core values to support all students and staff.” Since 2013, ACPS has enforced a And this morning, Falls Church Public Schools board chair Laura Downs and superintendent Peter Noonan also issued
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