Department of Education
State Board of Education
On this Guidance Document (Virginia Social Emotional Learning Standards )
CLOSED Opened on 4/26/2021 and Ended on 5/26/2021
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Updated 6/25/2021: As required by House Bill 753, enacted by the 2020 Virginia General Assembly, the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) established a uniform definition of social emotional learning (SEL) and developed guidance standards for SEL for all public school students in grades kindergarten through the twelfth grade in the Commonwealth. The VDOE’s SEL efforts are driven by the commitment to ensure that every student in Virginia attends a school that maximizes their potential and prepares them for the future academically, socially, and emotionally. The Virginia SEL Guidance Standards is a result of collaborations with multiple stakeholders throughout the Commonwealth including school-based personnel representing diverse Superintendent’s regions and disciplines, community leaders, representatives from state agencies, parent representatives, and specialists from the VDOE. Following the review of ...... expand note
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367 comments
| Comment Title | Commenter | |
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| GREAT | Jamie Jackson | 4/27/21 10:57 am |
| Social Emotional Learning Standards.....YES! | T.G | 4/29/21 10:19 am |
| WILL THIS IMPACT PASSING GRADES/GRADUATION? | Anonymous (97765) | 4/30/21 10:18 am |
| SES Curriculum | Nancy Przybyl Brown | 4/30/21 11:35 am |
| Stop | Anonymous (97778) | 5/1/21 2:07 pm |
| NO | Anonymous (97779) | 5/1/21 2:43 pm |
| Leave character development to the parents | Anonymous (97780) | 5/1/21 6:03 pm |
| School system over reach: Take this out of the curriculum | Anonymous (97781) | 5/2/21 12:08 am |
| Does nothing to further jobs after graduation, nothing but political indoctrination | Vic N | 5/2/21 7:10 am |
| NO! I am the parent not you! Do not teach this to my children | Anonymous (97784) | 5/2/21 7:28 am |
| SEL - No | Beth Allen | 5/2/21 8:53 am |
| Propaganda push | Anonymous (97799) | 5/2/21 9:42 pm |
| Nope nope nope | Yael Levin | 5/3/21 4:06 pm |
| NO to school overreach! | Anonymous (97826) | 5/3/21 5:16 pm |
| SEL STANDARDS - No!!! | Anonymous (97854) | 5/3/21 10:47 pm |
| Quit with the Equity stuff. Parents need an opt out for indoctrination of our children. | Heather Mitchell | 5/3/21 11:02 pm |
| Strongly Opposed | Anonymous (97862) | 5/4/21 7:11 am |
| Strongly Opposed | Anonymous (97863) | 5/4/21 7:15 am |
| This needs to end. This is unjust and counter productive to developing minds. | Anonymous (97870) | 5/4/21 10:28 am |
| Pure racism in VA Public Education | Anonymous (97879) | 5/4/21 12:32 pm |
| THIS IS CHILD ABUSE! | Anonymous (97881) | 5/4/21 1:39 pm |
| SEL and "Life Ready" indicators - Parents beware of the "movement" | Anonymous (97884) | 5/4/21 1:57 pm |
| Strongly oppose Social Emotional Learning policy recommendations | Anonymous (97889) | 5/4/21 3:08 pm |
| There Were 67 Comments and Now there are 23!!!! Virginia is Deleting Comments!!!!!! | Anonymous (97892) | 5/4/21 3:57 pm |
| Inappropriate Requirements for Graduation: Slavery to the Government | Anonymous (97893) | 5/4/21 4:07 pm |
| Saved Post that Was Deleted by Another Citizen (Shame on you for Deleting it) | Anonymous (97894) | 5/4/21 4:10 pm |
| Well reasoned, important topic | KG | 5/4/21 5:36 pm |
| Strongly opposed to this indoctrination! | Anonymous (97904) | 5/4/21 6:47 pm |
| Absolutely NOT!! | Theresa Morehouse | 5/4/21 8:48 pm |
| Great work! | Katy Zeanah | 5/5/21 9:26 am |
| Very Opposed to the SEL standards | SM | 5/5/21 9:43 am |
| Absolutely no. | Retired Veteran | 5/5/21 9:56 am |
| STAY IN YOUR LANE! | Candace Poling | 5/5/21 9:59 am |
| SEL Begins at Home and Continues in School | Katrina Dolak | 5/5/21 11:33 am |
| Revised curriculum | Diana Schmidt | 5/5/21 12:38 pm |
| Virginia Social Emotional Learning Standards | Anonymous (97933) | 5/5/21 1:03 pm |
| Please Stop | Annonymous | 5/5/21 1:51 pm |
| Overreach and Irony | Anonymous (97938) | 5/5/21 4:29 pm |
| Absolutely not! | First Responder | 5/5/21 6:09 pm |
| No! | Anonymous (97940) | 5/5/21 6:13 pm |
| Eliminate these "experts" and focus on the Kid's Education - no politics | Anonymous (97941) | 5/5/21 6:19 pm |
| We just don’t have time! | Anonymous (97943) | 5/5/21 6:25 pm |
| Inappropriate for a school | Anonymous (97944) | 5/5/21 6:34 pm |
| Social and emotional training is not a schools job, it’s mine as a parent so stay in your lane. | Anonymous (97946) | 5/5/21 7:14 pm |
| Put the shoe on the other foot. | Anonymous (97950) | 5/5/21 8:38 pm |
| Does not belong in schools | Anonymous (97951) | 5/5/21 9:00 pm |
| Politics > Critical Thinking | Anonymous (97957) | 5/6/21 12:10 am |
| Stick to math, science and English | Anonymous (97958) | 5/6/21 6:01 am |
| Forced group identification is not the Virginia way | Howard Turner | 5/6/21 8:54 am |
| Stay out of parenting | Anonymous (97962) | 5/6/21 10:34 am |
| Virginia is a leader | Ellen Pritchard Dodge | 5/6/21 2:57 pm |
| It takes a village . . . | Mama/Educator | 5/6/21 5:46 pm |
| Thank you for making this a priority! | Parent/Educator | 5/6/21 6:56 pm |
| Opposed | Anonymous (97972) | 5/6/21 9:53 pm |
| HB753 | Anonymous (97975) | 5/7/21 8:31 am |
| STOP deleting comments simply because they don’t support SEL!! | Anonymous (97983) | 5/7/21 11:16 am |
| Critical Racial Theory in public schools. | Mary Schade | 5/7/21 11:49 am |
| SEL is important in education | A school psychologist | 5/7/21 11:51 am |
| Hard work | James | 5/7/21 1:24 pm |
| Curriculum | Mike | 5/7/21 1:32 pm |
| School Counselor | Anonymous (97993) | 5/7/21 2:12 pm |
| Not Appropriate and Causing Harm-What's actually going on | Anonymous (98002) | 5/7/21 6:55 pm |
| Thank you for including SEL | Parent | 5/7/21 9:32 pm |
| Stop the Abuse of Children | Anonymous (98012) | 5/7/21 10:49 pm |
| Judge by the Content of a Childs Character Not the Color of Their Skin | Anonymous (98013) | 5/7/21 10:50 pm |
| End State Sponsored Racism End Critical Race Theory Emotional Social Learning | Anonymous (98014) | 5/7/21 10:51 pm |
| Virginia Can and Should do Better | Anonymous (98015) | 5/7/21 10:53 pm |
| Religion or Cult of Social Emotional Learning | Anonymous (98016) | 5/7/21 10:57 pm |
| NO NO NO | Anonymous (98026) | 5/8/21 8:40 pm |
| End state sponsored racism unless you want to..... | Anonymous (98028) | 5/9/21 4:20 am |
| Social Emotional Learning Standards - VDOE | Lynda Gruen | 5/9/21 6:01 am |
| A few reasons to reject SEL hawked by VA DOE, corporate vendors, CASEL, and foreign dictatorships | Anonymous (98030) | 5/9/21 7:10 am |
| Shut out of survey | Anonymous (98044) | 5/10/21 9:41 am |
| Virginia Social Emotional Learning Standards | anonymous (98133) | 5/10/21 1:25 pm |
| Well done | Anonymous (98168) | 5/10/21 2:39 pm |
| STOP!!!!! | NO NAME | 5/10/21 2:43 pm |
| Wonderful research supported need addressed by SEL Standards | Anonymous (98213) | 5/10/21 5:34 pm |
| Comments being deleted | Anonymous (98219) | 5/10/21 6:09 pm |
| This is life ready | Parent | 5/10/21 6:29 pm |
| You don't know what SEL is | Parent | 5/10/21 6:32 pm |
| Leave SEL to the experts. You are not | Parent | 5/10/21 6:37 pm |
| Horrible |
 ed off parent!
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5/11/21 8:08 am |
| How about using school to actually teach!! | Anonymous (98281) | 5/11/21 9:34 am |
| 390 More comments on this subject at https://townhall.virginia.gov/L/Comments.cfm?stageid=9105 | James C. Sherlock | 5/11/21 11:00 am |
| Much Needed! | Anonymous (98304) | 5/11/21 12:33 pm |
| Good Effort Misplaced | KC | 5/11/21 12:57 pm |
| Overstepping | Danielle | 5/11/21 1:18 pm |
| STOP TEACHING RACISIM | Anonymous (98383) | 5/11/21 9:15 pm |
| The standards look great! | Parent | 5/12/21 10:37 am |
| Much needed for student success post school | Anonymous (98439) | 5/12/21 1:39 pm |
| Yes! | Anonymous (98517) | 5/13/21 9:25 am |
| Go to school board mtg. Be seen be heard. | Anonymous (98519) | 5/13/21 2:39 pm |
| SEL standards | Anonymous (98520) | 5/13/21 2:39 pm |
| NO. | Emily Burke | 5/13/21 9:47 pm |
| SEL is inappropriate | Anonymous (98537) | 5/14/21 5:53 am |
| Too much CRT in this | Anonymous (98540) | 5/14/21 11:48 am |
| SEL | N/A | 5/14/21 12:30 pm |
| Social/Emotional Standards | Anonymous (98544) | 5/14/21 1:34 pm |
| SEL-Yes. By teachers- No | Anonymous (98545) | 5/14/21 2:01 pm |
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Anonymous (98548) | 5/14/21 3:29 pm |
| Hunter Gehlbach, Panorama Education and now Johns Hopkins University | Anonymous (98555) | 5/15/21 6:49 am |
| Vote no to this indoctrination | Anonymous (98556) | 5/15/21 9:02 am |
| Stop promoting hatred, racism, and division in our schools | Anonymous (98558) | 5/15/21 8:53 pm |
| No! Withdrawing my kids! | Anonymous (98559) | 5/15/21 8:55 pm |
| What happened to academics? | Greg | 5/15/21 9:54 pm |
| Vote No to CRT! | Anonymous (98561) | 5/16/21 6:43 am |
| Teachers Cannot Do it All! | Anonymous (98562) | 5/16/21 9:22 am |
| NO to CRT | Anonymous (98563) | 5/16/21 11:57 am |
| Explicit Inclusion of Disability within SEL instruction | Amanda Campbell | 5/16/21 4:10 pm |
| NO TO SEL | Anonymous (98566) | 5/16/21 8:50 pm |
| SEL is inappropriate | Anonymous (98567) | 5/16/21 8:58 pm |
| as a teacher i say NO to SEL | Anonymous (98568) | 5/16/21 9:22 pm |
| wake up | Anonymous (98569) | 5/16/21 9:42 pm |
| MTSS and Relentless tracking of children's thoughts and ideas to sell SEL | Anonymous (98570) | 5/16/21 9:54 pm |
| Much needed - please include ability also | Anonymous (98571) | 5/17/21 4:38 pm |
| teachers are not mental health professionals | Anonymous (98572) | 5/17/21 9:40 pm |
| NO to SEL with explanation | Kelly | 5/18/21 9:03 am |
| SEL | Donna | 5/18/21 11:09 am |
| NO | anonymous (98575) | 5/18/21 11:43 am |
| No to SEL. This is racism. w explanation | Anonymous (98576) | 5/18/21 11:46 am |
| Further division of society. No good. | Anonymous (98577) | 5/18/21 12:46 pm |
| pulling my kids from public school | concerned parent | 5/18/21 1:41 pm |
| Strong Future Leaders | Anonymous (98579) | 5/18/21 3:08 pm |
| Not appropriate for schools | Anonymous (98580) | 5/18/21 6:58 pm |
| How Do You Feel Today? The Invasion of SEL Software in K-12 Education | Anonymous (98582) | 5/19/21 7:16 am |
| SEL | Cheryl A Fails | 5/19/21 9:17 am |
| Religious values are no good for school, but ok to push CRT. Wrong. SEL is wrong. | John | 5/19/21 10:42 am |
| Very useful | Michele Hopkins | 5/19/21 11:26 am |
| SEL is critically important | L Hoffman | 5/19/21 12:24 pm |
| SEL is wildly inappropriate! | Anonymous (98587) | 5/19/21 1:29 pm |
| not the school's role. this is not appropriate. | parent | 5/19/21 1:53 pm |
| terrible. NO to SEL | Anonymous (98589) | 5/19/21 2:10 pm |
| Guidance document - absolutely not appropriate | Anonymous (98590) | 5/19/21 2:25 pm |
| Opposed | Anonymous (98591) | 5/19/21 2:41 pm |
| “SoA2: 3-4a, I can understand that people may face different barriers based on their identity and g | Alice Ashley | 5/19/21 2:54 pm |
| Strategies are not age appropriate | Concerned Parent | 5/19/21 2:59 pm |
| Concerned Parent | Chilling speech concerns | 5/19/21 3:26 pm |
| SEL standards | Anonymous (98595) | 5/19/21 3:28 pm |
| SEL is not the way to support kids or schools | Anonymous (98596) | 5/19/21 3:36 pm |
| no to SEL | teacher | 5/19/21 3:45 pm |
| Strongly oppose SEL in public schools | Anonymous (98598) | 5/19/21 3:48 pm |
| NO to SEL | Patrick Henry | 5/19/21 4:20 pm |
| Venture capitalist backed Panorama Education - MTSS and Equity are profitable | Anonymous (98600) | 5/19/21 5:03 pm |
| No to SEL | Anonymous (98601) | 5/19/21 5:43 pm |
| Decision process allows students to decide that drugs are okay. Better off with Ten Commandments. | Arthur Purves | 5/19/21 5:51 pm |
| Very sad for our youth | Parent/ teacher | 5/19/21 6:34 pm |
| I cannot see how the SEL competencies can have measurable standards applied to children. | Dave | 5/19/21 8:09 pm |
| NO NO NO to SEL | Anonymous (98605) | 5/19/21 9:01 pm |
| NO to Critical Race Theory | Anonymous (98606) | 5/19/21 9:07 pm |
| Virginia's version of China's Social Credit Score | Anonymous due to Cancel Culture | 5/19/21 9:16 pm |
| No | Anonymous (98608) | 5/20/21 7:20 am |
| Foreign influence in SEL - Oak Foundation and Digital Promise | Anonymous (98609) | 5/20/21 7:54 am |
| Social Awareness | Robert Mages, Virginia Beach City Public Schools | 5/20/21 8:37 am |
| never has homeschool or private school looked better | concerned parent | 5/20/21 9:11 am |
| NO GOOD | teacher | 5/20/21 12:13 pm |
| terrible actually promoting division and bias please read comment | Anonymous (98616) | 5/20/21 2:29 pm |
| So Important for Our Children | Parent and Educator | 5/20/21 2:45 pm |
| emotional development and health is vital, SEL will not accomplish this and is detrimental | school admin | 5/20/21 3:53 pm |
| better have an opt out, this is not appropriate for schools to force on students | Anonymous (98619) | 5/20/21 4:16 pm |
| Not the job of the school. Way off base. | Parent | 5/20/21 4:58 pm |
| Job of Parents - Teachers Should Spend Time with Reading, Writing, Math & Science | Parent | 5/20/21 7:34 pm |
| Schools not qualified for SEL | Anonymous (98622) | 5/20/21 11:21 pm |
| No SEL | Admin and parent | 5/21/21 7:05 am |
| prepare to out students LGBTQ and religious identification and discuss with the class | Anonymous (98626) | 5/21/21 10:14 am |
| Self Management Standard 1 | Anonymous (98627) | 5/21/21 11:29 am |
| No good | Anonymous (98628) | 5/21/21 12:18 pm |
| SEL is NOT CRT... comments illustrate the need to teach our kids to be kind and accepting of others. | A concerned school psychologist | 5/21/21 12:20 pm |
| kindness/ acceptance is already taught, evaluating kids on how they are told to feel is WRONG | Anonymous (98631) | 5/21/21 2:38 pm |
| Helpful benchmarks for an important aspect of development | Megan | 5/21/21 3:15 pm |
| Good concept not a good standard or delivery | Parent/ Educator | 5/21/21 3:40 pm |
| This is Critical Race Theory with another name | Hack | 5/21/21 4:45 pm |
| Fundamentally flawed approach | Anonymous (98636) | 5/21/21 5:18 pm |
| Tax payers to fund division and hate | Tax payer | 5/21/21 5:21 pm |
| Do not support | FCPS parent | 5/21/21 6:23 pm |
| No one in school system is licensed to practice clinical or applied psychology required by SEL | James C. Sherlock | 5/22/21 7:40 am |
| Teachers do not need more on their plates. | Anonymous (98641) | 5/22/21 9:47 am |
| Commies Run VDOE | Concerned LCPS Parent | 5/22/21 8:14 pm |
| SEL is not the way to support students of families/ read comment | Public school parent/ Psychologist | 5/23/21 9:34 am |
| SEL is a necessity | A School Psychologist | 5/24/21 9:34 am |
| SEL IS THE KEY | school psychology intern | 5/24/21 10:32 am |
| pubic school mental health support | SEL is not an appropriate approach | 5/24/21 10:54 am |
| NO SEL. one more initiative that will not be implemented with fidelity or student benefit | sped education | 5/24/21 11:43 am |
| Sad for the schools and our children | Anonymous (98648) | 5/24/21 11:55 am |
| We do not support SEL | Public school parent | 5/24/21 12:33 pm |
| SEL is Critical to Healthy Development | Patricia Jennings | 5/24/21 12:52 pm |
| No SEL | Anonymous (98651) | 5/24/21 12:56 pm |
| YES to SEL and changing the lives of students | Carmen García, UVA | 5/24/21 1:05 pm |
| Do Not Support SEL | Marshall Baber | 5/24/21 1:19 pm |
| Vehemently Opposed | Anonymous (98654) | 5/24/21 1:26 pm |
| No to SEL | Admin/ Educator | 5/24/21 1:27 pm |
| No SEL | Teacher | 5/24/21 1:30 pm |
| You represent us! Majority says NO SEL/CRT | Anonymous (98657) | 5/24/21 1:42 pm |
| SEL is good | Steven Bishop, CCPS Parent | 5/24/21 1:46 pm |
| Adamantly Opposed | Anonymous (98659) | 5/24/21 1:52 pm |
| Pro SEL | Anonymous (98660) | 5/24/21 2:17 pm |
| no, no, no | Adam Soroka | 5/24/21 2:23 pm |
| NO SEL | Anonymous (98662) | 5/24/21 2:25 pm |
| SEL standards is a system for the school to tell your children what is fair, equitable, and just | SEL is not role of the public school | 5/24/21 2:28 pm |
| YES to SEL But... | Alieka Reid, SCPS School Counselor | 5/24/21 2:29 pm |
| SEL SOL's | Suzi Sherman, Brain Lab Resource Teacher | 5/24/21 2:31 pm |
| OPPOSITION TO SEL IN ITS CURRENT FORM | Anonymous (98666) | 5/24/21 2:33 pm |
| SEL will result in lawsuits against VDOE as it infringes on LGBTQ, Religious, and individual rights | parent/ advocate | 5/24/21 2:56 pm |
| SEL ok in concept this standard is way off and a dangerous overstep of the school | disappointed parent | 5/24/21 3:13 pm |
| so disappointing considering how much schools need. NO to SEL. | Anonymous (98669) | 5/24/21 3:31 pm |
| Some Concerns | Middle School Counselor | 5/24/21 3:35 pm |
| Enough with the indoctrination | Concerned parent | 5/24/21 3:46 pm |
| No to SEL | Anonymous (98673) | 5/24/21 4:12 pm |
| SEL is essential | School Psychologist | 5/24/21 4:14 pm |
| Well developed social skills are invaluable | Lisa Thanadar | 5/24/21 4:48 pm |
| Respecting Families and their wishes/boundaries in respect to SEL | Jill Whitescarver | 5/24/21 5:21 pm |
| SEL is essential. These standards are inappropriate | Anonymous (98677) | 5/24/21 5:21 pm |
| No good | Anonymous (98678) | 5/24/21 5:24 pm |
| SEL is not appropriate or wanted in public schools | Parent/ Administrator Public School | 5/24/21 5:34 pm |
| It's what Virginia students need now | Lawrence E. Sutton, Ed.D. | 5/24/21 5:38 pm |
| No to SEL Current Format | Anonymous (98682) | 5/24/21 6:17 pm |
| SELis a good concept, however current document overreaches and is inappropriate | SEL standard as written is detrimental to children and the public schools | 5/24/21 6:41 pm |
| SEL Standards | Concerned Educator | 5/24/21 6:45 pm |
| Not SEL standards | Concerned citizen | 5/24/21 7:59 pm |
| Make edits or vote NO change. | Anonymous (98686) | 5/24/21 8:04 pm |
| No to CRT indoctrination and YES to academic rigor! | Sarah Eddins | 5/24/21 8:19 pm |
| SEL is not the school’s place. | Amy B | 5/24/21 9:10 pm |
| In Support of Social and Emotional Learning | Jessica Adamson | 5/24/21 9:45 pm |
| Please rework these standards! | Concerned Teacher | 5/24/21 9:59 pm |
| 100% pure garbage-No to CRT | Active and Engaged Parent | 5/24/21 10:50 pm |
| Social Interaction | Anonymous (98695) | 5/25/21 6:21 am |
| Horse manure | Anonymous (98696) | 5/25/21 7:00 am |
| No to SEL | Anonymous (98697) | 5/25/21 7:45 am |
| SEL development is essential to the whole child approach to learning | K-8 School Counselor | 5/25/21 8:54 am |
| CRT Sel | Grandparent | 5/25/21 8:54 am |
| contains negative subjective constructs and political ideology- not appropriate for public school | school psychologist, Virginia- see comment | 5/25/21 9:11 am |
| SEL Standards need revision; great need to educate about what SEL is & what it is not | Educator | 5/25/21 9:19 am |
| SEL is crticial for our students | Jessica Chesson, Teacher, UVA Graduate Student | 5/25/21 9:22 am |
| CRT is vital to label student groups, to teach them a moral ideology, emotions, and behaviors | raise my children with your values, no thank you | 5/25/21 9:45 am |
| SEL is not new! | VA School Psychologist | 5/25/21 11:28 am |
| confused by use of word standard | School Psychologist/Parent | 5/25/21 12:20 pm |
| SEL helps children develop resiliency | Amanda | 5/25/21 12:39 pm |
| Suggestion | School Psychologist | 5/25/21 12:54 pm |
| Do not support this version of SEL | Anonymous (98712) | 5/25/21 1:04 pm |
| SEL is the right direction | Jessica/School Psychologist | 5/25/21 1:10 pm |
| Not your job! | Lisa | 5/25/21 1:33 pm |
| SEL is fundamentally flawed | Concerned Parent | 5/25/21 1:55 pm |
| Supporting this | School Psychologist | 5/25/21 2:27 pm |
| SEL | DeeDA | 5/25/21 2:47 pm |
| Gross abuse of the educational system | Concerned Parent | 5/25/21 3:01 pm |
| No to SEL. | SEL is not good for the public schools or our children | 5/25/21 3:40 pm |
| Elementary Staff Comments about SEL Standards | Angela White, Frederick County Public Schools | 5/25/21 3:43 pm |
| Not your job | Linda Jennings | 5/25/21 3:58 pm |
| SEL Yes | School Psychologist | 5/25/21 4:10 pm |
| SEL is for everyone, kids and adults! | a school psychologist | 5/25/21 4:24 pm |
| no to SEL | Anonymous (98727) | 5/25/21 4:40 pm |
| SEL for life | Anne, Educator | 5/25/21 4:44 pm |
| Comment of the Liberty Justice Center in Opposition to the SEL Standards | Daniel R. Suhr | 5/25/21 5:04 pm |
| SEL itself is good take out the CRT and political ideology and the standards will be better received | Psychologist | 5/25/21 5:13 pm |
| No to SEL in this format! | Yael Levin | 5/25/21 5:48 pm |
| No to SEL | Anonymous (98739) | 5/25/21 8:32 pm |
| No. This is crazy!! | Anonymous (98741) | 5/25/21 8:44 pm |
| Social Emotional Learning will not support your family | Sylvia Bryant | 5/25/21 9:14 pm |
| SEL & Navigating EdEquityVA A Road Map to CRT | Parent | 5/25/21 9:16 pm |
| Concerned Parent | Elizabeth | 5/25/21 9:41 pm |
| Frustrated Parent | Anonymous (98749) | 5/25/21 9:52 pm |
| No to SELs they leave room for radicals to indoctrinate our kids | Chad | 5/25/21 10:55 pm |
| Too much for public school | James V. Rives | 5/25/21 11:46 pm |
| Careful | School psychologist | 5/26/21 3:38 am |
| Stick to the basics! No to any more division.our tax dollars want Basic education NOT indoctoration! | Anonymous (98754) | 5/26/21 6:32 am |
| My children will no longer enroll in public school if this legislation passes | We have a choice to give our children an appropriate education | 5/26/21 7:33 am |
| Statement from VASP | Kelly Forsythe Acevedo, Virginia Academy of School Psychologists | 5/26/21 7:54 am |
| Virginia Academy of School Psychologists and No Mention of Parental Consent | Anonymous (98759) | 5/26/21 9:18 am |
| “SEL” Smuggles CRT Into Schools | LCPS Parent | 5/26/21 9:37 am |
| I’m Ralph Northam and I’m a Commie | Gov. KKK Northam | 5/26/21 9:43 am |
| School Counselors Support SEL | K. Jones- School Counselor | 5/26/21 9:48 am |
| contains additional politically driven ideology that is harmful to students, education, and society | also a psychologist | 5/26/21 9:55 am |
| SEL is Critically Important | Virginia School Psychologist | 5/26/21 10:34 am |
| this is not an appropriate approach for SEL and should not be included in standards | Virginia parent and principal/ unable to put name due to cancel culture | 5/26/21 10:42 am |
| sounds good, read the document and you will find the hidden agenda | Anonymous (98767) | 5/26/21 10:46 am |
| No to Marxism as proposed by SEL and CRT | Bryan | 5/26/21 11:46 am |
| We do not support this | Anonymous (98770) | 5/26/21 12:30 pm |
| Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct | Anonymous (98772) | 5/26/21 1:06 pm |
| do educated professionals truly think some of the SEL language is healthy and unbiased? | amazed citizen | 5/26/21 1:11 pm |
| NO to SEL | Jason Brewer | 5/26/21 1:44 pm |
| Get Woke | Disadvantaged parent | 5/26/21 1:53 pm |
| Long March Through the Institutions is Complete | Sane Parent | 5/26/21 2:01 pm |
| No to these standards- Parents are listening. | Anne | 5/26/21 2:02 pm |
| I do not support this | Anonymous (98778) | 5/26/21 2:06 pm |
| VDOE Doesn’t Care - This is a FAKE Survey | Not a Cultist | 5/26/21 2:06 pm |
| No to SEL | M. Brooks | 5/26/21 2:09 pm |
| SEL Standards look terrific | Michael Kennedy, University of Virginia | 5/26/21 2:20 pm |
| Full Support | Lysandra Cook | 5/26/21 2:26 pm |
| NO NO NO | Anonymous (98784) | 5/26/21 2:32 pm |
| SEL standards are vital for supporting students' well-being. | Julie Cohen, University of Virginia | 5/26/21 2:34 pm |
| NO NO NO | Dee S. | 5/26/21 2:38 pm |
| support for SEL standards | Jillian McGraw, Afton | 5/26/21 2:39 pm |
| Ideas and approach is not reasonable or ethical to incorporate into school curriculum | Mental Health Practitioner | 5/26/21 2:42 pm |
| Support SEL standards | Tracy Missett, UVA | 5/26/21 2:43 pm |
| These standards are thoughtful and commonsense. Fully support | Judy Paulick | 5/26/21 2:47 pm |
| in support of the SEL standards | Colby Hall, University of Virginia | 5/26/21 2:54 pm |
| Scared for our children and disappointed in the proposal. After careful consideration I am opposed. | reasonable parent- please read my comment | 5/26/21 2:56 pm |
| Drafters must have put out an all call for colleague support. All these cropping up on the last day? | Where was the support the last 30 days? Fishy? | 5/26/21 3:04 pm |
| just not well developed and contains to many inappropriate things for schools to be responsible for | Anonymous (98794) | 5/26/21 3:09 pm |
| SEL is an ABOMINATION | Anonymous (98795) | 5/26/21 3:13 pm |
| Something to Consider | A School Based Mental Health Professional | 5/26/21 3:18 pm |
| YES - SEL is a needed curriculum | J. Jones - School Psychologist | 5/26/21 3:18 pm |
| Educator | Courtney Sullivan | 5/26/21 3:23 pm |
| LCPS Teachers Oppose SEL | LCPS Teacher Against SEL | 5/26/21 3:24 pm |
| This is INAPPROPRIATE | FCPS Counselor | 5/26/21 3:26 pm |
| laughable | Anonymous (98801) | 5/26/21 3:27 pm |
| NO | Concerned Parent | 5/26/21 3:27 pm |
| Teachers Against SEL | Teachers Against SEL | 5/26/21 3:28 pm |
| VDOE WANTS TO TURN YOUR KIDS INTO ACTIVISTS | Anonymous (98804) | 5/26/21 3:31 pm |
| ultimately doesn't matter what gets passed or not, the majority of people are tired of this | passed or not it won't be taught or supported in the schools | 5/26/21 3:33 pm |
| Racist VDOE Supports Indoctrination | Minority Parent | 5/26/21 3:33 pm |
| SEL is grounded in solid research | Robert Berry | 5/26/21 3:35 pm |
| School Board Member Opposes | School Board Member | 5/26/21 3:36 pm |
| social justice (awareness) activism and Marxist ideology does not help our children or nation | social emotional development is very important, drop the other garbage | 5/26/21 3:45 pm |
| Oppose SEL | Kimberly Pickard | 5/26/21 3:48 pm |
| Thank You VDOE! I love this | Kelsey Travers, School Counselor | 5/26/21 3:54 pm |
| HELL NO! | Reasonable Parents | 5/26/21 3:55 pm |
| Nope | A teacher | 5/26/21 4:02 pm |
| SELs Political, Judgmental, Unfair | Chris B | 5/26/21 4:04 pm |
| Social Emotional Learning is critical for all students to learn- a school psychologist | A. Putnam, School Psychologist | 5/26/21 4:07 pm |
| No to SEL and CRT | Mary C | 5/26/21 4:10 pm |
| lawsuits will ensue if I can't opt my kids out of this inappropriate trampling on our family values | Anonymous (98819) | 5/26/21 4:13 pm |
| WRONG | Anonymous (98820) | 5/26/21 4:17 pm |
| Another Way to Make Political Activists | Educator | 5/26/21 4:18 pm |
| Now Running for School Board! | Anonymous (98822) | 5/26/21 4:21 pm |
| CRT | Henrico County Public Schools | 5/26/21 4:22 pm |
| Richmond Teacher Opposed | Richmond Teacher | 5/26/21 4:29 pm |
| I’m Going to Enjoy the Federal Lawsuits | Lawyer | 5/26/21 4:31 pm |
| VDOE Caves to the Woke Mob | Anonymous (98826) | 5/26/21 4:43 pm |
| HOW TO RUIN A GENERATION | Anonymous (98827) | 5/26/21 4:45 pm |
| Not All Teachers Are Crazy | FCPS Teacher | 5/26/21 4:51 pm |
| NOT GOING TO TEACH IT | Teacher | 5/26/21 4:52 pm |
| i can't believe educated people spent time putting this Marxist CRT Social Justice to force on kids | please stop | 5/26/21 4:54 pm |
| Support for SEL Standards | C. Smith, Retired School Psychologist | 5/26/21 5:02 pm |
| Absolutely NO to SEL and CRT. | Involved Parent | 5/26/21 5:16 pm |
| Please adopt SEL so we can legally segregate! | Anonymous (98834) | 5/26/21 5:17 pm |
| SEL is CRAP, Cut the Budgets! | Anonymous (98835) | 5/26/21 5:25 pm |
| I hope you enjoy getting recalled from the school board | Allie Holland | 5/26/21 5:32 pm |
| Against SEL and CRT! | Parent and Professor | 5/26/21 5:34 pm |
| VDOE LOVES RACISM AND SEGREGATION | Anonymous (98838) | 5/26/21 5:49 pm |
| Concerns about the Social Emotional SOL's | Anonymous (98839) | 5/26/21 5:59 pm |
| TOU WRE KILLING KIDS | Nat Steele | 5/26/21 6:52 pm |
| SEL good. Social Justice/ CRT/ “Social Awareness “=Marxist/ Socialist and destroying our nation | Look it up. Promoting class division conflict have and have nots | 5/26/21 7:09 pm |
| The New VDOE is the Segregated VA of Old | Anonymous (98843) | 5/26/21 7:19 pm |
| Teachers/Counselors Can’t Even Defend This | Anonymous (98844) | 5/26/21 7:23 pm |
| MASSIVELY UNPOPULAR | Parents | 5/26/21 7:26 pm |
| GET WOKE, GO BROKE | Anonymous (98846) | 5/26/21 7:27 pm |
| HELL NO! | Anonymous (98848) | 5/26/21 7:30 pm |
| Just Another Attempt to Brainwash Kids | Irate Parents | 5/26/21 7:33 pm |
| I Can Confirm that this Push is About Instilling Critical Race Theory in Classrooms | Central Office Staff | 5/26/21 7:42 pm |
| VDOE WONT READ THESE COMMENTS BECAUSE THEY DONT CARE WHAT YOU THINK | Regular People | 5/26/21 7:47 pm |
| Marxists are Teaching your Kids | Anonymous (98852) | 5/26/21 7:50 pm |
| Everything Leftists Touch Turns to Sh*t | Concerned Parent | 5/26/21 7:56 pm |
| Not on my watch | Richmond Parents | 5/26/21 8:06 pm |
| No No No | Parents | 5/26/21 8:15 pm |
| This is not appropriate | Anti-woke | 5/26/21 8:33 pm |
| ACT is even in the SEL biz. SEL is moneymaking off of children, not about children's well-being | Anonymous (98857) | 5/26/21 8:36 pm |
| SEL is a Gimmick; CRT is the GOAL | Teacher of 11 Years | 5/26/21 8:58 pm |
| HORRIBLE! | Parent of Two | 5/26/21 9:18 pm |
| social justice based on Marxist ideology, class division and socialism/ greatest example of racism | Social Justice=CRT=“social awareness”= racism | 5/26/21 9:43 pm |
| Draft SEL standards | Independent Thinker | 5/26/21 9:56 pm |
| Not Your Role | Parents Against This | 5/26/21 10:04 pm |
| NO to SEL!! | Lauri - concerned parent | 5/26/21 10:19 pm |
| This is Woke Ideology | Parents | 5/26/21 10:28 pm |
| VDOE Have Lost Their Minds | LCPS Parents | 5/26/21 10:36 pm |
| Don’t Make Teachers Teach Racism | Teacher | 5/26/21 10:43 pm |
| What is SEL? | L.Sakponou, School Psychologist | 5/26/21 11:07 pm |
| SEL is wrong-headed | Concerned Citizen | 5/26/21 11:43 pm |
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