Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Education
 
Board
State Board of Education
 
chapter
Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia [8 VAC 20 ‑ 131]
Action Periodic Review of the Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 5/12/2021
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5/10/21  11:43 am
Commenter: Don Nicholson

SEL NO!
 

Every Virginian should be outraged at these attempts to indoctrinate children.  The role of the public school is to educate & teach young people HOW  to think.  Teaching them WHAT to think usurps all authority given them by the population.  For decades, as Christian parents we have been told students cannot profess christianity in the school.  Furthermore, christianity cannot be espoused in the classroom or anywhere on school grounds (with very few exceptions ie Meet me at the Pole).  

Now, liberal progressives all of a sudden want to interject their "religion" in the form of 100% indoctrination of young people.  This is wrong on a moral basis and a legal basis but, even worse, it robs young people of their identity in Jesus Christ & as an American by diluting the voice of freedom we have enjoyed for well over 200 years.  

Bureaucracy is not responsible nor capable of education - only indoctrination.  Our beloved children & grand children don't need to be indoctrinated they need to be educated in the art of critical thinking not critical race theory.  Learning to think for one's self is the highest form of education instead of simply accepting what other's say.  This is a dangerous precedent to challenge & diminish American freedoms we all hold so dear.  I vote SEL NO to SEL!

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