Fayette County Public Schools in full Woke Mode

[LowerLevelSeatA]

https://www.fcps.net/cms/lib/KY01807169/Centricity/Domain/3899/Strategic Plan/May22_draft.pdf

That’s their 5-7 year plan they sent to parents today. They said it took them 15 months to gather info and create. Give it a quick two minute scan. You can see where their minds are. Not much content outside of virtue signaling.

 

[jameslee32]

Pretty sure home schooling has always been an option.

 

[LowerLevelSeatA]

Pretty sure home schooling has always been an option.

Yeah if I didn’t have to work to put food on the table. I know many choose not to work these days but that’s not me. Any more grand ideas Rex?

 

[IdaCat]

Have they put tampons in the boy's restrooms yet?

 

[PhDcat2018]

https://www.fcps.net/cms/lib/KY01807169/Centricity/Domain/3899/Strategic Plan/May22_draft.pdf

That’s their 5-7 year plan they sent to parents today. Give it a quick two minute scan. You can see where their minds are. Also not much content outside of virtue signaling for what took months and months to create.

I see little in terms of actual teaching basic skills. Just a bunch of liberal buzzwords. Nothing on the actual subject matter students need.

 

[UKRob 73]

Pretty sure home schooling has always been an option.

Aren't schools and the teachers that run them paid for by tax payers dollars?
If so, you better listen to the people that pay the bills. Because they aren't happy.

 

[McDrama]

Yeah if I didn’t have to work to put food on the table. I know many choose not to work these days but that’s not me. Any more grand ideas Rex?

Move to another county. Delete your account. You are a Karen.

 

[JoeSwag]

I see little in terms of actual teaching basic skills. Just a bunch of liberal buzzwords. Nothing on the actual subject matter students need.

That was leftist buzzwords bingo. Woke garbage as usual. Everything is about race and teaching victimhood while legitimately oppressing another group. God forbid these stupid POS actually teach basics. No, let’s tell them to be obsessed with race and think there’s 72 genders.

By the way, if every company and school are constantly catering to you then how are you “marginalized” and not “privileged?”

 

[Bowiewasmyhero]

They teach the same lessons pretty much in all public schools. The difference is how much involvement mom and dad have making sure the kids do the work. If you make sure your kids are on top of it, you will have good kids. If you expect whatever school district you live in to raise your kids, you are going to be disappointed.

 

[bigblueinsanity_rivals250340]

Vote them out and every politician that thinks like them. The only thing that scares these people is the potential of losing elections and having to get actual jobs

 

[WayneDougan_rivals170043]

I think trolling them is more fun. That entire powerpoint could have been created in 20 minutes of the DEI page of any fortune 500 business or college campus handbook. These losers are such followers. By the way, did you see the new letter after DEI. Now it's DEIB. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging. The same clowns who add a new letter to the LBGQT+ game every year are behind adding letters to this.

 

[HymanKaplan_rivals48997]

Every single time there is a new super they do this crap. They'll probably hold a big rally before school starts (which will cost taxpayers MORE money) because new supers always do that as well. Bank on it...

 

[HymanKaplan_rivals48997]

LOL - just checked the website, and sure as death and taxes. Rupp Arena, August 8th...

https://www.fcps.net/Page/2#calendar1/20220813/event/95660

I can tell you, from a tech support perspective, this is detrimental. Those days right before school starts are critical, and pulling the entire support staff away from their jobs for most of the day, just to cheerlead is a huge waste of resources. Tech teams struggle during the summer, getting access to the buildings (floor waxing , moves, etc.) and so it often creates a huge time crunch right before school starts.

 

[WildcatfaninOhio]

Meanwhile, the USA continues to perform somewhere in the middle of the pack of industrialized nations in math and science. But, yeah, let’s keep using school hours for other things. Sad!

 

[funKYcat75]

Please list one item from that link that you have issue with. I'll wait.

 

[phunterd]

Please list one item from that link that you have issue with. I'll wait.

Equity. Big problem with that in a (supposedly) meritocratic society.

Unfortunately, public education is just another in a long line of institutions that have been conquered by ideology and corrupted to the core from it. It’s got another purpose to serve now and that purpose is not to create self sufficient, critically thinking individuals.

 

[funKYcat75]

Equity. Big problem with that in a (supposedly) meritocratic society.

You're against every student having an equal education or having equal access to resources? That's a strange hill.

 

[phunterd]

You're against every student having an equal education or having equal access to resources? That's a strange hill.

Equity =/= equality.

 

[funKYcat75]

Equity =/= equality.

Semantics. You don't think that some kids need help with resources in order to have the same educational experience as others? I'll be sure to let our Special Ed. and ESL teachers know that they're out of a job. No need for small group settings, individualized learning, etc. Just put everyone in the same room and they'll get the same education. That's equity. Equality would be to just sit those kids in their homerooms and everyone gets the same instruction.

I'll let our inner-city school know that they don't need to stay open to help kids past the rest of the district's hours or that they should feed the kids before they go home. Equality would be to send those kids home at the usual time and hope that they have the same after school experience as everyone else in the district.

 

[jwheat]

Government run education just like government run anything sucks Dick.

 

[phunterd]

Semantics. You don't think that some kids need help with resources in order to have the same educational experience as others? I'll be sure to let our Special Ed. and ESL teachers know that they're out of a job. No need for small group settings, individualized learning, etc. Just put everyone in the same room and they'll get the same education. That's equity. Equality would be to just sit those kids in their homerooms and everyone gets the same instruction.

I'll let our inner-city school know that they don't need to stay open to help kids past the rest of the district's hours or that they should feed the kids before they go home. Equality would be to send those kids home at the usual time and hope that they have the same after school experience as everyone else in the district.

Yeah, ok.

Exhibit A of what happens when you criticize leftist ideology - you are slandered with unrelated, incorrect emotional attacks.

Also want to point out that you attack me for being against “equal access” then attack that same equality in your subsequent post.

Equity, by definition, is the balance of the have and the have not. It is taking from the haves, giving to the have nots, thus creating equity. It is one of the core tenets of leftism which circles back to my original statement. It is wrong in a merit based society.

Equality, and more specifically, equality of opportunity, is something entirely different than equity.

 

[pharm727]

Looks to me like the school board needs to be voted out. The liberals have put diversity ahead of competence how about putting competence ahead of diversity.

 

[Ron Mehico]

I agreed with the premise of the thread I guess but then I read the actual link and have no clue WTF anyone is arguing about. That seemed like the most benign standard thing I’ve read.

 

[funKYcat75]

Equity, by definition, is the balance of the have and the have not. It is taking from the haves, giving to the have nots, thus creating equity. It is one of the core tents of leftism which circles back to my original statement.

That is your definition. And it is inaccurate. Nothing is being taken away from "the haves". You clearly have no idea what you're going on about, but you feel like you just have to say something. Take off your political glasses for a minute and think a little on your own. I gave you two exact examples of equity programs.

I'm not sure why I bother. People like you are going to be so set in your ways that nothing will ever satisfy.

Anyway, here's a cartoon.

 

[Dore95]

Some of you all sound like backward characters on Little House on the Prairie - "Teachers should teach only cipherin' because that's all my Homer will need to sell the crops in Sleepy Eye". Sure, schools can go overboard with "wokeness" but on the other hand schools have an obligation to teach kids about the real world and as much as some hate to admit it, that includes gay people, disabled people, D&I issues, etc.

 

[CatsFanGG24]

Semantics. You don't think that some kids need help with resources in order to have the same educational experience as others? I'll be sure to let our Special Ed. and ESL teachers know that they're out of a job. No need for small group settings, individualized learning, etc. Just put everyone in the same room and they'll get the same education. That's equity. Equality would be to just sit those kids in their homerooms and everyone gets the same instruction.

I'll let our inner-city school know that they don't need to stay open to help kids past the rest of the district's hours or that they should feed the kids before they go home. Equality would be to send those kids home at the usual time and hope that they have the same after school experience as everyone else in the district.

You should let them know you're on Catspause all day while they are in the daily grind with the special needs, inner city and starving children.

 

[phunterd]

Nothing is being taken away from "the haves".

Uh, check your meme that you just used to attempt to discredit me. You just proved my point and discredited yours.

That is equality of outcome not equality of opportunity through redistribution.

So again, back to my original statement, this is wrong in a merit based society. You know, the type of society that lead to the most prosperous middle class, economic growth, and scientific achievement in history.

 

[funKYcat75]

You should let them know you're on Catspause all day while they are in the daily grind with the special needs, inner city and starving children.

It's Cats Illustrated, but thanks for your concern. As usual, no content.

 

[funKYcat75]

equality of opportunity through redistribution.

Again, this is your definition of 'equity'. And it is wrong.

 

[CatsFanGG24]

It's Cats Illustrated, but thanks for your concern. As usual, no content.

you’ve been doing it since the CatsPause era. jump in every teaching thread, during school hours to defend all the pure work you do.

just hits me as strange. But I’m sure you do excellent work when not typing away here.

 

[phunterd]

Again, this is your definition of 'equity'. And it is wrong.

Sorry, meant to put through ridistrubtion after equality of outcome.

And it’s your meme’s definition too - the balance of have and have not because redistribution is viewed as “fair and just” through that lens.

But back to my original point - do you disagree with a merit based society? Because it is contrary to social equity.

 

[funKYcat75]

But back to my original point - do you disagree with a merit based society? Because it is contrary to social equity.

What in the world does that have to do with school age children?

 

[IdaCat]

That is your definition. And it is inaccurate. Nothing is being taken away from "the haves". You clearly have no idea what you're going on about, but you feel like you just have to say something. Take off your political glasses for a minute and think a little on your own. I gave you two exact examples of equity programs.

I'm not sure why I bother. People like you are going to be so set in your ways that nothing will ever satisfy.

Anyway, here's a cartoon.

 

[WayneDougan_rivals170043]

People who post this are not serious and lack critical reasoning. There are so many things wrong with this photo when you apply it to real life.

 

[bigblueinsanity_rivals250340]

You're against every student having an equal education or having equal access to resources? That's a strange hill.

They already do. The only difference between equity and equality is the weirdos behind all this discovered that equity polls/sells better.

Kids/people aren't the same and shouldn't be treated as such. They each have individual talents and abilities that need cultivated and supported. All this stuff does is tear people down to the least common denominator. So ya it achieves equity alright... everyone is equally mediocre.

Everyone who remotely thinks equity should be a concept even slightly pursued in government or especially schools need voted out post haste. If I had my preference, they'd all be deported to Venezuela where they could live with others who share their view of equity

 

[phunterd]

What in the world does that have to do with school age children?

Wow. Ok. We truly are on two different planets.

Which kind of proves the whole point of this thread and how public school has lost its true purpose.

Feel free to respond but between our conflicting viewpoints and a rare break from work on the golf course, I’m stepping out. Have at it.

 

[JoeSwag]

That is your definition. And it is inaccurate. Nothing is being taken away from "the haves". You clearly have no idea what you're going on about, but you feel like you just have to say something. Take off your political glasses for a minute and think a little on your own. I gave you two exact examples of equity programs.

I'm not sure why I bother. People like you are going to be so set in your ways that nothing will ever satisfy.

Anyway, here's a cartoon.

 

[JoeSwag]

They already do. The only difference between equity and equality is the weirdos behind all this discovered that equity polls/sells better.

Kids/people aren't the same and shouldn't be treated as such. They each have individual talents and abilities that need cultivated and supported. All this stuff does is tear people down to the least common denominator. So ya it achieves equity alright... everyone is equally mediocre.

Everyone who remotely thinks equity should be a concept even slightly pursued in government or especially schools need voted out post haste. If I had my preference, they'd all be deported to Venezuela where they could live with others who share their view of equity

The left does this any time a result doesn't align with their ideological agenda. If someone doesn't do what the left wants, it then has to be forced. If someone excels over a black person then the standards get lowered, Asians and white students have to be knocked down a peg, and then they exalt their desired group.

You saw this with Asian students suing Harvard for being denied admission despite having better test scores. You saw this with the famous Princeton study that showed Asians were penalized 50 points on SATs while black students were given an extra 230. Time and time again, if someone who isn't white or Asian doesn't succeed at something then it's always "racism" and "unfair." Never mind that they're in the same damn classroom as you are, taking the same classes, taking the same tests.

 

[ukcatz12]

Some of you seem to be reading wayyyy too far into this. This is the most benign powerpoint I've ever seen and some of you are foaming at the mouth because you read scary "woke" words like equity and inclusion. The list the goal for a graduate as being:

• Academically Prepared
• College and Career Ready
• Civically Engaged
• Culturally Competent
• Equipped for the Future

Seems like a pretty good goal to me.

 

[bigblueinsanity_rivals250340]

• Civically Engaged
• Culturally Competent

These have zero business being taught in public schools. Especially so by the people who currently want to teach it.