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Virginia school system to allow students day off to protest
AP News ^ | December 27, 2019

Posted on 12/29/2019 5:57:22 PM PST by artichokegrower

One of the largest school districts in the United States has announced that it will allow students one excused absence per school year to participate civic activities such as protests.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; abortion; banglist; genderdysphoria; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; homeschool; homosexualagenda; infanticide; medicareforall; nra; obamacare; secondamendment; virginia
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The new policy was introduced by Fairfax School Board member Ryan McElveen, according to The Washington Post. He says the rule may be the first of its kind in the U.S.


I think the first protest by the students would be in support of recalling school board member Ryan McElveen.

1 posted on 12/29/2019 5:57:22 PM PST by artichokegrower
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They SHOUKD be protesting their lousy TEACHERS!


2 posted on 12/29/2019 6:00:35 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: artichokegrower

Logical consequence, they never have to show up for school. When asked why they were not present in school, all they have to say is “I was protesting.” Life is a continual protest about whatever the left would have you believe.


3 posted on 12/29/2019 6:00:54 PM PST by Fungi
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To: artichokegrower

Government skools are child abuse.


4 posted on 12/29/2019 6:01:24 PM PST by TigersEye (MAGA - 16 more years! - KAG)
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5 posted on 12/29/2019 6:01:43 PM PST by Veggie Todd (Voltaire: "Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool".)
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Hey dude I was down at the beach protesting global warming. And checking out the ladies, the surf and grabbing a few brewskies.


6 posted on 12/29/2019 6:02:21 PM PST by artichokegrower
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You can thank the American Federation of Teachers.


7 posted on 12/29/2019 6:08:19 PM PST by wardamneagle
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What about the summer break? Spring break? Thanksgiving break, Christmas break....teacher planning days, etc.?


8 posted on 12/29/2019 6:09:12 PM PST by ealgeone
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Watch what happens if a student takes off to go to a county supervisor meeting to rally for a Second Amendment Sanctuary resolution, or to protest at a Planned Parenthood clinic, or to attend a Trump rally.


9 posted on 12/29/2019 6:09:37 PM PST by The Pack Knight
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10 posted on 12/29/2019 6:09:40 PM PST by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: wardamneagle

And when a student attends an off campus protest and somehow gets injured by violence occurring at the event who are the parents going to sue? The deep pocket taxpayers who fund and are ultimately responsible for the failed education system.


11 posted on 12/29/2019 6:12:05 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: Ouchthatonehurt

+1 X 100%


12 posted on 12/29/2019 6:13:33 PM PST by TigersEye (MAGA - 16 more years! - KAG)
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Silly you! Not on the official approved protest list.


13 posted on 12/29/2019 6:13:46 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Veggie Todd

Give ‘em a couple more squirrel seasons. They’ll either get knocked up by a foreign exchange student or become a hardcore lesbian. Either way, they’ll be a public nuisance and/or a burden on society.


14 posted on 12/29/2019 6:18:53 PM PST by Viking2002 (..........and Epstein didn't kill himself. Yeah, I went there.)
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15 posted on 12/29/2019 6:19:57 PM PST by MacNaughton
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To: Veggie Todd

Practice what you preach.

Excellent!


16 posted on 12/29/2019 6:22:16 PM PST by samtheman (U.S. out of the U.N. --- U.N. out of the U.S.)
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9 Watch what happens if a student takes off to go to a county supervisor meeting to rally for a Second Amendment Sanctuary resolution, …

12/27/2019 - The 2nd AS movement plans to expand its local and county fight to the capital in Richmond in January when the legislature plans to take up gun control measures. ... The groups have made plans to drive dozens of full buses to the capital on Jan. 20 for a lobbying day.

1/20/2020 is a national holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This has the potential to turn into a real public relations disaster for the 2nd AS movement. Gov. “Babykiller” has refocused his troubled governorship on racial equity and reconciliation in what amounts to an extended act of public contrition and atonement for past racial faux pas. The MSM will not let the coincidence of MLKJr. Day and the 2ndAS rally pass without forcibly connecting it to the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, VA, during 8/11-12/2017.

17 posted on 12/29/2019 6:23:46 PM PST by MacNaughton
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That is perfect. I’ve said for a long time if parents would make kids live what they preach it would stop in weeks.


18 posted on 12/29/2019 6:30:54 PM PST by McGavin999 (“Look into it” does not mean dig up dirt, it means find the truth)
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To: artichokegrower

We just used to skip school if something was worth protesting. It made it more exciting.

These “educators” are just such losers.


19 posted on 12/29/2019 6:35:02 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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"Virginia school system to allow students day off to protest...".... Just out of curiosity ... Students are also allowed to partake in Counter Protests against the Protesters .... .... Well ... Free Speech and All ... Right???
20 posted on 12/29/2019 6:53:40 PM PST by R_Kangel ("A nation of sheep will beget a nation ruled by wolves")
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