Empty Room for Fairfax Public Schools BUDGET Meeting vs. Packed Room for Transgender Policy Debate
Friday, May 15, 2015
So, what happpened to the hordes of people who showed up (and exhibited such tremendous, er, passion) for the Fairfax County School Board debate the other day over which bathrooms transgender students should use? The Fairfax County School Board budget isn't as interesting, or more to the point as important to their kids' futures? In fact, the latter is infinitely more important to their kids' futures than the former, yet there were probably 200 times the number of people present for the former than the latter. You think people's priorities are a bit skewed, or what?!?
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