The recently-elected, all-Democrat School Board continues to attract negative publicity for some of the same controversies that have disturbed parents and residents over the past few years. Karl Frisch, who was re-elected as the Providence District Board Representative, has now also taken over as the Chair of the Fairfax County School Board. Investigative journalist, Luke Roziak, recently detailed one of Mr. Frisch’s committee appointments in an article for The Daily Wire, Virginia’s Largest School District Put A ‘Kink-Affirming’ Bondage Specialist In Charge Of Reviewing Parent Complaints About Books.
Action From Governor Youngkin:
Last November, after multiple Virginia students overdosed on drugs, Governor Youngkin issued an executive order requiring schools to notify the community within 24 hours. Read local NBC News4’s report, https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/virginia-governor-orders-school-systems-to-tell-parents-about-overdoses-within-24-hours/3460214/
In February alone, the Fairfax County community was alerted to several more overdoses:
Educational Funding
With the legislative session at it’s critical midpoint, education funding remains a huge issue. Last year much attention was given to the JLARC report on educational funding formulas (see Virginia Mercury’s https://virginiamercury.com/2023/12/13/va-board-of-education-backs-new-funding-formula-for-school-divisions/. Cardinal News’s Dwayne Yancey has a thought-provoking analysis here, https://cardinalnews.org/2024/02/07/state-funding-formula-says-22-localities-have-more-ability-to-pay-for-their-schools-than-the-richest-county-in-the-u-s/