This post is from from my other blog here

We won't dive deep into this local Loudoun book-banning issue, since our only reliably online School Board member, John Stevens, is so adeptly handling the local reporting already. But, it obviously deserves a quick comment.

It's nonsense, all around. It's utter nonsense that a children's book, that's received many, many distinguished awards from very competent, educated teachers, non-academic professionals and parents, is pulled from the shelf. It's utter nonsense that a single parent's objection isn't vetted further than it seems to have been. It's utter nonsense that we're all blogging and emailing about THIS, while, in the meantime, it's more than halfway through second grade and still half the class can't do simple subtraction or multiplication AT ALL, or without "manipulables".

It's also blatant and rampant hypocrisy, though unintended of course, that our Elementary School children are exposed daily to blatant displays and discussion of alternative lifestyles, including very-nearly cross dressers, comments from teachers about "living with my boyfriend", etc. Happens ALL the time, as commonly discussed among student and parents. The penguins are much more modest and socially-responsible. Believe us, most children by the 4th-grade really do understand these social differences, and really don't care.

However, a good test and scrubbing of LCPS communications protocol, school board policy and adherence to state regulations, and some degree of "awakening" by an incredibly indifferent (to the status and progress of local education) population of Loudoun parents (just heard a new one this week, the PTA referred to as the "Party Talk Association") is all a good thing.

All about a nice (and true!) little penguin book, that when searched for online, is Allowed (by our Internet Filtering/Protection Software), while the School Board member's blog was Not Allowed...need to check our filters, obviously.