Yes the thing about many these "think of the children" types is they really tell on themselves with their comments. They take harmless, benign books and immediately find a a way to make them seem sexual. Accusations being confessions and all that.

I believe you can sign up to attend virtually. That is what I'm doing.

I agree. I work in a much more conservative county and their Board of Ed caved to this nonsense and the kids were not having it. All it does is damage the relationship between them and the adults around them.

I have no idea. I just happened to see the tweet from the School District, was surprised by how many comments there were under it and then shocked by the tone of the comments. But it very well could be a Howard County school 🤷‍♀️

People are free to make decisions for their own children and I respect their right to do that, even if I disagree with their decisions. But they don't have the right to make those choices for other peoples children.

Well hopefully none of your coworkers receive death threats by people who had never heard of HCPSS until they saw the post on Libs of Tik Tok.

Its disingenuous to pretend that Libs of Tik Tok doesn't have an agenda with what they repost or that they don't know the consequences of it. I have no idea what the context of the original post was, but I know the context of the repost. I would venture to say that the majority of parents in the school district are fine with their child having Jacob's New Dress in the library, but that isn't going stop people who had never heard of Howard County before seeing the repost, from weighing in with hateful messages. It is clear that they nothing about Howard County or what the majority of parents value.

I'm a public librarian so I am aware of what the books in question are, as well as the scrutiny and review that the books have gone through by education professionals. I may or may not be okay to have my child reading certain things, but I don't have the right to make that decision for other parents.

I think it's pretty disingenuous to pretend that the the Libs of Tik Tok account with its millions of followers, followers who have been known to send death threats to people that they accuse of "grooming" isn't aware of the consequences of reposting what they do. Especially with their editorial commentary. I have no idea of the context of that original post, but I do know the context of the repost.

I don't go to their page, but I was completely shocked when I saw the comments in response to HCPSS's tweet and it seems that the only reason it is getting all of that attention is because it was reposted by that account (who I'm sure knows nothing about Howard County, it's citizens or it's values).

I don't think that having inclusive books in a library is "out there" and I'm upset that now teachers and librarians in my kid's school system will likely be targets because of that accounts followers, regardless if they show up or not.

Yep a few of us have signed up in support of the teachers and librarians. I'm a public librarian in another county and we've had issues with similar groups.

It never occurs to them that the inclusiveness of the school system might actually be a benefit to those of us that live here.

It's not so much always what they post, it's the fact that they have such a huge following and many of those followers are a bit unhinged. Teachers and librarians have gotten death threats after being seen on that account.

I have a kid in HCPSS and I don't want anyone from outside of the county weighing in on what my kid can or cannot read. This is just going to become a complete shitshow.

It really is. And again I would bet that most of those people don't even know where Howard County is. But they'll have people show up at the meeting screaming about groomers.

Libs of Tik Tok is an account that posts a lot about LGBTQ issues and things that they seem to be "grooming." They have a huge following and many of the subjects of their posts get harassed and worse by the followers of that account. Teachers and librarians (and others) have been sent death threats for having certain books in their schools and libraries.

Exactly. I really hope that the Board of Ed is prepared.

Same here. We've used Love Those Paws in Elkridge and have been very happy.

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Oops sorry about that! I'll repost it there!