Thread by @LJCenter

1/ No joke. Loudoun County Public Schools, VA have set up a "bias reporting system" that gives students the power to name and shame peers for expressing viewpoints inconsistent with extreme political ideology. Our latest #1A #FederalLawsuit #lcps

2/ Only “students of color” or those who expressly attest to being “allies” are eligible to participate in #LCPS “Student Equity Ambassador Program." It's basically a student council that converts students into speech police... it's school-sanctioned bullying.

3/ “Instead of opening young minds, Loudoun County school leaders are policing them. This is not education; it is coercion.” says Scott Mineo, #LCPS parent and founder of @PACTstopcrt

4/ “The school board has been trying to pretend discrimination and suppression of free speech isn’t happening in our schools, but we see it in class lessons, in the books being promoted or banned in the library, and in the creation of new school programs,” Patti, #LCPS parent.

5/ On top of adding controversial and radical political theory into the curriculum, #LCPS is asking students to be vocal supporters of these political views or face being excluded from school leadership positions and reported through the new “bias reporting” system.

6/ Parents say the #LCPS “Student Equity Ambassador Program” and bias reporting system are illegal and undermine students’ free speech.

libertyjusticecenter.org/media/loudoun-…

#1A #FederalLawsuit