Manassas Park City School Board adds LGBTQ non-discrimination protections

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Manassas Park City School Board adds LGBTQ non-discrimination protections

Friday, Mar. 2, 2018 by Veronike Collazo, [e-mail]

The Manassas Park City School Board unanimously voted to include LGBTQ protections against discrimination for students and staff at its Feb. 26 meeting. This makes Manassas Park City one of four jurisdictions surrounding Loudoun that protect students and or staff from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

The discussion took 10 minutes before the board unanimously approved the addition, with board Chairwoman Rachel Kirkland saying the board as a whole felt it’s a right for everyone in Manassas Park City schools to not be discriminated against, according to the Prince William Times.

Meanwhile in Loudoun, the debate about extending protections to LGBTQ staff and students continues after the Loudoun County School Board voted 5-4 against adding sexual orientation and gender identity to discrimination policies January 2017.

[bobbieinok]

1. This is in the Shenandoah Valley? My dad's grandfather moved as 7yo from there to IA in 1849

He moved with parents and siblings. The rest of the family stayed in VA. Some of them fought at Gettysburg as Confederates. My ggrandfather and 1 brother fought in other battles on the Union side.

Ggrandther's family on both sides were among earliest settlers in Shenandoah Valley, his father's family settled first in PA from Germany, his mother's first in PA from Switzerland.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. No. About 50 to 60 miles east of the Shenandoah Valley.

The Southern Railway's Manassas branch left the mainline at Manassas and headed west over the Blue Ridge on its way to Front Royal, which is in the Shenandoah Valley.