Prince William Reporter interview release

[GREGORY]

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• Do you support Attorney General Jason Miyares' decision to investigate and refer Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) to the U.S. Department of Justice over its handling of the locker room incident? 
I agree with Attorney General Miyares and support his reelection.  It is unfortunate the issue must be elevated but the local administration in Loudoun hasn’t handled it well and the natural next line of defense for parents is exactly what Miyares is proposing.
• Have you heard of any similar situations or policies in your local schools?
I am not aware of any, no.
• What are your thoughts on LCPS’ determination that these two boys committed “sex-based discrimination” simply by asking why a biologically female student was in the boys’ locker room?
At times when I read these stories I have to do a double take, is this another Babylon Bee satire story or is it real.  Too often it is not satire.  I had a similar reaction to a story about my opponent making light of the very serious abortion issue with a satire-like propaganda group “Bros for Repro”.  It should be called Bros against reproduction but that is getting off this topic a bit.
• Do you feel this school district and others are engaging in systemic viewpoint discrimination against students who reject gender ideology?
Censoring is never a good thing to encourage.
• Do you believe local school boards have gone too far in implementing ideological policies that conflict with biological science, parental expectations and the overall well-being of students?
Yes.  I have been encouraging the establishment of programs that mimic the Kalamazoo Promise in Virginia.  See VoteGorham.com for details on how these non-government run programs create a vested community supporting the schools.  More parents need to be engaged and get on the school boards to balance these ideologies to reflect accurately how the community feels.  These issues get a lot of response as I have been talking to voters as I go door to door building voter awareness of my campaign for HD21 delegate.
• Do you believe the General Assembly has a role in addressing parental rights, student protections, and the authority of local school boards in setting such policies? If so, what should that role be? 

As I explain on my web page VoteGorham.com I think building vested communities around schools and the school boards is essential.  Engagement starts locally.  I can lay out a template for a Virginia Promise in law but that really isn’t necessary.  The most attractive feature of a “promise” program is there is no government involvement (taxes), it is all privately locally funded and administered.  I am open to discussing state level solutions especially where funding is concerned.  On my to-do list is repealing DEI training mandates that apparently school boards point to when violating directives from the Governor.