David Fishback's Blog: Some relevant links

A comprehensive history of the ultimately unsuccessful effort by Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum, whose President (and earlier, Vice President) and Legal Counsel was John Garza, to block progress on LGBTQ matters in MCPS, written in 2015, may be found at

https://pflag.org/sites/default/files/Curriculum%20Victory%20in%20Montgomery%20County%202.pdf

This history is also summarized in this MCPS report from May 2014 at pp. 1-2 https://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/9JVRVT6D30ED/$file/6%201%20Sec%20Health%20Ed%20Curr%20Framework.pdf

In addition these links from the decade of the battles in which Mr. Garza was the leader of the ultimately unsuccessful effort to block inclusion of the mainstream American medical and mental health professional association wisdom in the health education curriculum are instructive:

2005:

March

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50244-2005Mar19.html

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2005/mar/19/20050319-110523-5410r/

http://vigilance.teachthefacts.org/2005/03/sentinel-reports.html#comments

http://vigilance.teachthefacts.org/2005/03/having-it-both-ways.html#comments

May

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/05/03/lawsuit-planned-over-sex-ed/2fc2fbc8-d2e0-4b28-a310-f2ce2c566760/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/05/06/weast-halts-launch-of-sex-ed-program/cdc95fc9-7b7d-4bb9-b968-cf071978241d/

June

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2005/jun/27/20050627-115757-9298r/

2007:

February

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local-groups-again-challenge-montgomerys-sex-ed-curriculum

March

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/06/AR2007030602331.html

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/mar/7/20070307-103426-4104r/

May

To get a sense of Mr. Garza’s mindset, see the transcript of his May 28, 2007 discussion of the MCPS curriculum on Bruce DuPuyt’s New Talk program. http://vigilance.teachthefacts.org/2007/05/newstalk-transcript-first-part.html

http://vigilance.teachthefacts.org/2007/05/newstalk-transcript-second-part.html

June

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/12/AR2007061201186.html

2008:

February

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=2287&type=archive%20&startYear=2007&pageNumber=4&mode=

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/01/AR2008020102437.html

https://www.lambdalegal.org/news/ny_20080204_lambda-applauds-montgomery-county-decision

March

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/06/AR2008030603536.html

2011:

April