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A Prince William County supervisor is up in arms about a children鈥檚 book read at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School last week.
During morning announcements last week, the school鈥檚 librarian read 鈥淧rince & Knight.鈥�
The story is about a prince who is about to take the throne, but first needs a partner. He meets and falls in love with a knight as they fight a dragon. The men marry at the end.
, Supervisor Yesli Vega, R-Coles, said she鈥檚 鈥渂een assisting a Prince William resident and dealing privately with local government officials in regards to the availability of books to our children depicting graphic sexual acts inappropriate for young minds.鈥�
The post includes an email from a parent and photos of the book, but it鈥檚 unclear if Vega is specifically referring to 鈥淧rince & Knight鈥� when she said 鈥済raphic sexual acts.鈥� The book includes no sexual acts, and the men do not share a kiss in the book.
The only intimacy in the book is one image of the prince resting his head in the knight鈥檚 lap as they sit in front of a fountain, another of the two holding hands and, at the end, they are holding hands and looking at each other on their wedding day.
Vega鈥檚 chief of staff said she was unavailable for an interview this week. Instead, he provided a statement in which she said the reading the book forced an 鈥渁lternative sexual romance鈥� on children.
Vega said that public schools 鈥渄on鈥檛 exist for left-wing activists to groom students towards a sexual preference.鈥�
In her post, Vega,聽, said the school鈥檚 students were 鈥渇orced to watch and listen to a homosexual romance being read by the school librarian.鈥�
鈥淪tudent test scores in Prince William County Schools have fallen through the floor yet these are the kinds of things PWCS chooses to focus their and your children鈥檚 time on,鈥� Vega鈥檚 post says. 鈥淭he need for parental and student choice in education has never been needed more than it is now. The tax dollars you pay for your children and grandchildren鈥檚 education must be allowed to follow them to the school of your choice – not the indoctrination centers that professional liberal activists have turned our government run schools into.鈥�
Vega said parents should have been able to opt out if they had religious or 鈥渃ultural鈥� concerns about the book.
鈥淭hese are conversations that should be had in the home with parents,鈥� she said. 鈥淭he parents of the Commonwealth of Virginia told us loud and clear last fall that they deserve and demand a say in their children鈥檚 education and what they鈥檙e being taught.鈥�
Marshall Principal Kristin Bock, in an email to parents, said the school focuses on providing 鈥渁n environment that is inclusive and welcoming for all students.鈥�
She said the book was read in recognition of June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Bock said it was 鈥渁n age-appropriate book that celebrated the bravery of a knight and prince who fight a dragon, marry, and are celebrated with inclusion in their community.鈥�
Bock鈥檚 email says that over the weekend 鈥渟ome individuals in our school community expressed concern regarding this book.鈥� Under county regulations, books can be challenged and reviewed.
鈥淲hile individuals have a right to disagree with the material, intimidation of Marshall staff and insinuated threats against them will not be tolerated,鈥� Bock鈥檚 email says. 鈥淲hile we have no reason to believe there is any current threat to our school, we will continue to work with PWCS Risk Management and with law enforcement and report such concerns, as necessary.鈥�
The school declined further comment.
