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A Virginia dad convicted then pardoned by Gov. Glenn Youngkin for
protesting the Loudoun County School Board expressed outrage Thursday over
the group's latest bid to "shut" out parents.

Last week, the board voted along party lines to turn cameras off during
the public comment portion of meetings, according to FOX5. When the new
policy takes effect in April, it will only provide audio and closed
captioning during that portion of the meeting.

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"We have nine new school board members this year, and every one of them
campaigned on transparency and less division, and this is absolutely the
opposite of what they all campaigned on," Scott Smith told "America's
Newsroom." "They've let us down. They haven't done what they've said, and
they're just trying to shut us out."

"They're trying to shut moms and dads and grandmas and grandpas out of the
public spotlight to be able to speak out against the radical policies," he
continued.

Smith's daughter was sexually assaulted at Stone Bridge High School by a
transgender student in 2021. He was later pardoned by Youngkin after being
convicted of disorderly conduct stemming from an altercation during a
school board meeting where he erupted over their handling of an
investigation into his daughter's attack.

"Mr. Smith did what any father would do, what any parent would do, which
is stand up for their child," Youngkin said. "This was [a] gross
miscarriage of justice."

School board members who voted in favor of shutting the cameras off have
defended their decision, while others have cited concerns stemming from
transparency with the board's efforts.

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Loudoun County Chair Malinda Mansfield doubled down on the decision by
arguing there could be Federal Communications Commission (FCC) concerns
since the board cannot control what members of the public say or wear,
according to the Washington Examiner.

"I want our neighborhood schools to be excellent, and I want the division
out of the news," April Chandler, one school board member, said. "For that
reason, I will not support any efforts to turn the cameras back on.
Turning the cameras back on now only invites and undermines the work of
the school board."

But the new policy has infuriated some parents, including a "new wave" of
parents who are concerned about the school board's stance on Diversity,
Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies, Smith argued.

"A new wave of parents have showed up� when they decided to turn off the
cameras, it was because the Hindu and Muslim community, they showed up� I
think it freaked out the school board to the point where� they cannot
allow another viral moment like mine to go across the land and continue to
wake up parents� to say no to this," Smith said.

Smith noted Policy 8040, which permits transgender students to use the
restrooms of their choosing, goes against the beliefs of those Hindus and
Muslims in the school district and "they're very upset about it."

"Policy 8040 is the policy that they were trying to pass three years ago
when they covered up the rape of my daughter, and that's the policy to let
boys and girls go into whatever bathroom that they identify with," he
said.

The policy states: "Students should be allowed to use the facility that
corresponds to their consistently asserted gender identity. While some
transgender students will want that access, others may want alternatives
that afford more privacy. Taking into account existing school facilities,
administrators should take steps to designate gender-inclusive or single-
user restrooms commensurate with the size of the school."

Smith and his family are still embroiled in legal battles stemming from
his daughter's assault.

"We're looking forward to our day and justice and finally being able to
hold some people accountable," Smith said. "But we've got a lot ahead of
us. We've got a big fight ahead of us� We look forward to one day being
able to put this behind us, but right now, we're still in the middle of a
battle of our life."

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