How Did American Schools Get Like This? | Intellectual Takeout

How Did American Schools Get Like This? | Intellectual Takeout

"...MMSD’s guidelines prohibit teachers from informing parents about their child’s gender confusion without the consent of the student.
Not only that, but the school’s staff “shall provide support and access to resources for transgender, no-binary, and gender-expansive students” even if the student is concealing their status from their parents. 

Teachers might call the student by their preferred name, while communications with the student’s home would use their legal name to avoid outing the student.

“Students identified as transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive may have not come out to their families regarding their gender identity. Disclosing a student’s personal information such as gender identity or sexual orientation can pose imminent safety risks, such as losing family support and housing.”

Doesn’t it seem like this statement might just sow distrust between students, teachers, and parents?...Read all.