This is happening in Canada:
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) will allow students to "make their own decisions about their gender identity and expressions" at school without their parents' knowledge...
The email states that parents or guardians "do not have to be involved" in their childrens' new identities. Parents will be able to see any changes to a student's chosen name or gender marker.
Oh, those wacky Canucks, you say. No one would do anything so crazy here in the good ole U.S. of A., would they?
Buckle up, because here it's worse. It's not ethical to keep information about their children from parents, but it's the law in many places--California among them.
Did you know that if a student wants to leave school for a "medical procedure" (that's a euphemism for abortion, BTW), not only are we required to let the minor leave school, but we're not allowed to tell the parents even that the student left school? We don't let kids get tattoos, and we can't even give a kid an aspirin for a headache, but we are required let them make such decisions without parental input, permission, or even knowledge.
Also, if a child wants to go by a different name and gender at school, not only are we required to comply with such silliness, but we are not allowed to let parents know this. In fact, if involved in a parent conference, we're required to hoodwink the parents by referring to the child with the name/gender the parent thinks is the case so as not to "out" the child.
We expect parents to be responsible for their children, we want them to be "partners in their children's education", but we withhold from them information about their minor children so that someone else's political beliefs can be satisfied.
This is execrable.
Update, 11/18/21: Seen on Instagram:
Update #2, 11/19/21: Sue the district? Not a bad idea, but what if it's state law--then who do you sue?
A Wisconsin school district is facing a lawsuit from the parents of a 12-year-old female student after they stated that would be using a male name and pronouns for the young student expressing gender dysphoria, despite objections from the parents.
They're.not.our.kids. They're their parents' kids.
3 comments:
It sounds like California schools are actively engaging in misleading parents for political gain. At some point this will blow up on them. There's already an exodus from the golden state. At what point will it become just an area populated with the homeless and the celebrity elites?
Also, California law requires consent from 12 year olds and up to access their medical information. That was really fun when I had a 12 year old with a serious illness.
As Darren says, it's the law in several states. Teachers have to prevent parents from knowing that their kids are going by a different gender.
It's also very hard to find a list of states that have the law.
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