This Wisconsin School District Instructs Teachers to Deceive Parents About Children’s Gender Transition
May 25, 2022 | Wisconsin
A group of parents whose children attend government schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin challenged the district’s policy, “Guidance and Policies to Support Transgender, Non-binary & Gender-Expansive Students,” which instructs teachers to help students of any age “transition” without notifying parents or receiving their consent.
In fact, the policy bars teachers from telling parents that their children are going through this sort of mental health or peer pressure crisis.
Similar to Geary County Schools in Kansas, teachers in the Wisconsin school district are instructed essentially to lie to parents by using the “transgender” student’s legal name when meeting with parents instead of the student’s new name. In that case, teacher Pamela Ricard refused to deceive parents and filed a lawsuit after the district suspended her. A court granted her request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to protect her from further retaliation.
The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) and Alliance Defending Freedom represent the parents challenging the policy. WILL contends that the policy violates constitutionally protected parental rights….(Excerpt from Black Community News)
