Parents have to trust that teachers will act appropriately by teaching their children math, science, English, history, and the arts. It is the parent’s job to take care of everything else. But some Wisconsin teachers have taken it upon themselves to cut parents out of a confusing time for their children. The teachers believe they have a right to keep the secrets of gender-confused students from their parents. Parents are of course outraged and this argument has been taken up to the courts. The State court has now intervened and there is an injunction in place to stop teachers from this practice. But it is still being argued in court.
“A state court in Wisconsin last week issued an order prohibiting a school district from intentionally deceiving parents about what their children are doing at school—especially if a child is struggling with his or her gender identity.
The court intervened and issued an injunction Sept. 28 against the Madison Metropolitan School District, the second-largest school district in Wisconsin, with 27,000 students attending 52 schools. The injunction will remain in effect while the lawsuit that 14 parents brought against the district is on appeal.
In February, those parents sued the Madison Metropolitan School District with the help of the Scottsdale, Arizona-based Alliance Defending Freedom and the Milwaukee-based Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, a right-leaning nonprofit public interest law firm.”
This all started back in 2018.
“In April 2018, the Madison school district quietly instituted a policy that not only promotes transgender ideology in the schools, but allows teachers to conceal pertinent information that students share.
Unfortunately, the latter part of the policy wasn’t about school-related issues such as a failing grade or a nasty spill in the hallway, but specifically about gender dysphoria–or a student’s desire to “identify with” the opposite sex–even if the child’s parents were unaware or disapproving.
Of course, the child could consent to teachers’ informing his or her parents of that, but if not, the policy instructed teachers to keep the information between them.”
The teachers were keeping any record of the children’s confusion out of records that parents could access on purpose. I am glad that parents caught wind of this and are trying to put an end to this practice. Teachers are not the parents. They should not be overstepping and assuming they know what is best for the child. That is not their job.
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