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Residents criticize district transgender policies and materials during public comment at Deerfield 109 meeting
Summary
Multiple public commenters at the June 17 meeting urged the board to prioritize trauma counseling and criticized district handling of gender‑related issues at Shepherd Middle School; speakers named books and alleged Title IX violations and said they did not feel district officials had adequately protected student privacy.
Three residents used the meeting’s public‑comment period on June 17 to criticize Deerfield School District 109 policies and practices related to transgender students, locker‑room and bathroom access, and classroom materials.
Rusty Ray, who identified himself as a community member without children in the district, asked the board to emphasize trauma counseling rather than what he described as “gender…
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