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Parents and residents clash in public comment over student rights and support for LGBTQ youth
Summary
Speakers during public comment urged the district to protect LGBTQ students and highlighted higher homelessness and suicide risks, while at least one speaker criticized transgender identities; speakers cited a regional MOU and district policy search.
Several residents used the board’s public-comment period to press the University Place School District on supporting LGBTQ students and on how the district balances parental rights with student safety.
Holly Robinson, who identified herself as a nurse and as a parent of a student at Drummond Intermediate, described mental-health and suicide risks facing LGBTQ youth and urged that students have "trustworthy adults in school that they can confide in, meaning confidential, about their differences." Robinson said youth face higher rates of suicidal thoughts and attempts and cited minority…
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