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Community speakers urge Valley View board to uphold protections for transgender students
Summary
Dozens of parents, students, teachers and local advocates addressed the Valley View CUSD 365U board during public comment, urging it to maintain policies that protect transgender and gender‑nonconforming students and warning against outside pressure and complaints seeking policy changes.
Dozens of community members and students urged the Valley View CUSD 365U Board of Education on Wednesday to maintain existing protections for transgender and gender‑nonconforming students and to resist outside pressure and complaints seeking policy changes.
Speakers said protections the district follows under state and federal law are life‑saving and called out external groups circulating misinformation. Elena Humphries, who identified herself as chair of a local Bolingbrook group and as a parent, told the board “there is 0 evidence, none, in the entire state of Illinois that shows allowing transgender students to use the bathroom that aligns with their gender puts anyone in danger.”
Supporters said affirming school practices reduce harms to students, pointing to research and personal experience.…
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