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Parents and Endowment Project urge Chesterfield board to revise policy on transgender students and to allow $80,000 in grants to high schools
Summary
During public comment on Jan. 15, 2025, speakers urged the Chesterfield County School Board to amend district policy on transgender-student access to locker rooms and bathrooms following a federal court ruling, and the Endowment Project requested permission to deploy $80,000 in grants it says have been blocked by the district's attorney.
Public comment at the Jan. 15, 2025 Chesterfield County School Board meeting centered on two topics: parents urging changes to the division's transgender-student policies and an outside nonprofit seeking permission to deploy funds raised for Chesterfield high schools.
Emmett Hickam, identifying himself as a parent, told the board: "I was mainly asking you to protect our girls, protect them from males in their locker rooms and bathrooms." Hickam said he removed his daughter from the locker room after what he described as a failure by the school to act and urged other parents to file Title IX complaints, saying "It is really easy to do. They have an online form that takes a few…
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