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Students and community urge Bellevue School District to publicly reaffirm support for gender‑diverse students
Summary
Multiple public commenters, including students and staff, urged Superintendent Dr. Kelly Aramaki and the board to publicly reaffirm protections for transgender and gender‑diverse students and to communicate district policy clearly to students and families.
Several Bellevue students, educators and parents used the public‑comment period Feb. 6 to urge the district to publicly reaffirm support for gender‑diverse and LGBTQIA+ students amid recent federal executive actions reported in the news.
Nate Block, a nonbinary student, told the board that gender‑diverse students are “scared” and asked Superintendent Dr. Kelly Aramaki and board members to send a districtwide email reaffirming the district’s commitment to follow state…
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