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Parents and union leader urge board to publicly back protections for transgender students and staff
Summary
A parent and the Peninsula Education Association president urged the board to speak up for transgender students and for staff facing pressures from recent federal actions and public debate; the union president also raised concerns about immigration enforcement and federal funding for special education.
Two community speakers urged the board to publicly support transgender students and to reaffirm district nondiscrimination protections.
Doug Urner identified himself as a parent of a transgender daughter and said the recent national rhetoric and executive actions targeting transgender people are “terrifying to trans students and their parents.” Urner told the board that…
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