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Parents and community members clash over classroom LGBTQ/trans flags at Sewanhaka meeting; board hears competing accounts
Summary
A parent told the Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education that a teacher displayed an LGBTQ/trans flag in a classroom and said she removed her daughter from that class; other commenters defended the flags as signals of safety and inclusion.
Christine O'Neil, a parent, told the Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education that her daughter’s teacher displayed "a LGBTQ trans flag in front of the classroom" and that she disagreed with the presence of the flag in a classroom setting.
"...the teacher, he she he has a LGBTQ trans flag in front of the classroom," O'Neil said during public comment. She said she called the school, did not get an opportunity to meet the teacher, and ultimately removed her daughter from that classroom…
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