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Residents, advocacy groups tell Plymouth-Canton board harassment of queer students is widespread and ask for training, clearer complaint process
Summary
Multiple speakers at public comment urged the board to enforce existing policies, publish complaint procedures and provide staff training after students described frequent slurs and ignored incidents targeting queer and transgender youth.
Dozens of community members told the Plymouth‑Canton Community Schools Board of Education during public comment that anti‑LGBTQ+ slurs and harassment are widespread in district schools and that existing complaint systems and staff training are not working.
Speakers from local chapters of Indivisible and PFLAG asked the board to make complaint processes public and to implement the training already required by district policy for staff who work with students. "Students firmly believe that the district's hate and bias form, simply put, does not work," Joan Pence said during public comment, describing student reports that incidents go unpunished and that many students and…
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