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Parents urge board to stop using language they say hurts transgender students
Summary
Three public commenters urged the Prior Lake-Savage board to support LGBTQ+ students and called attention to perceived hurtful language by a board director; speakers cited research on higher dropout risks for LGBTQ+ students and an ongoing field investigation affecting youth.
Three members of the public used the board's 15-minute public-comment period to raise student welfare and safety concerns.
Becca Moser, a parent and 21-year Savage resident, said she appealed privately to Director Atkinson after seeing social-media posts in which Atkinson described media coverage and asked whether she had "promoted anti trans talking points." Moser told the board she found Atkinson’s use of terms such as "biological male" and "biological female"…
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