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Trustees debate gender-identity policy language and committee notice after surprise committee change
Summary
Trustees debated proposed amendments to a student gender-identity/privacy policy, including removal of an arbitrary age reference and an added sentence encouraging staff to encourage students to communicate with parents, and several trustees and members of the public objected to the policy being walked onto a policy-committee agenda without broader notice.
The Board of Education discussed proposed amendments to a student gender-identity and privacy policy at the March 26 meeting, prompting debate about committee notice, parental involvement and procedural transparency.
Trustee Curzio described three requested changes: removing an explicit age reference in the policy's definition of gender identity, adding a sentence encouraging administrators and counselors to encourage students who disclose gender status…
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