Board hears lengthy public comment criticizing district transgender-related policies and citing studies

During audience-of-the-public, Naomi delivered a prepared statement responding to an email sent to the board and an attached article about transgender youth and suicide. Naomi said the board "serve[s] to ensure a safe, equitable, modern education" but argued the district's AC/ACAB policies are not equitable and instead favor transgender students. She said, "The words equitable and modern popped out at me," and asserted the policies "deal unfairly toward" other protected groups. Naomi also said girls "have to share private spaces, give up their right to privacy, and lose out on athletic opportunities," and advocated for a shift toward what she described as a "more traditional classic education."

In her statement Naomi cited multiple sources and studies by name, including the Trevor Project and the American College of Pediatricians, and referenced Dutch and Swedish follow-up studies and a University of Texas Medical Branch study she said found increased suicide-attempt risk among individuals who underwent gender-affirming surgery. Naomi concluded by calling for policy review and urging caution in how schools and healthcare professionals address gender identity. A board member responded vocally, "I couldn't agree more," but the meeting record shows no immediate staff direction or formal policy change resulting from the comment.

The board accepted Naomi's five-minute public comment as part of the meeting record; any policy review or action will proceed through committee channels and board agendas rather than as an immediate decision taken at this meeting.