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Board debate focuses on transgender-student confidentiality and message to LGBTQIA students
Summary
Board members debated a proposed transgender-student policy that includes a confidentiality provision and principal-created plans; the board heard that students and the GSA advisor felt harmed by the prior policy rescission and agreed to reengage the board attorney for further review.
Board member (Speaker 3) pressed the Watchung Hills Regional High School District board on whether the draft transgender-student policy protects students who ask that their gender identity remain confidential, saying, “student staff members may not disclose information that may reveal a student's transgender status except as allowed by law.”
The discussion centered on a "Confidentiality and Privacy" clause (identified by speakers as page 5 of 8) that advises principals or designees to work with students to create…
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