A teacher's gender reassignment surgery has caught the attention of some parents who want to know why the school district didn't notify them ahead of time about the change.A music teacher at Foxboro Elementary School, who was formerly a woman, returned to school as a man at the beginning of the school year...
Gavlak said the district consulted with lawyers and determined that legally, it could not disclose any information about the teacher's gender change."We will not be discussing personal matters with either the students, or the parents or the community at large ... because we cannot," Gavlak said...
Parent Angela Weinzinger, who has three children at the school, said she has since transferred her children out of the class."I wasn't given the opportunity to make a choice on what I wanted to do with the situation," Weinzinger said.So far, 23 students from 15 different families have transferred their children out of the music class and into a physical education class.
The article explains that the disclosure would violate HIPAA privacy laws, and the school district seems to have handled the situation in the proper way.
2 comments:
that's so sad that people would pull their kids out of that class. It goes to show how close minded some people are.
No apologies Caitlin! This is fabulous. We will start our class Monday with a discussion on all of these great posts...
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