Post by pavel on May 12, 2016 23:53:13 GMT -6
Georgia Parents Threaten to Pull Children Out of School Over Transgender Inclusive Bathroom Policy
Earlier this week a group of about 100 parents in Blue Ridge, Georgia staged a protest opposing the Fannin County school system's inclusive transgender bathroom policy. Deputy Anthony Walden, a resource officer at Fannin Middle School, organized the group and is planning to address the issue at a school board meeting on Thursday. Parents say they'll meet first, pray together, then walk the half mile to the school board meeting.
If the policy isn't changed, parents are threatening to pull their children from the school. One local parent told WSB-TV Atlanta, "We're going to do everything we can to stop this, and if not, then us moms are going to come home and teach our kids like it used to be." Another local parent created a Facebook event publicizing Thursday's school board meeting, with a grossly offensive message:
Describing the event, organizer Kathy Wolf wrote, "Would you want men and boys to be allowed in your girls bathrooms and locker rooms at school? Well the school board has allowed this. As parents and grandparents we need to tell the school board not in our schools and not with oiur [sic] kids."
WSB-TV reporter Rikki Klaus spoke with school Superintendent Mark Henson about the policy, who notes the school is simply following federal law. He said, "We have to allow transgender students to pick the restroom that they identify with, gender-wise." The Fannin County School System has a document affirming their compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights act on their website.
Read more: www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/benjaminphillips/north_georgia_parents_protest_school_s_inclusive_bathroom_policy
Earlier this week a group of about 100 parents in Blue Ridge, Georgia staged a protest opposing the Fannin County school system's inclusive transgender bathroom policy. Deputy Anthony Walden, a resource officer at Fannin Middle School, organized the group and is planning to address the issue at a school board meeting on Thursday. Parents say they'll meet first, pray together, then walk the half mile to the school board meeting.
If the policy isn't changed, parents are threatening to pull their children from the school. One local parent told WSB-TV Atlanta, "We're going to do everything we can to stop this, and if not, then us moms are going to come home and teach our kids like it used to be." Another local parent created a Facebook event publicizing Thursday's school board meeting, with a grossly offensive message:
Describing the event, organizer Kathy Wolf wrote, "Would you want men and boys to be allowed in your girls bathrooms and locker rooms at school? Well the school board has allowed this. As parents and grandparents we need to tell the school board not in our schools and not with oiur [sic] kids."
WSB-TV reporter Rikki Klaus spoke with school Superintendent Mark Henson about the policy, who notes the school is simply following federal law. He said, "We have to allow transgender students to pick the restroom that they identify with, gender-wise." The Fannin County School System has a document affirming their compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights act on their website.
Read more: www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/benjaminphillips/north_georgia_parents_protest_school_s_inclusive_bathroom_policy