Some 40 people spoke to the Catalina Foothills School District board tonight in favor of transgender students being allowed to choose bathrooms, in response to an outcry last week against that choice.
Genesis Lara Some 40 people spoke to the Catalina Foothills School District board tonight in favor of transgender students being able to choose which bathrooms to use, in response to approximately the same number who spoke out last week against that choice.
People are also reading… "I first want to say thank you to the school board for maintaining an educational environment that supports students like me, and because of that support, allows me to focus on things that really matter ... like learning, making friends, getting good grades, preparing for college, and all that other stuff," said Daniel Trujillo, a 15-year-old freshman at Catalina Foothills High School and a transgender male.
The district’s nondiscrimination policy became a hot topic last month, when Fox News reported that Principal Mark Rubin-Toles of Orange Grove Middle School sent staff a “confidential” list of students who preferred pronouns and names different than those stated in school records. But some community members were unhappy with the district’s response and have since asked the board to publicly discuss the Catalina Foothills district's nondiscrimination policy.
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