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NEW SCHOOLS
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8-year-old
boy returning to class as
girl
Teachers
making accommodations, preparing to counsel
other students
An
8-year-old boy is preparing to return to his
home school district in Colorado
as a girl, so school officials are designating
two school restrooms as unisex facilities, and
preparing to counsel other students on the issue
of transgenderism.
The
report comes from KUSA-Television in Denver,
which did not identify the third-grade student or
his family in the Castle Rock suburban district.
But
the report said the student had attended his home
district several years ago, as a boy, and then had
taken classes in another district for a time.
One
parent, identified by the television station as
Dave M., said children in the elementary school
are going to wonder what's going on.
"I
see this as being a very difficult situation to
explain to my daughter, to explain why someone
would not want to be the gender they were born
with," he told the station.
His
daughter will share a classroom with the boy
dressing as a girl.
"I
do think that there's going to be an
acknowledgment that 'Why are you in a dress this
year when you were in pants last year?'" he
said.
A
spokeswoman for the Douglas
County School District in Castle Rock,
said the district's calling "is to educate
all kids no matter where they come from, what
their background is, beliefs, values, it doesn't
matter."
Whei
Wong, the district spokeswoman, said the school is
preparing two "unisex" restrooms for the
student to use and teachers have been instructed
to address the student by name, instead of using a
"he" or "she" pronoun.
She
also told the television station the school is
handing out packets of information to other
students and their parents containing
"information" about transgender people,
and officials will answer questions from other
students about the boy-seeking-to-be-girl "in
order to protect the child as much as
possible."
"It's
something we haven't had discussions about before.
It's something that we haven't may really had to
think about before, but now we will," she
said.
Family
therapist Larry Curry told the station that the
student's age is "very early" to be
having such issues.
"I
don't know too many parents who are equipped to
answer that kind of question or deal with it
without some other support," he said.
But
Kim Pearson, of the TransYouth Family Advocates
which lobbies on behalf of such students, said
students as young as five years old are
"realizing their true gender identity."
Her
group works to break down obstacles for such
students, she said.
"Initially
there was a lot of resistance (in the Douglas
County district)," she said. "Now their
position is they want this child to be safe of
their school."
Her
messages weren't a comfort to Dave M., who
believes his daughter is not ready to think about
the transgenderism.
"I
don't think a third-grader does have the rationale
to decide this life-altering choice," he told
the station.
He
also is upset that although the district has been
making preparations for months, officials just
recently let parents know what was going on.
"I
just find it ironic that they can dictate the
dress style of children to make sure they don't
wear inappropriate clothing, but they have no
controls in place for someone wearing transgender
clothing," he told the station.
Wong
confirmed "mental health professionals"
would be provided for other students, staff or
parents if there are "any concerns at
all."
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