Tonight the Lee County School Board is meeting and will include discussion on transgender stuents.
WEBSITE, FOX-4-NOW-DOT-COM.IN THE NEWSROOM, ROCHELLEALLEYNE, FOX 4.HAPPENING RIGHT NOW... THE LEECOUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ISIN SESSION...TONIGHT, MEMBERS ARE EXPECTED TODISCUSS THE DISTRICT’S CODE OFCONDUCT AS IT RELATES TOTRANSGENDER STUDENTS.RIGHT NOW, LEE COUNTY STUDENTSCAN USE WHICHEVER BATHROOMCORRELATES WITH THEIR GENDERIDENTITY... AND THEY CANSPECIFY THEIR PREFERRED PRONOUNSTO SCHOOL STAFF--WITHOUT GETTINGA PARENT’S APPROVAL.
WE SPOKEWITH ONE PARENT AHEAD OFTONIGHT’S MEETING ABOUT THEPOLICY."This rhetoric that men weregoing to be going into women’sbathrooms to prey on them isabsolutely ridiculous.
First ofall, I would like to say theyare children.
Stop sexualizingour children.
Stop sexualizingthe LGBTQ+ community.
They areborn this way, this is not asexual thing."THE CODE OF CONDUCT IS DESIGNEDTO SET THE GOALS AND INTENTIONSOF THE LEE COUNTY SCHOOLDISTRICT--INCLUDING SOCIAL ANDEQUALITY STAN
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