Given the commitment to transparency, I respectfully request that Drs Wright and Michael explain why these two groups were not included in the list of student characteristics afforded protection under the law. As the parent of a trans kid, I am all too aware that is precisely this group 4/12 - ThreadSky

melissaschober.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Given the commitment to transparency, I respectfully request that Drs Wright and Michael explain why these two groups were not included in the list of student characteristics afforded protection under the law. As the parent of a trans kid, I am all too aware that is precisely this group 4/12

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melissaschober.bsky.social•3 days ago

Of young people who are under threat, and as such their omission from the statement was both notable and alarming.

The statement is separate from the letter to the US Department of Education certifying compliance. Why is there distance between the statement and the letter when other states 5/12

melissaschober.bsky.social•3 days ago

Are making explicit their moral and legal duties? For example, Oregon responded to the federal government writing, "There is no circumstance where it is okay to leverage children's resources as a political tool...We are standing up for the rights of all Oregonians and will continue to promote 6/12

melissaschober.bsky.social•3 days ago

Diversity in our schools because we recognize it enhances learning outcomes for all students."

In 2021, this body adopted a model policy on bullying so it should recognize "unwanted, demeaning behavior that involves a real or power imbalance." 7/12

melissaschober.bsky.social•3 days ago

And that's what this is: a federal government intent on bullying states into compliance.

So I ask this Board what transparency and moral calling really means in practice? Is MSDE is unaware of any legal authority obligating it to comply with USDE's request, as the letter stated, what's next? 8/12

melissaschober.bsky.social•3 days ago

Will we comply with with other federal initiatives that lack legal authority? Which ones? Will we allow ICE into our schools to take members of our beloved community away? Will we next agree that children "suffer the toxic normalization of transgenderism," that disparate impacts 9/12

melissaschober.bsky.social•3 days ago

Of school discipline don't matter, or that colorblindness requires us to jettison classes like AP African American lit -- all proposals in Project 2025? 10/12

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