EXCLUSIVE — Documents uncovered in a public records request reveal how a Missouri public school district “knowingly deceive[s] parents” by enabling transgender students to hide their gender identity and preferred pronouns.
The documents obtained by the Washington Examiner indicate that Springfield Public Schools staff members ask transgender students how they want to be addressed depending on the setting: in class, in correspondence to the home, or at conferences with the student’s parents. The student’s legal name is reflected in the system, as opposed to the student’s preferred name.
“It is always wrong to knowingly deceive parents,” Erika Sanzi, director of outreach at Parents Defending Education , told the Washington Examiner. “And Springfield is clearly stating in its policy that school officials will use different names and pronouns for children in school than when communicating with their parents.
“They have made the children the authority and cut parents out completely,” she added. “It’s indefensible.”