In one of my videos last year that was censored by YouTube (before my great departure) I had discussed the grooming going on in schools. One point I made was that these teachers (and admins) think they own your children. I also noted that in some states (if not the entire country) it is law that when you drop your child off to a school you relinquish custody to the child (as if you abandoned them) and the school and its agents have the right over the child until you pick them up.
While I understand the need to legally define the rules of custody in schools, I completely disagree with the law as I understood it and saw that it was ripe for abuse. Once the state can claim ownership of your child during the times they are in the school custody, then the state makes the rules for that child, not the parent.
Lo and behold they bear their teeth:
"On April 25, 2022, the Linn-Mar School Board voted through policy 504.13 against the protestations of dozens of community members, while telling parents that such a change merely codified district practices that had been ongoing for the past five years. LMCSD’s “parental exclusion policy” asserts that the district will not disclose a student’s “transgender status” to parents unless that student specifically authorizes it, and that “any student in seventh grade or older will have priority of their support plan over their parent/guardian” – which means that in practice, these gender-identity decisions will be made solely by the student and school administrators."
Note that they had been doing this for the past five years.
Note that in an inversion of law, the minor gets to make the decision and the school administration usurps the rights of parents over their children.
The full press release can be seen here:
https://defendinged.org/lawsuits/parents-defending-education-files-federal-lawsuit-challenging-linn-mar-community-school-districts-parental-exclusion-and-compelled-speech-policies/
A part of interest is this:
In addition, the policy asserts that “intentional and/or persistent refusal by staff or students to respect a student’s gender identity” – i.e. not using a student’s self-proclaimed pronouns or new name – can be punishable up to and including suspension and expulsion as violations of the district’s anti-bullying & anti-harassment policy, equal educational opportunity policy, and Title IX policy.
Note the use of Title IX and "policies" against bullying and harassment, being used to force speech (unconstitutional) upon students and staff. I've seen this in 'higher ed" and it is absolutely 100% prohibited compelled speech. Also, if you look at what SCOTUS recently ruled about agencies, it is likely theses "policies" have no actual legal effect and would fall to the wayside if seriously challenged.
