Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has ordered teachers to hide students’ self-declared gender identities from parents, usurping the authority that still belongs at least on paper to legal guardians. Civil laws traditionally recognize parental rights to make decisions regarding a minor child’s schooling, health care, faith, and other important matters. But in a December 2018 “integrity memo” that an investigative journalist published Friday on Twitter, CPS made it clear to public school teachers that parental rights no longer include knowing the genders their children use for themselves in school. In response to the question of whether a public schoolteacher needs parental consent to refer to children by different names and genders than they use at home, CPS official Tony H. Howard wrote: “No. Parent(s)/Guardian(s) consent is NOT required for students to be addressed by their name and pronouns that correspond to their gender identity. Parent(s)/Guardian(s) should NOT be informed of name or pronoun changes unless the student requests such a disclosure.”
Chicago Ordered Teachers to Hide Students’ Self-Declared Genders from Parents – CatholicVote org
Chicago Ordered Teachers to Hide Students’ Self-Declared Genders from Parents – CatholicVote org
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