{"id":1381742,"date":"2022-03-15T11:08:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T15:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1381742"},"modified":"2022-03-15T15:21:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T19:21:02","slug":"wisconsin-teachers-told-to-hide-students-gender-identity-from-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-teachers-told-to-hide-students-gender-identity-from-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Teachers Told To Hide Students\u2019 Gender Identity From Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-teachers-told-to-hide-students-gender-identity-from-parents%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1381742&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1041140690.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Wisconsin teachers were instructed to hide their students\u2019 gender identity transitions from their parents.<\/p>\n<p>The directive was given during a February 25 professional training for staff at Eau Claire Area School District in western Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParents are not entitled to know their kids\u2019 identities,\u201d reads a slide from the presentation. \u201cThat knowledge must be earned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeachers are often straddling this complex situation,\u201d the slide continues, adding that the district\u2019s \u201cpriority is supporting the student.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The slide was <a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinspotlight.com\/parents-not-entitled-to-know\/\">obtained<\/a> by Empower Wisconsin, a conservative watchdog group. The slide came from \u201cSafe Spaces\u201d section of the district\u2019s 2021-22 \u201cequity\u201d professional development training.<\/p>\n<p>The training sparked outrage among parents and three school board candidates, who released a joint statement accusing the district of a \u201cblatant disregard for parental rights and responsibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are appalled that ECASD would display such blatant disregard for the parents and guardians of our community\u2019s children. We are equally dismayed that current school district leadership would pressure teachers into breaking a social contract that we all know and understand\u2014that parents and guardians hold primary responsibility and decision making for the welfare and care of their children,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/empowerwisconsin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Press-Release-PDF-PD.pdf\">wrote<\/a> school board candidates Nicole Everson, Corey Cronrath, and Melissa Winter.<\/p>\n<p>The current leadership is \u201cwilling to pit teachers against parents\u201d and is sending the message that \u201cschools are in control of children, not parents and families,\u201d the school board candidates said.<\/p>\n<p>After the training sparked outrage online this month, the district defended itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Eau Claire Area School District has a responsibility to maintain an educational environment that is equitable, safe and inclusive of all students,\u201d Superintendent Michael Johnson said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/wisconsin-school-district-defends-training-staff-to-hide-student-sexual-identity-from-parents\">statement<\/a> to the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson stressed that LGBT students are more likely to have mental health issues and feel isolated and said the district\u2019s staff \u201coften find themselves in positions of trust with our students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe staff development presentation shared extensive data and information to assist our staff members in our ongoing efforts to create a safe and supportive learning environment for all students. The ECASD prides itself on being a school district that makes all students feel welcome and safe in our schools,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t about that slide alone. This was a professional development session talking about students who are LGBTQ and the extremely high rates they have of mental health difficulties, suicide attempts, and depression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eau Claire school board President Tim Nordin chimed in to defend the training as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a parent\u2019s responsibility to help their student become the best person that they can be, to live their true self, but when those students don\u2019t feel safe at home, where are they supposed to go?\u201d Nordin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wqow.com\/news\/local\/ecasd-student-identities-guideline-sparks-conflict\/article_ea6fe08a-99bc-11ec-9f81-93eaf8380a5f.html\">remarked<\/a> to WQOW.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m unwilling to tell them you\u2019re not safe at our school. And that\u2019s what this is about. It\u2019s not about parents versus teachers. It\u2019s about students being safe in our schools and having every student have a safe place to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin teachers were instructed to hide their students\u2019 gender identity transitions from their parents.The directive was given during a February 25 professional training for staff at Eau Claire Area School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1381742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1381742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1381742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1381742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1381742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}