{"id":1486159,"date":"2022-05-20T16:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T20:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1486159"},"modified":"2022-05-20T16:00:20","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T20:00:20","slug":"maine-superintendent-told-staff-to-slow-the-process-down-after-parent-requested-gender-material-be-removed-from-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maine-superintendent-told-staff-to-slow-the-process-down-after-parent-requested-gender-material-be-removed-from-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine Superintendent Told Staff To \u2018Slow The Process Down\u2019 After Parent Requested Gender Material Be Removed From Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fmaine-superintendent-told-staff-to-slow-the-process-down-after-parent-requested-gender-material-be-removed-from-classroom%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=1486159&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\/05\/GettyImages-1385207815.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A Maine school superintendent told staff to make sure a father had to jump through hoops to get progressive gender identity materials removed from his child\u2019s classroom.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the dad is calling for her to be fired.<\/p>\n<p>Superintendent Heather Perry told staff in an email last month to \u201cslow the process down\u201d on parent Eric Lane\u2019s request that posters about gender identity be removed from his daughter\u2019s sixth-grade classroom at Gorham Middle School in Maine, about two hours north of Boston.<\/p>\n<p>For months now, Lane, a single parent with joint custody of his daughter,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2022\/05\/17\/gorham-superintendents-apology-fails-to-satisfy-angry-middle-school-parent\/\">says<\/a> he has been battling with the Gorham school district to remove \u201cgender theory promotional and educational material\u201d from his daughter\u2019s classroom, or at least convince the school to provide opposing viewpoints. Lane was particularly concerned about posters that defined terms like cisgender, transgender, and nonbinary.<\/p>\n<p>Back in October, Lane met with Superintendent Perry and explained that his Christian values were the reason he objected to the gender posters. Months later in April, Perry denied his request, saying she was going off the recommendation of a review committee, Lane said.<\/p>\n<p>She did not count on Lane obtaining her emails through Maine\u2019s Freedom of Access Act, however.<\/p>\n<p>In an April 20 email to school staff, Perry urged staffers to slow walk Lane\u2019s request to remove the gender ideology materials, according to one of the government documents Lane obtained through his request.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason I am reaching out is because for the first time in many people\u2019s memories, we have a parent who would like to exercise their rights \u2026 to request removal of instructional materials from either our curriculum\/classrooms or from our library,\u201d Perry wrote in her email.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis particular parent alone is likely to continue these requests for years to come,\u201d the superintendent continued, adding that, \u201cwe need to use as many \u2018rungs\u2019 in the ladder as possible to slow the process down to ensure this parent has to \u2018work\u2019 a little on their end as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After discovering the email, Lane submitted a formal complaint for First Amendment discrimination against Perry and Gorham Schools to the\u00a0<span>Gorham School Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span>There is a culture of contempt for anyone living and expressing Chrisitian values in Gorham Schools and this email is a glimpse behind the curtain of how this school operates and intends to stifle Christians and their exercise of their rights,\u201d Lane stated in his complaint.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On May 11, Lane <a href=\"http:\/\/view.earthchannel.com\/PlayerController.aspx?&#038;PGD=gorhamme&#038;eID=512\">spoke<\/a> at a school board meeting and accused the school of a laundry list of offenses relating to forcing progressive gender ideology on students, saying the school is \u201cencouraging children to be woke activists and fight for change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perry apologized to Lane in a letter several days later, saying her intention was simply to make sure the proper process was followed regarding removing curriculum materials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease accept my apology for my poorly chosen words and know that I remain committed to continue to represent Gorham and its Schools with a high level of passion and integrity,\u201d Perry wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The dad said he is not convinced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t find the [apology] to be sincere and the timing suggests it was sent in defense of herself,\u201d Lane <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2022\/05\/17\/gorham-superintendents-apology-fails-to-satisfy-angry-middle-school-parent\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lane told The Daily Wire that his\u00a0initial reaction was that he did not want the superintendent to lose her job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen I considered her position as a leader, her openness, and suggestion to other staff members of her agenda, the year-long battle I have had against those posters being hung, hung 24\/7 in my daughter\u2019s classroom for my daughter to be influenced by, which I find tantamount to child abuse, my faith-based objections and not least of all, the stress of dealing with it all as a single parent working two jobs,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Now, he wants Perry fired and said there also needs to be a third-party investigation into the district \u201cto evaluate how pervasive this behavior has become.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Maine school superintendent told staff to make sure a father had to jump through hoops to get progressive gender identity materials removed from his child\u2019s classroom.Now, the dad 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