{"id":1968668,"date":"2023-07-10T14:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T18:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/largest-school-district-in-ohio-spent-more-than-24000-on-trainings-about-how-to-hide-the-transing-of-kids\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T14:53:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T18:53:07","slug":"largest-school-district-in-ohio-spent-more-than-24000-on-trainings-about-how-to-hide-the-transing-of-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/largest-school-district-in-ohio-spent-more-than-24000-on-trainings-about-how-to-hide-the-transing-of-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio&#8217;s largest school district spent over $24,000 on trainings to conceal the transitioning of children."},"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\">30<\/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%2Flargest-school-district-in-ohio-spent-more-than-24000-on-trainings-about-how-to-hide-the-transing-of-kids%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=1968668&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 class=\"article-content\">\n<p><strong>Columbus City Schools (CCS)<\/strong> shelled out over $24,000 taxpayer dollars to a consulting firm that taught staff how to sneak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-the-fight-against-critical-race-theory-has-only-just-begun\/\" title=\"GOP: The Fight Against Critical Race Theory Has Only Just Begun\">radical gender ideology<\/a> into classrooms without parents\u2019 permission, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/largest-school-district-in-ohio-spent-more-than-24000-on-trainings-about-how-to-hide-the-transing-of-kids\/\" title=\"Ohio's largest school district spent over ,000 on trainings to conceal the transitioning of children.\">public records request made<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/columbus-city-schools-paid-consultants-24000-for-professional-development-on-queer-and-trans-inclusion-that-included-the-wheel-of-power-privilege-and-a-recommendation-that-districts-hide-st\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parents Defending Education<\/a> revealed.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Training Staff in Radical Gender Ideology<\/h2>\n<p>The two-day training in September 2022 was conducted by Q-inclusion, now known as \u201cHey Wes,\u201d an organization led by a woman disguised as a man that boasts of partnering \u201cwith schools, healthcare clinics, businesses, and communities in order to support queer &#038; trans belonging.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-183085437\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-db6c0695126106dd7b2528e59ef0f731 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-db6c0695126106dd7b2528e59ef0f731\"><\/div>\n<p>Before the symposium, CCS had <a href=\"https:\/\/go.boarddocs.com\/oh\/columbus\/Board.nsf\/goto?open&#038;id=C4VEPR3B6BB2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">policies<\/a> allowing students \u201caffirming name and pronouns\u201d to be \u201con all other documents, so long as this does not out them or put them in danger.\u201d Some gender-bending students were also granted access to opposite-sex bathrooms and lockers.<\/p>\n<p>During the sessions, CCS staff such as speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, school psychologists, and school counselors were <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ccs-full-day-proposal-9.22-23-2022-updated-118043.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">schooled<\/a> on methods and tools such as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PPT-Hand-Out-Q-Inclusion-PD-Columbus-City-Schools-OH-Sept-22-23-2022-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gender support plan<\/a>\u201d sheets they could use to further their campaign to quietly force the LGBT agenda on children without parents\u2019 knowledge.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>CCS hires were specifically instructed what to do \u201cwhen a student is out to you but not to their family\u201d and how to handle \u201ccaregiver concerns and pushback\u201d with conversation tactics while still hosting sexual conversations with children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransgender and nonbinary students have a FERPA-protected right to privacy; this extends to students\u2019 gender identity, birth name, sex assigned at birth and medical history. This includes privacy rights from parents\/caregivers,\u201d a Q-inclusion handout used for the training states.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-48ebe0694c2f59195ce3955e0e93a3a1 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-48ebe0694c2f59195ce3955e0e93a3a1\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>Another set of slides boldly asserts that \u201cchildren are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> too young to talk about or know their gender\u201d and that \u201cgender expansiveness\u201d should be discussed with toddlers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Other slides used during the training included infamous imagery such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itspronouncedmetrosexual.com\/2018\/10\/the-genderbread-person-v4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">genderbread person<\/a> iteration, \u201cthe gender unicorn,\u201d and the \u201cwheel of power and privilege,\u201d which argues that a mentally and financially stable, white, heterosexual, educated male in good health is the epitome of societal \u201cprivilege.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>The session hosts cited <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/04\/14\/transgender-activists-use-unreliable-surveys-to-emotionally-blackmail-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">phony<\/a> statistics from the Trevor Project, which not only promotes the mutation and castration of children but was recently <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/15\/consumer-group-exposes-deluge-of-corporate-money-going-to-dangerous-pride-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">caught<\/a> hosting online, anonymous conversations about sex between adults and children.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>Any religious staff who believe marriage is between a man and a woman and may have taken issue with some of the training\u2019s content were educated on \u201cWhat to do when your personal\/religious beliefs don\u2019t align with LGBTQ+ inclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7520734ba1872fa2d8027cddb3abeddc fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7520734ba1872fa2d8027cddb3abeddc\"><\/div>\n<p>Q-inclusion\u2019s suggestion for staff looking for ways to promote \u201cLBGT inclusion\u201d starts with displaying pride <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/13\/the-american-and-rainbow-flags-stand-for-two-incompatible-definitions-of-liberty-and-only-one-can-rule-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flags<\/a>, wearing pronoun pins, and calling boys and girls \u201cFriends, scholars, learners, children, mascot\/community name.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>The consultants also encouraged CCS staff to fill their offices and classrooms with sexually explicit books.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFamilies assume that when their children\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/largest-school-district-in-ohio-spent-more-than-20000-training-teachers-how-to-hide-the-transing-of-kids\/\" title=\"Ohio's largest school district spent over ,000 training teachers in concealing the process of gender transitioning in children.\">teachers attend professional development sessions<\/a>, educators learn how to be more effective. But as these documents show, taxpayer dollars were instead spent encouraging school officials to treat pupils differently on the basis of superficial characteristics, hide information from parents, and discuss adult content with young students,\u201d President of Parents Defending Education Nicole Neily told The Federalist. \u201cIt\u2019s appalling that Columbus City Schools would choose to spend its finite resources on a consultant pushing such toxic content on teachers \u2014 particularly because less than half of all students in the district are proficient in reading and math.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8d9298b2470f53aa84ce89da565620e2 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8d9298b2470f53aa84ce89da565620e2\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbus City Schools (CCS) spent over $24,000 in taxpayer funds on a consulting firm, Q-inclusion (now &#8220;Hey Wes&#8221;), to train staff on introducing radical gender ideology in classrooms without parental consent. Parents Defending Education discovered this through a public records request. 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