A heated debate over how to address the needs of
transgender and gender-nonconforming students has dragged out for months
at a public charter school in St. Paul, drawing in state activists and
pitting parents against one another.
The dispute began when the parents
of a 5-year-old child who is gender nonconforming asked Nova Classical
Academy to help ensure their student wasn't being bullied. When other
parents heard that faculty members were talking with children about such
bullying, the school's board got involved, and outside groups stepped
in.
The Minnesota Family Council, a
Minneapolis-based Christian organization, now plans to hold a community
meeting Tuesday at Nova to discuss the topic.
The charter school's controversy comes as schools
across the country are enacting policies intended to make transgender
students feel protected and included.
Transgender policy sparks heated debate at St. Paul charter school - StarTribune.com
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