Online Petition Pushes For Transgender Policy In Nashua
By Sheryl Rich-Kern
http://www.nhpr.org/post/online-petition-pushes-transgender-policy-nashuaAn online petition asks the Nashua school district to establish anti-discrimination policies for transgender students.
More than ten thousand signatures have been gathered from around the country to persuade the Nashua school board to create policies to acknowledge the needs of transgender students.
The online petition asks the district to create guidelines around bathroom usage and sports teams.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Online petition with10,000 signatures asks Nashua schools to create transgender policy
By DANIELLE CURTIS
Staff Writer
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/985926-469/10000-people-sign-petition-asking-nashua-schools.htmlNASHUA– School officials are standing by their belief that a policy to address the needs of transgender students is not necessary in the district, despite more than 10,000 people asking them to write one.
An online petition directed at Superintendent Mark Conrad was started in September, requesting the district draft a policy to address issues specific to transgender students. As of Tuesday afternoon, 10,632 people from around the country had signed the petition, hosted at
ThePetitionSite.com. It is not known how many are from Nashua.
"With young students, a case-by-case basis system can help personalize an individual's school needs," the petition states. "But general school rules against harassment are not necessarily enough to ensure them administrative support.
