Silver Linings: Trans Youth Accommodated Despite Politics & IFI
Filed By Austen Crowder | December 19, 2012 1:30 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2012/12/silver_linings_trans_youth_accommodated_despite_po.phpStack the meeting with loud protests, jam up the works with angry comments, and falsely claim child safety from the latest, hippest boogeyman on the block: trans kids. Throw in some misgendering of the one trans member of the school board and you've got a recipe for a super-squeaky wheel. The school board dissolved the committee.
The good news is that, for all the ruckus the IFI created, trans kids will still get the help they need.
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So to review: mainstreaming is one of the more popular models for accommodating studends; trans students require accommodation; and, even when the law says otherwise, school faculty tend to be decent people who want to help kids in need.
Trans kids have been, are being, and will be accommodated in schools.
You won't hear about it on the news but trans kids are already getting this help, possibly even in East Aurora. It is often done under this mainstreaming model; quiet, case-by-case modification tailored to a student's needs and the climate of the school. Whether they agree or not a school cannot say "no" to a student's medical need. (That letter from the doctor saying you're undergoing medical treatment? Yeah, holds a lot of weight.) The goal, again, is to handle the student's need as unobtrusively as possible.
