http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/06/30/vancouvers-groundbreaking-move-trans-students (http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/06/30/vancouvers-groundbreaking-move-trans-students)
MARY EMILY O'HARA, The Advocate
QuoteVancouver's school board amended its decade-old policy on transgender students earlier this month, by adopting what is possibly the most trans-inclusive policy passed by any school board in the U.S. or Canada.
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The most controversial aspect of the new policy is its commitment to keeping the transgender status of students confidential. The policy mandates, "Unless the student or the student's parent/guardian has specified otherwise, communications between school and home shall use a student's legal name and the pronoun corresponding to the student's gender assigned at birth."
It is incredible to think that student privacy, especially for minors, could be considered a controversial topic.
From the article:
QuoteThe new policy sparked uproar among a group of Vancouver–area parents, particularly among those of Chinese descent.
"We did not send our children to public schools to be indoctrinated with the teacher's ideology," parent Cheryl Chang told the South China Morning Post. "Parents are primary caregivers and they need to be involved in decisions about what their children are being told and how they are acting out."
Isn't it a sad world when treating a student with respect is considered ideology?