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A California mother who said her daughter was 'socially transitioned' into a trans boy by her middle school has won a landmark legal victory against the district - who settled the suit for $100,000.
Jessica Konen's daughter Alicia, 11, was allegedly told by Buena Vista Middle School in Spreckels that she was upset because she didn't know who she 'truly was inside.'
The school allowed the child to use the boy's bathroom and male pronouns in class without her mom's consent.
Single mom Konen accused teachers of encouraging her daughter to think she was a trans boy when she was at the school in 2019 – only for the child to return to her female persona while learning remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Despite not admitting fault, the Spreckels Union School District's settlement marks an important moment in the debate across the US about how parental rights fit in with children's decisions in school settings.
originally posted by: VictorVonDoom
Another loss for the taxpayer.
originally posted by: FlyersFan
originally posted by: VictorVonDoom
Another loss for the taxpayer.
Yes, the taxpayer gets stuck paying for the schools mistake.
But perhaps the school will learn it's lesson.
I kinda doubt it. Woke = stupid .. IMHO
originally posted by: quintessentone
obviously the child could not go to the parent for help..
originally posted by: FlyersFan
originally posted by: quintessentone
obviously the child could not go to the parent for help..
Obviously that's not true. The child went into COVID lockdown, realized she was a girl and woke up from the school induced TRANS indoctrination just fine. Mother and child did just fine together. In fact their interactions were obviously healthier than the schools interactions with the child. Your statement has ZERO basis in fact.
for the school but neither are they woke nor stupid, just concerned for the child's wellbeing and misguided as to how to handle it.
originally posted by: TonyS
a reply to: quintessentone
for the school but neither are they woke nor stupid, just concerned for the child's wellbeing and misguided as to how to handle it.
Total bolox! The school was both woke and stupid. It encouraged this kid to believe she was gender confused after first confusing the kids in the first place.
originally posted by: quintessentone
You obviously don't know what a school environment is like,
the children seek help from other adults within that environment when they have no where else to turn.
originally posted by: FlyersFan
originally posted by: quintessentone
You obviously don't know what a school environment is like,
I know what it is just fine.
the children seek help from other adults within that environment when they have no where else to turn.
There is NOTHING about this story that says the child and the mother were having problems.
You are making it up. Back filling the story to fit your woke agenda.
originally posted by: quintessentone
Awake agenda = the path to understanding not clinging to bias.
originally posted by: PorkChop96
a reply to: quintessentone
Schools don't get to decide what is best for a childs personal development.
Would you still feel the same way if they had the power to sign the child up for surgery and turn them into whatever it is they wanted them to be?
originally posted by: quintessentone
how to act is the question.
originally posted by: PorkChop96
a reply to: quintessentone
From reading this article, the school went to her telling her she was a boy, not the other way around.
originally posted by: FlyersFan
originally posted by: quintessentone
how to act is the question.
Simple .. LET THE PARENT do their job and take care of the child as they see fit.
There is nothing complicated here.
Secretly transitioning the child is wrong. Period.
Thankfully this child got COVID lockdown and was removed from the schools indoctrinations.
She and her mother straightened her out just fine .. without the school interfering.
originally posted by: FlyersFan
originally posted by: PorkChop96
a reply to: quintessentone
From reading this article, the school went to her telling her she was a boy, not the other way around.
Yes. The child said she was unhappy - probably going through the growing-up angst that everyone does. The SCHOOL said she must be a boy and started transitioning her secretly. It wasn't the child who said she was a boy, it was the school that said it to the child. That's how the article reads.
originally posted by: marg6043
a reply to: quintessentone
Well I was a teacher for 10 years, yep I know very well what question teens seems to ask most, no ever once I have a child coming to me or any other of teacher asking about wanting to be trans, no ever we teachers gathered to discuss the sex preferences of children.
This new trend has been pushed by the trans movement now infiltrated in school for their agendas, the targeting of children needs to be banned, prohibited and make it a sexual assault on the children.