And they think they’re above the law. Of course, considering the cheek in jowl relationship between the federal teacher’s unions and the feds, they’ve gotten away with a lot, including lockdowns, school closures, and the masking of children.
Their latest big push of course has been usurping parents rights, using the transgender social contagion to do so.
The teachers union couldn’t have that:
At issue are student surveys about gender identity. While the school district says it’s unclear whether surveys about students’ preferred pronouns are illegal, there are several lawsuits regarding the issue. So, administrators told teachers – just don’t go there.
The teachers union told them something else. An email from Jefferson County Education Association (JCEA) to teachers says, “if you do a questionnaire, please make it a paper and pencil activity – any digital records are more permanent and may be requested under federal law.”
The union also encouraged teachers to “make your notations about students and not hold on to the documents.”
Apparently the union doesn’t understand FERPA–paper surveys are considered to be part of the student record as would the notations that the teachers make. And the union obviously is hiding behind student privacy rhetoric (guess what, minor children don’t have privacy from their folks). Plus they are conflating a student coming forward privately to a teacher with a survey handed out–two very different things.
Transgender and gender nonconforming students have the right to discuss and express their gender identity and expression openly and to decide when, with whom, and how much to share private information.
Grade school children, with few exceptions, will stand up to a teacher and not fill out a survey that’s handed to them. It is actually bullying since the teacher is using their position of power to force an action.
Parents are understandably livid. The school district has clear policies regarding surveys, notification to parents, and opt-outs. But since there’s little chance of those students, or the union, suffering any consequences is small, the union decided to go for it.
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