A group of Dickson County parents has sounded the alarm about the school district’s “Procedure and Practice for Supporting Transgender Students”, causing the Dickson County Schools (DCS) Director to supposedly repeal the procedure, but the parents aren’t yet entirely convinced of its elimination as they have yet to see public proof of her directive.
According to a Charlotte Elementary parent Derik Harris, this group of involved parents became aware of the transgender support procedure at the beginning of the school year which required teachers and staff to affirm any student’s chosen gender identity, threatened discipline for refusal, and helped students, faculty, and parents develop gender transition plans.
“The gender transition may include a change in dress, names, and pronouns as a student completes a process of asserting the sex that corresponds to their gender identity. In order to limit confusion and misunderstanding it is important for administration, student and parent/guardians [to] prepare a plan for the gender transition,” the procedure reads.
