A Kansas teacher says she will continue using students' preferred names and pronouns despite an ongoing federal investigation into her school district's gender identity policies, drawing renewed attention to the district's approach to parental notification and student records."I am a teacher in USD 500," Courtney Richardson, a teacher at Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools, wrote in a Friday post on Facebook."I am a PROUD ally in all of the spaces that I am in.
If your child was born Nicole, and one day they ask me to call them Nick so they feel more comfortable, then I am going to call them Nick and keep it moving.That is not indoctrination.
That is a teacher being a safe place for ALL kids.Period."On the Kansas City Kansas Public Schools website, Richardson appears to be listed as a science teacher.TRUMP ADMIN TARGETS WOKE SCHOOLS ACCUSED OF HIDING STUDENTS' GENDER TRANSITIONS FROM PARENTSA spokesperson for Kansas City Kansas Public Schools told Fox News Digital in a statement, "Since this is a personnel matter, KCKPS can not comment at this time." (iStock)"Yall want me to call to ask your permission first," she asked.
"Funny thing, when I call home about grades and behaviors, parents seldom answer or respond to messages.So we care more about Nicole being called Nick than we care about these kids graduating without being able to read at grade level, or to form a thought without ChatGPT?! Has anyone of you people who are so passionate about pronouns ever shown up and supported these kids in these schools? The stands at basketball games, music concerts, NHS ceremonies, and PTA meetings are empty, yet yall packed out the board meeting over teachers allegedly not notifying parents of their child’s preferred pronouns?"On her LinkedIn page, Richardson says she has worked at Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools as a teacher full-time from July 2019 to the present.She listed one of her past positions as a full-time community organizer for the Kansas Democratic Part...