California school superintendent booted from district board meeting after opposing new transgender policy
By Nicholas McEntyre
July 22, 2023 3:20am Updated
California’s state superintendent of schools was kicked out of a board meeting Thursday night, where he opposed a district’s policy to require teachers to notify parents of students that identify as transgender.
Tony Thurmond, 54, clashed with Chino Valley Unified School District official Sonja Shaw which prompted people in attendance to tell the educator to “leave our kids alone.”
“I come before you as a parent tonight but we can debate all of the laws and all of the policies and practices, I ask you to consider this- that nearly half of students who identify as being LGBTQ+ are considering suicide,” Thurmond began.
“The policy that you consider tonight not only may fall outside the of the laws that respect privacy and safety for our students but may put our students at risk because they may not be in homes where they can be safe,”
Shaw, cut Thurmond off, claiming his allotted time was up as she railed against the state official, blaming him for putting the school district in the position it was in.
https://nypost.com/2023/07/22/california-school-superintendent-tony-thurmond-booted-from-district-board-meeting-after-opposing-new-transgender-policy/