School District Being Sued After Refusing to Tell Parents What a 'Transitioning' Teacher Said to Stu

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School District Being Sued After Refusing to Tell Parents What a 'Transitioning' Teacher Said to Students

Mia Cathell
July 25, 2023

A Wisconsin school district is being sued for keeping parents in the dark about a transgender-identifying teacher's male-to-female gender "transition," which elementary through high school students were informed of in class without prior parental notification.

On the morning of June 5, the second-to-last day of the school year, all orchestra students at Northstar Middle School were required to report to the music room during homeroom period. There, the middle school students found orchestra teacher Jacob Puccio, a school counselor, and Eau Claire Area School District (ECASD)'s diversity, equity, and inclusion director, Dang Yang.

Facebook profile picture of ECASD teacher Jacob "Carly Grace" Puccio

Students were told that Puccio, a biological male, would be undergoing a gender transition and that, moving forward, the children were to address the instructor as "Ms. Puccio," now-named "Carly Grace." The students were then directed to either stay and listen to Puccio's coming-out story or go to the practice room in the interim. Reportedly, no students left the meeting.

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Based on secondhand information, the assembled students were told the teacher felt like a girl from an early age and experienced childhood trauma because family and friends did not accept that Puccio was the opposite sex from what was "assigned at birth." The DEI lecture to the middle schoolers also discussed a medical procedure Puccio was set to undergo.

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In addition, shortly after the middle school talk occurred, a scripted statement crafted by ECASD detailing Puccio's transition was read to multiple classes of elementary and high school music students in the Chippewa County district, including North High School and at least three elementary schools (Sam Davey Elementary, Locust Lane Elementary, and Northwoods Elementary).

Prior to the in-person session, staff at the school were aware that the discussion would take place, but parents were not notified in advance. To date, no parents were given any details as to what their children were told about Puccio's purported sex-change.

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Source:  https://townhall.com/tipsheet/miacathell/2023/07/25/teacher-transition-lawsuit-n2626167

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moving forward, the children were to address the instructor as "Ms. Puccio," now-named "Carly Grace."

Ms. Puccio, is it okay if I just call you "freak show"?