You can help protect your middle-school child from gender indoctrination!
We recently asked the Natick Public Schools superintendent about religious exemptions from gender identity lessons taught in middle-school health class (which is not part of sex ed). Here's what she told us about current school policies:
While the health education policy doesn't offer protection for elementary-aged children from controversial, confusing, and age-inappropriate gender content (a problem we've been working hard to change), it does help parents protect impressionable and vulnerable middle-school children.
Did you know Natick Public Schools’ 5th and 6th grade middle school health curriculum indoctrinates children in biased and potentially harmful concepts about the so-called difference between sex and gender through a collection of classroom videos:
“Genitals and body don’t actually reflect anything about a person’s gender at all.” (Minus18 Video: What are Pronouns?)
“Our sex assigned at birth…is based on how someone else sees our bodies.” (Amaze Org Video: Sex Assigned at Birth and Gender Identity: What’s the Difference?)
“Back in your day, most people understood the world in terms of just boys and girls. But now we know gender is more complex than that…” (Amaze Org Video: Range of Gender Identities)
Did you also know NPS health teachers use this child-friendly Genderbread Person that indoctrinates 5th grade students in a biased and potentially confusing belief system about gender identity being on a spectrum:
All families instill a variety of values and beliefs in their children that are integral to their identity and culture. When children are indoctrinated in biased gender ideology at school, it can directly conflict with the lessons parents are trying to teach their children about what’s best for their health and wellbeing.
According to the Natick Public Schools superintendent, there is no explicit health or sex education curriculum in elementary grades, so the opt-out provision doesn't apply in this setting. For elementary school parents who have concerns about gender-related content, NPS principals will offer individual meetings to address and discuss these questions thoroughly. Based on School Committee policy, parents should direct emails about this to their child's school principal.
Contact your child's principal at Wilson Middle School or Kennedy Middle School about policy IHAM-R to opt your child out of biased and controversial gender lessons.
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