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   A Jeffco counselor said, 'Our teachers are concerned with parents   
   not knowing'   
      
   Elect a faggot for a governor and this is what happens to education.   
    It becomes indoctrination.   
      
   A Colorado school district has a methodical system in place to keep   
   parents in the dark on their child's gender transition in schools,   
   according to documents reviewed by Fox News Digital.   
      
   Leslie Mecca, a counselor at Bear Creek – a K-8 school in the   
   district – sent an email to the Jeffco Public School district's   
   equity office on August 29, 2022, asking clarification on its   
   recommendations regarding flagging an in-school social transition of   
   a child's gender. Jeffco defines "transition" as "the steps a   
   transgender person takes in order to align aspects of their life to   
   be consistent with their gender identity."   
      
   In the email, Mecca said that teachers in the school wanted to tell   
   parents about kids' social transition, including their use of a   
   different name and pronouns.   
      
   Mecca said, "In one grade we have about 10 students who identify as   
   a different name and pronoun. They ask teachers to call them by   
   their preferred name and pronouns and our teachers do so. However,   
   our teachers are concerned with parents not knowing."   
      
   "The question is whether as a school we have a due diligence to   
   inform parents. In my opinion and from what I have gathered from   
   diversity and LGBTQIA trainings is that… it is detrimental if we   
   'out' them to their parents," Mecca continued. "So, we call them by   
   their prefered pronouns and names at school and if parents do not   
   know...we call them by their given name to parents? Can you please   
   provide advice?"   
      
   The counselor said she would follow up with teachers on the   
   district's recommendation. "I want to provide them with some answer   
   of advisement of what they should do."   
      
   The district's equity office's Nimita Weiss and the district's chief   
   of family, school, and community partnerships, Tara Pena, then   
   discussed Mecca's query, according to their emails reviewed by Fox   
   News Digital.   
      
      
   PENTAGON DOCTORS CLAIM 7-YEAR-OLDS CAN MAKE DECISIONS TO BE INJECTED   
   WITH HORMONES, PUBERTY SUPPRESSANTS   
      
   The drafted response provided a gender-affirming toolkit used by the   
   district which discussed how to deal with parents and how the   
   district was aiding in the transition of kids.   
      
   https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploa   
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   Jeffco Public Schools' toolkit on social transition of students.   
   (Jeffco Public Schools)   
      
   "When a student elects to transition during the school year, the   
   school should schedule a meeting with the student and   
   parents/guardians (provided they are involved in the process), to   
   ascertain their desires and concerns," the toolkit states. "The   
   school should discuss a timeline for the transition in order to   
   create the conditions supporting a safe and accepting environment at   
   the school. The principal should discuss with school  administrators   
   and any educators that interact directly with the student on the   
   support plan, timelines for transition and relevant legal   
   requirements."   
      
   The toolkit specified how parents should be considered in the   
   process for various grades.   
      
   Starting as early as elementary school, the district appeared to   
   leave the option open to keep parents in the dark about their kids'   
   gender expression. Fox News Digital requested clarification from the   
   district on the wording of its toolkit but did not immediately   
   receive a response.   
      
   https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploa   
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   Nimita Weiss is an equity specialist at Jeffco Public Schools   
   (Nimita Weiss )   
      
   The toolkit's policy about elementary students states, "If school   
   staff believe that a gender identity or expression issue is   
   presenting itself and creating difficulty for the child at school,   
   approaching parents/guardians about the issue is appropriate at the   
   elementary level. Together the family and school can then identify   
   appropriate steps to support the student."   
      
   For secondary school, the district works with the student to   
   determine whether notification should be sent to parents "to assess   
   the degree, if any, the guardian will be involved in the process and   
   must consider the health, well-being and safety of the student in   
   transition."   
      
      
   Jeffco's toolkit instructed staff to "Remember to emphasize our   
   responsibilities to keep their student safe and this information   
   confidential (shared on a need to know basis) if that is their   
   preference."   
      
   Jeffco Public Schools's confidential gender support plans, reviewed   
      
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