Should schools keep secrets from parents? Depends who you ask. - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : In Milford, New Hampshire, after the superintendent temporarily removed a book about gender identity from the shelves in response to a parent complaint, high school students created an art installation across the hallway from their school library, painting 11 lockers to resemble the spines of 11 books that are often challenged, including The Catcher in the Rye; The Handmaid's Tale; Maus, a graphic novel about the Holocaust; and The Hate U Give, a book about the police shooting of a Black teen.
53% : "Nico's journey began during the COVID-19 lockdown, when, in response to his depression, a therapist introduced the topic of gender identity, offered online links, and suggested Nico create a new Instagram account that would allow him to experiment with he/him pronouns.
52% : In July, Governor Chris Sununu signed a bill expanding a state law requiring that parents receive advance notice about sexual education instruction to include material about sexual orientation and gender identity.
46% : And if it's up to the parents, rather than the school boards and districts, to set policy and curricula, which parents will get to decide?"It would transform what public schools are, because there's no limit to what parents are going to want to control about what goes on in schools day to day," argues Chris Erchull, a senior staff attorney at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders.
44% : "Opponents -- which include the American Civil Liberties Union, LGBTQ-rights organizations, teachers unions, and a wide array of parents who worry about where this all might lead -- have a ready reply: What these activists are demanding would constitute a fundamental shift in the traditional relationship between public schools and the communities they serve, one that would open up a Pandora's box.

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