An Arizona teacher offered students a “Getting to Know You” form, asking them to list their preferred pronouns. Students at Catalina Foothills School (CFHS) in Tucson were greeted at the beginning of the new school year with personal questions regarding their preferred names and pronouns by their science teacher, Megan Kimball. She also asked if the students felt comfortable using selected pronouns in front of their parents.
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An Arizona teacher handed out forms for the first week of school, saying she would not use pronouns in front of parents if asked. She also offered to have "private conversation[s]" with students about their pronouns. https://t.co/T29ZJo13vt
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According to documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF), Kimball handed the documents to students during class, also asking whether she had permission to share the selected pronouns in front of their parents.
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Students were asked to answer “yes” or “no” as to whether they would like a private follow-up conversation with Kimball about their pronouns, according to the document.
In an email to Bart Pemberton, a parent and organizer with the group Save CFSD, the superintendent of Catalina Foothills Unified School District acknowledged that Kimball was the only teacher who handed out the form, stating it was a “well-intentioned effort by the teacher to respect students’ identities.”
“However, we advise teachers not to solicit preferred names and pronouns,” Kamerzell said. “The questions may give students the false impression that we withhold this type of information from parents. We don’t. As you know, if asked, we tell parents. We also advise students of the same and encourage them to inform their parents. It is unreasonable to expect teachers to remember in what settings to use or not use a different name and/or pronoun.”
CFSD spokesperson Julie Farbarik told the DCNF that teachers don’t usually share this type of information but that the district trusts teachers to do what is right for their class, stating that “respecting and supporting our students’ true selves is important.”
“This is another terrible abuse of trust of the parents and children in the district,” Pemberton said in a statement. “Every parent should be alarmed. What else are they hiding, and what are they doing with these private and secret conversations the parents don’t know about?”
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