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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
Well since I live down the road I've paid a little bit of attention to this one.
It strikes me odd that there should be ANY specific classes when it comes to bullying.
Casual observance makes it seem like the district currently ignores bullying based on gender preference which I doubt is the case but the responses that I've seen to the proposed change sure makes it feel that way.
On the prom-posal, if they have allowed a prohibited practice in the past they sure picked a bad time to enforce it. Whether it was denied because she is a lesbian or her being a lesbian had nothing to do with it someone screwed up.
Human nature, when something is allowed and then is singularly not white, black, gay, straight, rich, poor, does not matter, that person will wonder what it is about THEM specifically that precipitated the change.
The school would have been wise to allow prom-posals for the remainder of the year and strictly enforce it the following years.
As for the bathrooms, I have no comment. It's really not something I'm concerned about playing out in my back yard.
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I agree, that's what I don't understand either. If there is already an anti-bullying/discrimination policy in place, what is the purpose of adding a specific group to it? If there is bullying or discrimination going on against LGBT kids then the district needs to enforce the policy already in place. Adding more language to a policy that is already not enforced does no one any good.