Controversy in a Bucks County school district and it all comes down to the first name that teachers can call students in class. The district says it's about making sure parents are involved, but opponents are calling it discrimination.
school district and it all comes down to the first name that teachers can call students in class. The district says it's about making sure parents are involved, but opponents are calling it discrimination.
Central Bucks West English teacher Rebecca Carter-Haring says she’s been with the district for 16 years. She says at a meeting on September 8th, the high school principal told teachers they’re not allowed to use a student’s preferred name, if it’s different than what’s in the school’s records, without parental permission.
She says the principal then told them to make a list of names of students who asked to be called by a preferred name and send it down to the guidance counselor to coordinate a meeting with their parents. "Parents are stakeholders in these matters, too, so we do talk with students about the importance of including parents in decisions like these. We help prepare students for the conversations and also help facilitate them to reach an agreed-upon solution."
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