The unnamed student alleged during a contentious school board meeting Monday night that the teacher, Debra Rosenquist, made the remark when he was in her fifth grade class at Terryville Road Elemen…
to go by male pronouns has claimed she once called his entire class “sexist little children” because they were only playing with classmates of the same sex.
Earlier, the student had claimed his teacher would “target me” in the classroom, adding: “I don’t know why, I’m assuming she just didn’t like me.” The parents of a 9-year-old girl are suing Rosenquist and the Comsewogue School District over allegations the teacher “forced” the child to go by a male name and pronouns, which confused her so much that she had suicidal thoughts.
She added that the district, who investigated the incident a year ago when the parents first aired concerns, would only be responding to the allegations through the court system given the pending litigation. While many speakers aired their grievances about the lawsuit specifically, some parents used the opportunity to speak more broadly about their gripes regarding teachers pushing their own personal beliefs onto students.
“There is a difference between tolerance and acceptance. Being pushed into areas or having our children an agenda pushed down their throat, it’s not what we’re supposed to be doing.”
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