In it, “The main character decided at age three that he was a girl. Which is why I find it troubling that there are books currently in our middle school libraries that promote changing gender before puberty.”Īnother book Winterode mentioned was “Pet,’ a crime-fighting novel by Akwaeke Emez. “With that in mind, I can think of few decisions that require a fully developed, mature brain than deciding to change one’s gender. “Scientists specializing in brain development have confirmed that the portions of the brain that evaluate risk and make informed decisions are among the last to mature, usually not until the early twenties,” said Winterorde. He had compiled a list of more than 70 books that discuss various transgender and LGBTQ topics, sometimes in clinical detail, which are in the middle and high school libraries. And if a teacher does not comply, there should be consequences, he said.Īnother West Whiteland resident, Mike Winterode, also spoke to the board.

“I’m asking for a policy that limits a teacher’s ability to promote or discuss any hot topics in the classroom,” he told the school board. “This is what kids are talking about today,” he said. Also, a homeroom teacher refused to have the class recite the Pledge of Allegiance and a student on his daughter’s bus told other students that America should be communist. He said two different teachers asked his older daughter about being vaccinated in front of her classmates, a violation of medical privacy. Because of other incidents, he is concerned about the direction the district is headed in. He contacted the superintendent and principal before speaking at the school board meeting. The second book, about a young Black boy in Harlem who was bullied by White boys and called the N-word, the father told the Delaware Valley Journal. “I told her to take it back and ask for another book. “Why would an adult, a teacher, give her a book like this?” he asked. He takes pills to block male hormones, begins to wear girls’ underwear and clothes, and uses the girls’ bathroom. “I opened it and began flipping through the pages and began noticing things.” The main character, a fourth-grade boy named George, wanted to be a girl. “My daughter asked me, ‘Is this book OK,’” the dad said. The West Whiteland parent, who asked that his name not be used, told the West Chester Area School Board about the book and his concerns at a Jan.

The book is “George” by Alex Gino features references to pornography and masturbation, according to The New York Times. Worse, the father said, the book was assigned to his daughter by her teacher. A West Whiteland parent says he was surprised and disturbed when his 11-year-old daughter brought a book home from school that tells the story, in graphic detail, of a young boy who wants to be a girl.

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