'Firestorm' of criticism won't keep Bellingham schools from teaching about diversity
May 15—A parent's complaint that a picture book about a transgender girl was read to a first-grade class in Bellingham Public Schools will not change school policy, Superintendent Greg Baker told the school board.
That's despite a "firestorm" of criticism from right-wing media and other sources over the book "I Am Jazz," Baker said at an online meeting Wednesday, May 12.
"Our work in this district is to ensure that our kids and our families see themselves in our school and our literature," Baker said.
"If that's a character that is transgender — for some people just hearing that word elicits a response that there's no place for that word, really, in schools — we have kids and staff that are transgender in our community and in our schools, and they need to feel part of (our community) and accepted as well," Baker said.
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