Posted on 10/26/2022 8:19:38 PM PDT by NoLibZone
The camp’s director said misinformation about his counselors and transphobia led to the Culver School District pulling its students Outdoor School is a rite of passage for many Oregon students, when pre-teen students across the state spend multiple days in the wilderness learning about the outdoors.
The sixth grade students of Culver Schools, a small district in rural Central Oregon, were scheduled for a three-day, two-night stay at Camp Tamarack in nearby Sisters starting Oct. 17. It didn’t go according to plan.
Several hours into the trip, the school bus returned, loaded up all the students and their belongings, and took them back to Culver. The reason: District officials learned nonbinary counselors would be sharing cabins with the students, according to letters sent to parents later that day.
Interviews with the district and emails from Oct. 18 show school officials took little deliberation before pulling students from the camp. Much of the district’s concerns were based on misinformation about Camp Tamarack and its nonbinary counselors, and the actions could potentially cost the district thousands of dollars in state funding.
Superintendent Stefanie Garber later wrote to parents, saying some students had expressed discomfort with staying in a cabin with a nonbinary person, particularly with dressing and showering in front of the high school-aged counselors.
She said she heard about the concerns from Culver Middle School Principal Brad Kudlac, who himself had heard it from teachers present at the camp.
“We stand for the emotional, physical and mental safety of the kids, and we stand for clear open communication,” Garber said to OPB. “So we had to err on the side of caution.”
Garber did not know how many students expressed discomfort or if they had actually requested they be taken home. She said that she was in the middle of conducting job interviews and took only around 15 minutes before deciding to send a bus, which was at another school district for a sporting event, back to Camp Tamarack.
‘There were tears’
Camp Tamarack Executive Director Charlie Anderson said that Garber and the district operated on incorrect information about the camp. He said each cabin has a private changing room, which students were made aware of, and that students do not shower during Outdoor School and would therefore never have been in a shower with a counselor.
He said the camp had no idea students were uncomfortable or that they were going home until the buses arrived. Students, he said, seemed upset when they found out.
“There was a lot of confusion — there were tears,” Anderson said. “When that was being taken away from them, there was sadness felt everywhere.”
Garber said the district could have done better in communicating with the camp, but also told parents she wished Camp Tamarack had informed her about the presence of nonbinary counselors. Anderson disagreed and said doing so would’ve been discriminatory and violated state law.
Culver’s withdrawal from Outdoor School comes as queer people across the country, especially those who are transgender and nonbinary, have faced increasing attacks from conservatives who claim these LGBTQ people are either “groomers” or pedophiles. Various state legislatures have considered and even passed laws limiting discussion of or exposure to LGBTQ topics around children.
“Culver’s withdrawal from Outdoor School comes as queer people across the country, especially those who are transgender and nonbinary, have faced increasing attacks from conservatives who claim these LGBTQ people are either “groomers” or pedophiles. “
Because they are.
“Nonbinary counselors?” What are they?
They are in ONE WORD pedofiles!!
That’s right - whatever happened to “If it saves just a single life” bullcrap?
Correct call by the Superintendent.
“...and that students do not shower during Outdoor School and would therefore never have been in a shower with a counselor.”
So let me get this straight - a bunch of hormonal teenagers spend three days doing outdoor physical activities and DO NOT SHOWER?!?!? Personal hygiene must not be a priority in the woods.
Can you imagine the poor bus driver picking up that crew for the trip home? 😷🤢
So the Kids aren't allowed to shower for 3 days ?!?!?! The beginning of the gender change BS by making the Kids smell nasty like the "Counselors" !!!!
He was talking about the non-binary "counselors."
They were confused about their gender, and were crying about the lost opportunity to "recruit" some new cross-dressers.
Regards,
Aw, the poor little groomers and pedos at the camp haz the sadz. They were denied their fresh batch of victims.
Ooookaaay... Not exactly Mark Trail there, hmm?
Its “Pat” from the original SNL skit!
I’m just calling them all MI’s. (”mees”)
Short for Mentally Ills
Great move.
Let's just say they're both then.
Good.
They need to be called out.
beware parents dig deep add chaperones where ever and when ever
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That’s called wilderness. Of course you don’t get a shower in the backcountry.
The rest of the story is just sick and the school is to be commended to provide for the children’s safety.
However, three days without a shower is fine.
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