Posted on 03/06/2018 6:00:14 AM PST by outpostinmass2
Citing preexisting concerns, Swampscott parents Friday presented the School Committee with a statement of no confidence in the elementary school principal who recently came out as transgender.
Shannon Daniels, previously known as Tom, also took an unexpected leave of absence this week. Superintendent Pamela Angelakis initially told parents in an e-mail that she and Daniels had mutually agreed Daniels would go on leave for “at least a few days.” On Friday, the superintendent’s assistant said she could not say when Daniels would return.
School Committee chairwoman Amy O’Connor said she received the parents’ petition Friday, and she was just beginning to evaluate it with fellow members.It was unclear how many signatures the parents had gathered and whether the petition was representative of the school community. The woman who launched the petition declined to comment.
Many have expressed vocal support for Daniels, and at a parents’ meeting attended by the Globe last month, many took pains to explain that they were troubled not by Daniels’s gender identity but by the rushed way the news was communicated.
Some bristled at the suddenness of the transition, which they had to explain to their children, none older than fourth-graders. Daniels sent letters on a Tuesday notifying families of the decision to immediately “move toward presenting myself and identifying as female.”
The petition the parents circulated refers to Daniels as “she” and otherwise makes no mention of the principal’s gender identity. Instead, the petition faults Daniels solely on performance, alleging the principal created a toxic environment for students and staff, and failed to recognize mistakes or listen to parents and staff.
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He should have just gotten a name change to Jack.
Omg, it’s Mr. Garrison!
Get him away from the children.
His wife: "Here, honey, have one. One little drink won't hurt you..."
A man I knew was a sanctimonious vegetarian since young adulthood. Soy foods contain estrogen. Over 30 years of eating estrogen, he developed gigantic moobs, hated to go out and became isolated, and died young.
So, I'm wondering if this principal and his wife are raging liberal vegetarians and he has poisoned himself with soy foods.
It's enough to make a small child afraid to go to the doctor. How else can parents explain, except to say that doctors are "helping" him become a woman? Little kids might become terrified of a medical exam, an injection or a dose of medicine after hearing that.
Tom, Dick, and Hairy.
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