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VT school board pays family $125,000 after punishing father, daughter for speaking out against trans student
Fox News ^ | June 2, 2023 | Gabriel Hays 

Posted on 06/03/2023 5:50:09 PM PDT by lowbridge

A Vermont school district has just reached a settlement to pay one local family $125,000 in damages after disciplining them for speaking out against a transgender student that was creeping out high school girls in a school locker room.

In addition, the school has promised to reinstate Travis Allen as a middle school soccer coach, as well as remove any records of discipline against him and his daughter in the school database.

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As reported by The Daily Signal, the legal battle began last October with the Allen family filing a lawsuit claiming that Travis and his daughter Blake "were punished for expressing their view on a matter of profound public concern: whether a teenage male who ‘identifies’ as female should be permitted to change in a girls’ locker room, regardless of the discomfort experienced by the girls in that room."

As their lawsuit detailed, both Allens took a stand against a trans-identifying male student using the girls’ locker room at Randolph Union Middle/High School. According to Blake – one of the school volleyball players using the locker room at the time – the trans student was making the females in the vicinity uncomfortable.

While objecting to the biological male using the facilities, Travis and Blake allegedly "misgendered" the student, which resulted in the school district disciplining them both. 

The lawsuit added, "In objecting to a male being in the room while the girls are changing, Travis and Blake each made comments underscoring that the trans-identifying student is in fact a male, including by using male pronouns."

It continued, noting, "Yet, their remarks were too much for Defendants’ transgender orthodoxy—Travis was deemed to have ‘misgendered’ the student, while Blake was found guilty of ‘harassment’ and ‘bullying’—so Defendants disciplined both of them."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: donatedonaldtrump; donatefreerepublic; donatetrump; education; freespeech; schoolboard; trans; transgender; vermont
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1 posted on 06/03/2023 5:50:09 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

The district only paid them $125,000?! It should’ve been more than that!


2 posted on 06/03/2023 5:51:42 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: lowbridge

“My personal pronoun preferences are those based in reality.”


3 posted on 06/03/2023 5:56:12 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: No name given

“pay one local family $125,000 “

SMACK DOWN ... yup should have been more ...
but take one in the WIN column when you can.

I think the bud light thing has really got a lot of folks saying .... “so it’s not just me “
Silence is evils best friend.

Hope to see more of this, the battle is just starting.


4 posted on 06/03/2023 5:58:07 PM PDT by 1of10 (be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
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To: lowbridge

The school board members should be at least partially responsible.


5 posted on 06/03/2023 6:04:28 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: lowbridge

$125k is peanuts for the violation. I would have pushed for many times that and punishment of the people who forced the penalties on my family.


6 posted on 06/03/2023 6:21:46 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: lowbridge

“Misgendering” = telling the TRUTH.


7 posted on 06/03/2023 6:22:16 PM PDT by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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To: 1of10

$125,000 in this district is big money. This will send a clear message to Randolf and all school administrators allacross the state.


8 posted on 06/03/2023 6:27:20 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: lowbridge

This garbage will end when some fathers pay late night visits to these garbage “administrators” and curb stomp them.

L


9 posted on 06/03/2023 6:30:00 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lurker

NO. The first time that happens the father will be the prime suspect, and pilloried in the media.

This needs to be unidentified non-friends who have the father’s back. There can be NO connection.


10 posted on 06/03/2023 6:41:46 PM PDT by wbarmy (Trying to do better.)
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To: wbarmy
That's the thesis of The Justice Cooperative.
11 posted on 06/03/2023 6:46:53 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: VTenigma

“administrators allacross the state.”

And across the country .... I hope.
I know I really had my eyes opened after watching the daily(something) movie .... What is a woman.

I thought we were dealing with a small subset of nuts...
Guess I need to pay more attention.

thank the Lord for a voice like this Free Republic site


12 posted on 06/03/2023 7:06:25 PM PDT by 1of10 (be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
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To: No name given

It needs to be enough in these instances that the tax base revolts…


13 posted on 06/03/2023 7:06:48 PM PDT by Axenolith (Restrict act and all of its sponsors and users play orchestral level skin flute…)
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To: wbarmy

Oooh. Blond wigs and blousy dresses with heals. That would be the touch of all.


14 posted on 06/03/2023 7:27:12 PM PDT by healy61 (.)
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To: lowbridge

WAIT a MINUTE!

I spoke out against trannies, too. WHERE’S MY MONEY??


15 posted on 06/03/2023 7:28:25 PM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good. )
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To: Secret Agent Man

Just say your pronouns are “I” and “Me” and “My”— then watch their heads spin as they try to talk to you.


16 posted on 06/03/2023 7:30:01 PM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good. )
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To: VTenigma

I suggest ya’ll send copies of this to your local school board anonymously, with a note...”keep this in mind”


17 posted on 06/03/2023 7:31:45 PM PDT by goodnesswins ( We pretend to vote and they pretend to count the votes.)
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To: lowbridge

A lot of the so-called “teachers” these days need to take some civics training teaching them how the Bill of Rights and the First Amendment is what separates the United States from the crapholes all these refugees are coming here from.


18 posted on 06/03/2023 7:33:52 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (JaySix - The attack that shook the foundations of Commie Liberal "democrazy". -The Far Left "media".)
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To: lowbridge

The moral of the story: Identify as whatever you want, but don’t force the rest of us to participate in your delusion.


19 posted on 06/03/2023 7:41:24 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: lowbridge

These insane school boards believe using a normal, accepted and accurate pronoun is a crime worse than a boy ogling pubescent girls in the GIRLS’ locker room.

The whole school board should be recalled.


20 posted on 06/03/2023 7:43:40 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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