1/10/24

HARRISONBURG VA: (WSVA) – The Rockingham County Democratic Committee is blasting the county school board’s decision to enact all of Governor Glenn Youngkin’s model policies in education, especially one that requires teachers to address transgender students by their given names.

On Monday night, the board voted 4-1 in favor of the policies. Other than names, Rockingham County teachers are also directed to call students by the pronouns associated with their biological sex – not their preferred gender.

Lynlee Thorne, a Democratic Committee co-chair, told WSVA News “You know with great confidence that a policy like this is going to negatively impact and harm already targeted and vulnerable children who are already experiencing tremendous amount of of bullying in schools and this is the adults in charge elected officials really validating and encouraging even more of that bullying”.

She added that the board may have exposed itself to future lawsuits.