Video 1 Summary:
See full transcript on http://www.oldbridge5756.com/
Speaker 1, Old Bridge Official. Green Shirt
He formally opens the meeting and states the full time will
be dedicated to hearing the public on Policy 5756.
Mark Stanton, Chairman of Memorial Temple in New Brunswick
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Pro Trans privacy
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Pontificates of safety for kids at home
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Explains that in the Torah is explains God created day and
night, but it doesn't explain God created the Morning and Evening. It was
assumed God created everything dealing with days.
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Just as such, God created Man, Woman, and everything in
between. It again does not need to be explained that's everyone, including
LGTBQ+
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we make safe spaces for kids to figure out who they are,
not force them.
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most parents are loving, but there are bigoted and hateful
people that are parents. Please reconsider what you are voting on.
Kevin Ray, 16 year Old Bridge
Resident
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Pro Trans Privacy
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Parent of 2 kids who went to OBHS
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Was happy and moved to tears to see OBHS was accepting of
gays. She didn't have that growing up
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LGBT and domestic sexual violence matters advocate.
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Goes to schools and gives talks.
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Found herself later in life. She was shunned by her family
and friends at 51.
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Was sexually assaulted
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house in foreclosure
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slowly re-establishing her life.
Carolyn, OB Resident, 4 kids, 5 grandkids
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Anti Trans Privacy
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Momouth Poll
says 77% of parents want to be notified
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5756, keeping parents in the dark about a serious and
potentially life threatening situation
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5756 clandestinely promotes the mutilation of children
under the misleading banner of gender affirming care
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We're notified about tylenol, why
not this.
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80% of trans individuals suffer from serious
psychopathology and gender affirming care largely fails to remedy those
problems.
Lisa, parent, educator, a social justice advocate, and a
Christian, 2 degrees - gender studies, writes in prison workshops on gender
identification.
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Pro Trans Privacy
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Christian Theologian William Paley had said, "there
was a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against
all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in
everlasting ignorance. That principle is contempt."
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We should not put teachers in a position where they are
guilted in pushing a child to suicide.
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I am not God and I don't try to be
God. But I would say this If God truly created all of us, then He created my
son to be a gay man.
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Urges BOE to do nore classes and
understanding of issues from trans and LGTBQ+ side
Kimberly, from Old Bridge
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Anti Trans Privacy
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thank you for recinding 5756
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Brain is not fully developed until age 25-30
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prefrontal cortex deals with decision making
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bullet points select facts on brain development
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Cited from Mental Health Daily (I checked, it's not
a backed journal)
Jordan, 29y, manager of psychiatric nursing at a large NJ hospital.Went to OBHS, gay man.
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Pro Trans Privacy
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supporting adolescents during exploration is essential to a
strong sense of self.
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was suicidal at OBHS
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Ran pride club at OBHS
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teachers at OBHS helped him
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don't weaponize teachers as tools against students.
OB Teacher, Teaching 26 years, 2
sons graduated OBHS
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Pro Trans Privacy
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it's an oxymoron to say protecting parents rights over the students
lives. If you want to rescind protections from the students. That, to me, makes
no sense.
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I don't want them to live in fear, to go home, live in fear
of walking down the hallways. I don't want to see this law change.
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So good luck to all the trans and non-binary. We stand with
you.
Vinny, went to OBHS as gay student, still in OB
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Pro Trans Privacy
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Knows a gay man, this person no longer has any contact with
his parents at all. When he came out, they disowned him
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His own parents were loving and accepting.
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came out in 7th grade
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the fact of life is that bigoted people exist in this world,
and bigoted people can be parents, too, and they can do very harmful things to
children.
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If there's something that about their personal lives and
sexuality and gender identity is a personal thing, they shouldn't be compelled
to disclose that to their parents just because those people are their parents.
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if school in the South in the mid 20th
century shouldn't have been forced to tattle on children in school, in
interracial relationships just because racist parents wanted to know that...
16 y old student, OBHS
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Anti Trans Privacy
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volunteered in our library helps run games for community days
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George Orwell, everyone is equal, but some are more equal
than others.
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people can and will use the system. (In context to
malicious activity, specifically males assaulting females)
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the reality is the policy 5756 repealed. Trans kids will
not be bullied at a high rate
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Being outed as trans will not cause you to be abused.
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List reports of high school guys who identified as trans
who assaulted high school girls
Revenrend Dr. de
Grail, OBHS drama coach
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Pro Trans Privacy
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taught in OBHS
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Told a story about a gay student named Joe who struggled to
come out during HS.
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She and the drama club gave support
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Kid was abusing drugs and alcohol
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And I think that we saved Joe's life.
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We keep them safe and we want to
affirm them just the way God made them.
Video 2 Summary:
See full transcript on http://www.oldbridge5756.com/
Shawn, Hillsboro. Worked with kids for
35 years. Worked in OB as elementary school counseler
for 20 years.
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Pro Trans Privacy
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Editor's note: This speech was cut in
half between 2 videos. If you want to view this speech
it's at the end of video 1 and start of video 2.
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deeply saddened by certain accusations in the country
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5756 does not prevent staff from speaking with parents or
guardians. It was designed to protect the child's needs and not serve parantal rights.
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Most kids won't need this
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Children have brains, too
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LGTBQ kids exist. Some realize in HS, some in elementary.
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sharing gender identity or sexual orientation to the adults
at home may be difficult
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aren't sure how, afraid of disappointment or rejection,
afraid of parent's mental issues, afraid of adding to parent stress
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some kids simply are not ready as yet
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BOE, have you heard from transgender people? Do you know
their perspective?
Civilian 1, Old Bridge Resident
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Anti Trans Privacy
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5756 subverts family values
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affriming what a
child desires is bad
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5756 will lead to chemical castration and irreversably hack away at their bodies through surgery
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5756 will destroy the parent teacher relationship
Caitlin, went to OBHS, lives in OB
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Pro Trans Privacy
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Disappointed at the [anti trans] bigotry she is seeing in OB
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Sees people acting fear of trans person issues
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kids eventually tell their parents on their own time
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5756 insures it happens on the kid's schedule.
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trans children, nonbinary children, queer children, have
and will always be a part of open schools.
Joe, grew up in OB.
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Pro Trans Privacy
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every student deserves the right to healthy, safe, happy
life.
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not every single kid has that for their personal or home
life.
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we have the opportunity here to double down on our efforts
to ensure that every child gets that
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Freedom of expression leads to a higher educational
experience. It's our duty to give the kids that.
Kat Hansen, Non
Binary Adult, from Marlboro
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Pro Trans Privacy
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grew up as a queer teenager and took care of her siblings.
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This law protects children
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Not every parents wants to protect
their child
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The BOE's responsibility to create a safe space away from parents
Nicki Stauffer, from the "New
Jersey project, representing the parents and the constituents of your
district."
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Anti Trans Privacy
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The problem with5756 is the lack of notification
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5756 is taking the steps that medical therapy, as defined
by psychological terms
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It's not the BOE or school's job to direct medical therapy
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There was [is] no doctor directing this therapy.
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Masked forced on kids in 2020 was also medical therapy
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if a child is in an unsafe home, it is your job and the
teacher's job to get that child out of that [un]safe home
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You will get sued if you direct medical therapies.
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There are families that are willing to support transition, but
can't, because they don't know.
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You don't have that [parental] relationship. So you can't
protect them from bullying, outside world, psychological problems,when things go wrong.
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It's up to you [BOE] to make sure the child is safe
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I here everybody else here speak about how horrible parents
were. I'm sorry. Your parents suck. That's not everybody's parents.
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It's the parent's responsibility [as opposed to the public
or BOE] to protect kids.
Tricia, parent of 2 kids, in OB
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Pro Trans Privacy
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eldest kid came out as transgender
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the parents love their kids unconditionaly
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youths face a real risk of rejection by adults that love
and care for them. This risk of familiar rejection dramatically increases the
risk of suicide, substance abuse, Depression, homelessness.
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We now became a society where common sense, common decency
and respect isn't the norm. As a community, we need to support our transgender
children and keep the rights intact.
Civilian 2, from OB
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Anti Trans Privacy
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5756 is a plan deliverately
installed by the government to separate children from their parents.
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US Code 18, sub section, 1470 prohibits the dissemination
of obscene material to children under 16.
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Does your heart tell you that this is unacceptable.
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this a battle between good and evil through sexual
propaganda
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The enemy's plan is depopulation.
Marsha Shapiro, South Brunswick
Resident
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Pro Trans Privacy
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licensed clinical social worker with the elite status
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An already marginalized segment, with a high rate of kids
considering suicide and those who actually succeed in
doing so.
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According to new research. Of the LGBTQ teens ages 13 to 17
by Detroit Chapter project. 41% seriously considered attempting suicide in the
past year. Versus 22% of all teens. 14% made a suicide attempt. That's
significantly more than the rate of suicide attempts among all the US teens,
which is 9%.
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81% wanted Mental health care in the past year. However,
only 56% of those youth were able to access care
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Do any of you truly understand the communities. Have made an attempt to do so? Do you have any expertise or
understanding of this community? I charge all of you with making
an attempt to do so before you take action that will have a negative
impact upon them.
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The New Jersey Division of Civil Rights has three two hour training modules. They include sessions on
affirming LGBTQIA+ identities in school. Understanding the needs of LGBTQIA+
youth and having anti bias discussions in class.
Louise, retired
psychiatric nurse practitioner, 25+ years experience.
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Pro Trans Privacy
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treated many children, families from Old Bridge over the years
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a mother and a grandmother.
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some families I work with many trans children, some of whom
come to me with a history of suicidal ideation and attempts due to stigma,
bullying or parental invalidation or threats.
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Children living in homes with no history of abuse, or one
coming out and told by their families they won't be accepted.
45% of homeless LGBTQ youth have been kicked out
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largest percentage of homeless youths are trans. Although,
they make up a point .5% of the population.
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The average age of homelessness, the transients, 13 and a
half years of age.
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please don't repeat 5756. It saves lives
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Most kids do go to their parents with being trans
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Work with the teachers and therapists to develop a specific
policy to guide them when negotiating talking to the children.
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Create a student centric approach is required by law while
partnering with parents to create a family centered approach.
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Identify red flags
Teresa, mother of 2
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Anti Trans Privacy
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Biology dictates there are two sexes animals and humans
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85% to 95% of gender dysphoric youth emerge physically and
psychologically intact after passing through puberty without social
approbation.
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The 45 goals of communism were first published in March of
1961, in the Naked Communist, and these goals were read into the Congressional
Record In 1963.
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Number 26 present homosexuality, degeneracy
and promiscuity as normal and natural and healthy.
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Number 41 emphasizing the need to raise children away from
the influence of parents. A tribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of
children to suppress the influence of parents.
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These are the goals of communism,
they twist our emotions and distort our logic.
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It's injected into threr psych
through their mass media for kids. Nickelodeon. Cartoon Network. PBS. Of
course. Disney.
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Parents need to know if and how their children are being
groomed.
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media/schools - Confusing our children and stealing their
innocence, destroying their future. They become fodder for pedophiles. And
medical industry poachers.
Jennifer Woodruff, a Marlboro resident
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Anti Trans Privacy
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gender confusion caused by social media, left woke
philosophy, and affirmed by the schools.
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Gender dysphoria affects .1% of the population, primarily
males. That amounts to one in 10,000 people.
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Before 2007, there was no documentation of gender dysphoria
among girls between the ages of 11 and 21.
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a bare majority of adolescents conceived in the American
secret programs.
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There's big money in transitioning. Follow the money and
follow the backers.
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Social media influencers coach the kids on what to say to
parents, how to get drugs/hormones. These kids are encouraged, become part of a
group, have an identity, and feel very special.
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Most gender confused kids today, are middle upper class
white families often bright and stellar students. Many have a history of
psychological problems, none of them show signs of wanting to be a different
gender prior to coming out.
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Schools are contributing to this.
Amy, from Old Bridge Township, woman
with a wife and 3 kids. Came to OB 6 years ago.
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Pro Trans Privacy
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Announced an observation. She cannot see diversity on the
BOE or in the crowd.
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1.4% of children aged 13 to 17 years that identify as
transgender in the U.S.
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Could kids use this to get into the other sex's bathroom?
Can there be preventative measures for this? If 5756 is taken away, will this
hurt transgender kids? Maybe
There were 600 school districts that adopted this guidance when it first came out. Only a handful of schools have rescinded this policy. It's called protest, caused protests, controversy, mistrust and division in these communities. If any of the board members are wavering in their decision, this should be a sign to you. This is not the time to rescind this policy and throw our town into the spotlight.
Video
3 Summary:
See full transcript on http://www.oldbridge5756.com/
John Howard, NJ Policy Center
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Anti Trans Privacy
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5756 is not a mandatory policy. Judge Mikowitz,
11/26/23
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No Precident, no civil case that
prevents parents from being notified about child gender.
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to view parents as the problem is groddly
irresponsible and a serious violation of parental rights.
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"outing" is troubling language
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NJ ranked 4th in bullying, yet the NJ Attorney Gen is
pointing the finger at parents.
Caitlin, from OB, former OB student
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Pro Trans Privacy
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5756 protects one of the most vulnerable populations
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We don't live in an ideal world where all students have a compasionate and understanding home life.
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some grown adults are willing to take away the protection
of children for their own "parental rights."
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We've lost focus of the basic premise of child protection
in topics like harrasment, bullying, proper training,
and discrimination
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Please prioritize students who risk loosing protection, as opposed to parents who have
the same protected rights.
Daren, grew up on the streets of
Brooklyn from a single mom, cumpulsive gambler dad,
has 2 daughters in OB
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Anti Trans Privacy
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His teachers had a good relationship with his mom
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Teachers kept his mom informed.
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Had a friend 3 weeks ago who killed himself. "Not
trans anything." Depressed.
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Teachers aren't phychologists
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Cited respect to the gentleman who worked in hospitals to
address teens under durress from trans/gay issues
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What if you're kid told a teacher a secret
they wouldn't tell you?
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This happened to a friend of mine.
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Teacher's
shouldn't assume all parents are no good.
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I have a right to a report
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5756 is wrong
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"Parents love their kids" is an unquestionable
truth.
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Not the schools job to address
gender change, puberty blockers, cutting of their penis.
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Social services, DIFUS, doctors are licensed for this.
Schools are not
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Note for Editor: This man was kicked
out of the room by the police for causing a comotion.
Harrison William, 17y, OBHS Student,
gender fluid
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Pro Trans Privacy
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transgenderism is not a contagion. It's just who people are
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5756 does not teach kids to be transgender or harming non
trans kids.
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I have a loving family who knows I am gender fluid, but I
have friends who can't trust that info with their own parents. They run the
risk of being kciked out or sent somewhere.
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5% of trans youth have a danger of suicide or retaliation.
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I was suicidal in OBHS
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I did not feel safe in OBHS
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But, I do
feel safe now because I have teacher I can trust.
I have a drama teacher, a choir teacher, people I can talk to, and now my parents I can talk to
Video
4 Summary:
See full transcript on http://www.oldbridge5756.com/
Tina, life long OB resident. 1 son in OBHS. Many neices, nephews, and cousins in and from OBHS
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Pro Trans Privacy
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My sister came out in her mid 20's
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Nephew in 4th grade said he wanted to commit suicide. He
was being made fun of for what he liked
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Has a cousin who is also gay who grew up gay in OBHS
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Pontificates on when did we all self realize what orientation we were.
Mariah, 40y resident in OB, went
through OB for all her school. Has children who went through OB. Is now a Grandma
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Pro Trans Privacy
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Completed her Sacrimental for
CCD.
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I stand before you tonight to request 5756 to not be
repealed.
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5756 was put in place by Governor Christie in 2017
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5756 protects and addresses needs of trans students. that
ensure a supportive and nondiscriminatory environment for transgender students.
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5756 is a communcations policy
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5756 does not give medications, offer therapy, give
surgeries, persuade, or assist with transitioning.
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In OB, you can't even give a kid Tylenol without the parent
being notified.
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This is not all the school staff and teachers are keeping a
secret from me policy.
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This policy is to protect the transgender children that if
or because they can't be open with their parents for fear of retaliation, abuse
or being kicked out of their homes.
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Some of the parents that are here wanted to repeal the
policy or those who have been known to be anti-LGTBQIA+, addressing the
elephant in the room.
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1.6 million [gay/trans] that have been kicked out of those
for coming forward.
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keep the policy for transgender protection and include a
safeguard measure that if the parent questions their child's identity or the
child is ready to share with the parent
Nina, has gay child
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Pro Trans Privacy
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We're asking you to keep the policy for transgender
protection and include a safeguard measure that if a parent questions their
children's identity or the children, is ready to share with their parents that
measures are put in place so that no harm will come to the child or worse, that
they will be put out of their home.
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We have learned from other towns that eliminating the
policy will lead to lawsuits, children will be lost in the lawsuits, the deaths
of children and injuries and other things.
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The state cut OB's budget by $12 million
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Recinding 5756
risks more cuts
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The threat of repealing 5756 has been used for 6 years.
What is next, Book banning?
Diane, has transgender kid
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Pro Trans Privacy
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Someone in OBHS just outed her kid. Someone else called her
kid "it." Her kid has been bullied.
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Outing = Bullying
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It is selfish to think this issue is about you [parents]
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There's a small percentage of children that need this
protection. The probability of this affecting you is
small.
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I was personally accused of making my child transgender and
I can't even get my children to brush their teeth.
Bob Hartman, here since 1971. Went to
school here.
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Anti Trans Privacy
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for 250 years in the USA it's been
notify the parents. Why change now?
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Kids 14 years of age should not make decisions on
transgender status. Just like they can't with movies, alcohol, and other
things.
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The guy before [who was kicked out by the police], people
laughed and mocked him. Is this the loving crowd people think they are?
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Schools, just teach the kids and let parents raise the
children.
Chris Brownport,
OBHS 2008, deot head, IT at a library
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Pro Trans Privacy
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BOE, please maintain the policy.
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Without this policy, students will not learn to trust
colleagues, an important stage in youth development.
Jacob, Rutgers, New Brunswick
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Pro Trans Privacy
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fact check on what the Association of American Physicians
and Surgeons is, The APS as it is label is a politically conservative nonprofit
association that promotes conspiracy theories and medical misinformation, such
as HIV AIDS denialism, the abortion breast cancer hypothesis, and vaccine and mockism connections. So as much as that may sound like a
real scientific organization, it is not. Is a nonprofit, just as many are.
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[repealing 5756] takes away a moment that students have
that children have to come out to their parents. And
every single LGBTQ person that I know has a coming out story about them, coming
out to their parents on their own terms. However, if you ever take that away
from them, it will never not be the students coming out to their parents.
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Why do students tell a teacher they've known for less than
nine months over parents? Why a teacher who has hundreds of students? They're
not ready. The parent may not be ready. The student may not be ready. And
that's why we have a policy 5756 to protect parental rights.
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What does parental rights look like when you're no longer a
parent because your child has committed suicide?
Christopher, 20y OB resident
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Anti Trans Privacy
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when the public school becomes an exceptable
place to explore one's sexuality?
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Sexual affirmation does not make sense to me. [in the
context of high school] Questions if this is acceptable.
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Gender dysphoria as a mental illness.
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I know you guys don't want to hear that. You got this is a
problem. You want to keep your sexual deviation.
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We are sick of all the sexual deviations and pushing our
kids through social media and that it is ideology and ideology onto our
children. It's indoctrination.
Jeet, OB resident since 2002
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Pro Trans Privacy
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History remembers the victimized.
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BOE, what do you want to be remembered as?
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The fear of 5756 is a form of love that seems to be tainted
by fear and a desire for something normal in a crazy and ever changing world
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the vast majority of you
will never have to deal with a gay or transgender child.
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by being against this policy, you're creating an
environment in your homes where they know they're not safe to bring their
friends to your house. In five, maybe ten years down the line. The people who
are against this policy may be resented by the very children they're seeking to
protect.
Glen
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Pro Trans Privacy
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This law is about protection [from retaliation of bad
parents]. This law is not about loving parents
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It could be anyone who in the name of normal, in the name
of whatever they consider God, is capable of putting
their child out for being queer, for not following the norm that they want them
to be.
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There is no way to be sure every parent and every situation
is good enough not to need 5756
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Please keep a child's security in mind before you send them
home.
Alison, 50y activist
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Pro Trans Privacy
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sexual deviation is a pejorative.
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I would like you to imagine being the child [of someone who
spoke against 5756]
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Goes on to a hypothetical story where a school calls a
parent and informs them of the student's transgender status. If that kid kills
themselves from whatever transpires, this will have been a direct result of the
repeal of 5756.
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if you save one kid, you save the world.
Council Person, Green Shirt
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Anti Trans Privacy
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Thanks the
public
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policy that's been in force since 2014 and revised in 2019
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hasn't disrupted our child's education, hasn't caused any
social disorder, and according to our HIV reports, there's been very little to
no activity.
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Life decisions such as gender selections should be needs to
be collaborative with parents, guardians, and counselors. Not on the backs of
our teachers
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Use of facilities. We need to have a safe designated space
for all children, transgender, even since there are no
transgender. But we need to have a safe space, i.e.
bathrooms and locker rooms, not giving access of choice.
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Participation in sports, not being able to participate in a
sport of choice based on gender selection. It all goes back to saying, I just
disagree with that.
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Not keeping 2 sets of student records for identity
purposes. I believe that's a safety factor. Imagine being blindsided as a
parent, picking up your child, and then at that point you find out they're
being victimized by another name.
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parent notification. any changes in student records, a
parent needs to be notified.
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The board believes that the interests of the child are best
served by the continuing involvement of all parents in the child's life and
will be.
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I need to make a motion to revise that policy and all sorts
of other topics.
Council Person 2
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Pro Trans Privacy
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everyone in this room believes in parental rights and
fueling policy 5756 involves a moral dilema and
underscores the problem between parental rights and the well-being of the
child.
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The idea is to ensure that parents have the autonomy to
raise their children in a way that aligns with their values and beliefs, but
within the boundaries set by society to safeguard a child's welfare.
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There are legal and ethical limits on parental rights to
protect children from harm. Policy 5756 exists just to do that.
Video
5 Summary:
See full transcript on http://www.oldbridge5756.com/
Council Person Jen
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Pro Trans Privacy
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has non-cisgender 15 year old
child
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If my parents are not getting a phone call because I choose
to change my name from Jen to Jennifer. Why would I do that to any other
student? I don't think that warrants a phone call home.
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any child, who feels unsafe in a bathroom
or a locker room has the right to go to a private changing space regardless of
what their gender is.
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15y said - I have utililized this
policy before, not use it because my family was unaccepting, but to make sure
I'm comfortable
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The policy not only for the safety but for the growth of
our kids
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repealing this policy is to erode the diversity and safety
in Old Bridge schools.
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this [5756] has been around since 2014
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this isn't the only topic where we are revisiting to go
backwards. Whether it's race, creed, you know, anything like that.
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Old Bridge recieves $25m in state
funding. $20m if which is spent.
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mentally tallied 20 people who physically came up to the
stage pre meeting and said they are Pro 5756 Unchanged. and 13 that spoke
against.
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By my count, the Majority of Old Bridge wants 5756 to keep
as is.
Council Person 3
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Anti Trans Privacy
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there was nothing else for or against it that changed my
mind on my previous opinions on the policy except the activities and recent
facilities.
Council Person 4
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position is unclear, but it is assumed he is Anti Trans
Privacy
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recused himself until after policy change.
Council Person Chris, well worded on
legal council
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changing or ignoring 5756 will probably result in ligitagion from the NJ Attorney General. Such is the case
for many towns in Momouth County. (Middletown,
Marlboro, Manalapan, and Englishtown)
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there is a counter to the litigation, but it is expected to
take a long time to resolve. We can only wait and see the results.
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Old Bridge is the first town in Middlesex to challenge
5756.
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Hanover, Morris County, declared 5756 not mandated by state
law and repealed. Holmdel and others followed. This is believed to be legal but
it under revision.
o
I cannot recommend that you revise it [5756] unless you
want to get an injunction in place against the board. We have no finances. This
policy has been in place for a while. It is grounded Largely in the Jersey law
against discrimination
o
As of right now, no one in Middlesex County has tried this,
so no one has had an injuction put on them. It is
legal to repeal, but we don't know if the state will retaiate
against the township.
o
2 meetings need to happen for a repeal or edit to 5756. At
the end of meeting 2, the changes take immediate effect.
Council Person 5
o Hanover township has $60k in legal fees from NJ's AG injunction. She has the reciepts. Those reciepts are available for review by anyone on request.
Video 6 Summary:
See full transcript on http://www.oldbridge5756.com/
Editor's Notes: There's a lot of formal dialogue
and procedure that I am skipping. I am making notes specifically on Public
Citizen speeches talking about 5756, Along with Council Persons' comments on
5756 and related matters.
Elena
Franciso. OB Resident
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Anti Trans Privacy
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We are not bigots, we are
concerned parents. We love everyone.
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sister in law is a
gay married woman
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My goal is not to hurt LGTQ people, it's to defend parental
rights.
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Research and common sense tells us
that students succeed when teachers, parents and students work together and
trust each other.
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Policy 5756 will undoubtedly hinder trust within our school
community.
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How do you think our teachers truly feel about all of this?
why haven't you heard from any of these teachers?
Deam
Cramer, a concerned citizen
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Anti Trans Privacy
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Asked board is 5756 is an obligation to keep gender of
student a secret from parents.
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Board answer: Ask
for clarification onthe language on parental
notification says that there is no affirmative duty to notify parents. So it is not required to notify parents. It is not
prohibited to notify parents. Under the current policy as it exists.
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Had 7tr old Daughter on OB, they homeschool.
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Him and his wife do not trust the school system
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Ponificates on
moral relatism
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Elaborates on crimes of teachers against students. All
crimes. Not just his relative ideas on 5756.
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States he doesn't like not being informed on a kids intent for body modification.
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21 year olds will
come back and sue the school
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This is not about parental [right] or transgenderism.
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This is about keeping parents notified on every decision
the child has.
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your brains aren't even developed into your 20s. Right. 18,
20, 30. So, I mean, let's speak a little bit of common sense.
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I wouldn't be intimidated by New Jersey, These people who
they're going to sue you, or the Attorney General. I would protect the
children.
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The tide will turn. There will be a new generation rising up. If you think this is going to be like this
forever. It will not. People are going to look back at this and be like, what
were you guys thinking?
Jill
DeCaro, resident, Member of Old Bridge Town Council.
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Pro Trans Privacy
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I'm disappointed in board members who didn't speak and
didn't share their opinions because as members of the public, we are entitled
to know how you think and how you're going to vote, especially on such a very,
very hot topic as this.
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Why is there outrage for a policy from 2017?
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it's not you're not pitting teachers against parents.
You're just creating a safe space.
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this policy will not apply to the loving parents here. It's
that 1%. Protecting those kids that cannot speak for themselves, that are in
fear.
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How many times has 5756 been used since 2017?
Kim
Lindley, former special ed teacher. Has 2 children
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Anti Trans Privacy
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What about those those children
who don't know, who can't communicate?
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about the children that are being bullied?
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children commit suicide for different reasons.
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if a child is not really fully
matured until 25, how can you make a decision at this point which encompasses
the whole life?
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No one knows my child better than me.
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Who's speaking up for [children without dysphoria?]
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With special needs kids there are files. Why con't parents start from reading those files?
16 y
old
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Anti Trans Privacy
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I'm multiracial. I'm Native American and Latino, and I was actually adopted by my dad. So I am
so who I am absolutely, so proud of. So please don't go acting like I'm
privileged and bigoted because obviously I'm not.
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Our kids deserve better than exclusive policies for the
minority that fail to blanket the majority.
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I'm here for every little girl who could be beaten in
sports by a person with chromosomes different from them.
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I recently came across an online forum about tonight that
speaks about the opposition who wants to repeal policy 5756. Do you know what
we were called? Nazis.
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trans people can also be abusers
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the vast majority of trans
women are not rapists. Just as the vast majority of men aren't rapists
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we still protect victims from unnecessary harm every time,
even at the detriment of men
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We can be the movement of h... Free of hatred and bigotry
.... by not listening to the minority are here today and not the majority who
isn't here.
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I just want to say this policy isn't helping anyone. It
claims to help people, but it really doesn't.
Paulina,
from Old Bridge
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Pro Trans Privacy
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has 17yr old trans brother.
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being allowed to be trans @ school made him happier. a huge
boost to his self-esteem, his mental health, his ability to focus in school without having to constantly be defending himself.
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at home his identity is not acknowledged
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Are you devastated that you're creating an unsafe
environment at home for your child to not feel comfortable coming out to you
and expressing these wishes?
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Are you devastated that you don't have the relationship
that you thought you did with your child, where they feel comfortable telling you
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will you be mad at teachers as it was the teacher who
brought up the subject.
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Are the teachers are grooming these children and talking to
them about trans issues. They're not doing any of that. They're just calling
them by the name that is written on the roll call sheet.
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Parents who are transphobic and say that they have nothing
against trans kids... but in reality, you think that
until it's your kid because you don't want that in your family. You're not
creating a space and an environment for your child to feel comfortable enough
to express that.
Charles
Breitweiser, Old Bridge resident
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Anti Trans Privacy
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The stupid children we are producing. They can be smoked bu the Indian kids.
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If I were an Emporer from a
foreign market, I would want America to waste time on trans issues and trans
defense.
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We don't teach kids capitalism
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We don't produce college level readers
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We are not producing functional adults
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I don't want my kid to be living at home when they are 40
years old.
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The good teachers are the ones that produce the productive
adults that we want. And we're not getting that because we're wasting their
time with silly stuff like this.
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Who's going to create a policy to protect the normal
straight white kids? We need that.
Teresa
Burns, Old Bridge Resident
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Pro Trans Privacy
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I'm a resident of society. And with that comes a
responsibility to sometimes give up something for someone else.
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I am unapologetically pro-life to the extent that if it
saves one life, I give up something.
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I support this Policy as is. It is proven to save one. And
that's it.
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And to the gentlemen who said that they don't want somebody
in their house at the age of 40. I feel for you. I am so. Blessed to have two
children. That I would keep in my house to the day that I die. Whether they be
gay, trans or whatever.
Gerald
Maglio, representative from the Dolores Turco Foundation
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Anti Tran Privacy
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I urge you to repeal 5756.
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every person is created in the image and likeness of God
and deserving of love. So we do not discriminate for
any reason, including gender.
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few words for our friends in the LGBT community. We are not
your enemy. We are parents who love our children with all their faults. We love
you too, and we want the best for you.
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Your body, though, was created by God with a specific plan,
meaning and purpose. He knows you intimately and he loves you passionately. You
do not have to change one thing about your body or yourself. Just seek and
follow the will of God and His design for your life and you will know. Peace, joy and love.
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the scientific evidence has shown that cross sex medical
treatment for children are harmful. 19 states have
restricted these procedures. Counseling and watchful waiting is recommended
instead. In fact, the transgender experiment is being recognized nationally and
internationally as the biggest child abuse scandal of our time. Consequently,
the Congress has introduced two bills protecting Children from Experimentation
Act and the Intex Perry Funding of Gender
Experimentation Act that would prohibit transgender procedures on minors
nationwide and would prohibit taxpayer funding of these procedures regardless
of age.
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found that after the sex reassignment surgery, the
transgender patient was 19 times more likely to commit suicide than the rest of
the population.
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there is no scientific evidence showing that young children
benefit from being taught in school, sexuality, transgender identity
or homosexuality. Instead, it normalizes sex and anal sex and porn, promotes contraception and contributes to the STD epidemic.
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Parents do have a fundamental right under the fifth, ninth
and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution to direct the upbringing,
education and care of their minor children.
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Hanover, that their law, their legal fees are being paid
for by insurance. Just to let you know, taxpayers are not paying for this legal fees.
Terry Esposito, 2 boys live in Old
Bridge, 1 grandson in Old Bridge
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Anti Trans Privacy
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Association of American Physicians and Surgeons - around
since 1943, served thousands in NJ. Their policy is to limit government,
individual liberty, personal responsibility, limited government
and the ability to freely practice medicine, according to time honored
Hippocratic Principles. They're a legitimate organization, are legitimate
doctors and surgeons, and I would respect their opinion. They stand against 5756
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5756 will create an adversarial relationship between child
and parent, parent and teacher, potentially fueling a dangerous and life threatening environment.
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Attacks cable tv and social media
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Parents need to know because they have a responsibility to
protect their child and maybe they don't know that they're being tracked by a predator
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Insists on nontification to
protect child from gender dysphoria.
Mira,
transgender girl living in Old Bridge, New Jersey.
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Pro Trans Privacy
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My grandparents and most in my dad's side have disowned me
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Trans people who are going through HRT, which means hormone
replacement therapy and have lower testosterone levels than the average girl
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Pontificates that her hormone therapy negates any biology
from her being boarn as male. Her testosterone level
is lover than the average girl's.
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This means the debate on if a trans person deserves to join
sports means nothing.
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the people who are speaking for this cause are constantly
repeating themselves because the people on the opposing side won't listen.
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I've heard people compare this policy to people going
through substance abuse and home life abuse, which is completely different from
a gender identity.
Christina , Old Bridge resident, incoming board of ed member.
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Anti Trans Privacy
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The problem with 5756 is life altering information being
kept from us.
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How is this policy inclusive for all 8000 plus students?
Protect all children?
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We live in America where we have the right to have our own
opinion. We shouldn't be called bigots for thinking differently than you do.
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This policy has been in effect since 2017. But yet the violence is still happening.
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At some point, these children have to
face their parents. So wouldn't it be easier for them
to address their parents with the help of a teacher or guidance counselor,
people who can actually help educate the parents on this topic?
Kevin
Francis, resident of South Amboy, speaking for Gays Against Groomers New Jersey
chapter.
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Anti Trans Privacy
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Parents have every right to know if their child is, sharing
a bathroom with the opposite sex, if their child is LGBT, know if their child
is in mental turmoil, knowing who their children are is nonpartisan.
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5756 prevents parents from be notified of children in a
mental crisis.
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repulsive that school districts throughout New Jersey are
calling parents who want to know about their child's academic life that they're
being called bigots, homophobes and transphobes.
Amy
from Matawan,
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Pro Trans Privacy
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all we're talking about right here is gender identity for a
trans a transgender child. It doesn't affect most parents. We're making it
about ourselves, but it really doesn't as such a small percentage of students
that need to be protected.
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Being able to come out to her parents on her own schedule
was very important.
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Protect the transgender kids, that's most important.
Anne.
Nurse, mom of 3, from Old Bridge
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Pro Trans Privacy
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I feel like we're in the movie Footloose. And that we're
debating on whether to ban Rock and Roll.
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I feel like we're politicizing this. You're letting like
the big machine a change, a protection for such a small group of people. And I really just wish. That you would really rethink changing
things when it's been working.
Carolyn,
from Old Bridge
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Anti Trans Privacy
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we are forgetting the safety of the
majority of the students.
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More and more girls are afraid to use the bathroom
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I graduated from high school in 1976.
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There was no such thing at that time as trans students
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My my father was a teacher and I grew up in Florida in the 60s
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Views transgenderism in the same way she sees the heart
defect in a special needs child.
James,
Old Bridge Resident for 20 year, NYC Teacher 18 years
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Pro Trans Privacy
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BOE, please affirm kids that are not striaght,
white, or not gendered as normal.
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BOE, please reject OB is not producing functional adults.
These kids are producing a TV show for this right now. Most of us can't set the
time on our Microwaves.
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Being gay or trans is not a mental illness. The basis of a
lot of arguments tonight are based on this.
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5756 does not prohibit parents to be alerted if their child
is in mental crisis.
Christopher
Palatte, Old Bridge Resident, 20 years, 2 daughters
in OB schools.
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Anti Trans Privacy
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Trans is outside society's norms. Deviations always are.
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Age Appropriateness, It's essential to balance inclusivity
with development, developmental needs of the children
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Affirmation of certain behaviors or identities must be
handled responsibly, ensuring it doesn't lead to confusion or mis guidance
about healthy sexual development.
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Parents have a fundamental right to be involved in the
discussions about their children's development. Including sexual identity and
behavior.
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Note: This
speaker then verbally attacked a trans student in the audience. He Shouted into
the mic after and took a bow. He was kicked out.
Scott
Missoula, Old Bridge Teacher
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We're starting to make our town meeting a state law and
mandate forum. And we have people come up here when they should be going to
Trenton to talk about this stuff, not here.
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They say the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the
few.
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In Star Trek 2, they break that and go out of the way to
save 1 person.
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Teachers are not groomers, indoctrinators, or communists.
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Teachers are orchestrators
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Teachers work to complete their curricilum.
He wishes he had more year time to complete curriculum.
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Gives praise to school, boards, and staff.
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Doesn't want to leave on a negative note.
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the school board should not be making decisions based on
private political organizations that come in in organized stuff or religious.
Council
Person Jen,
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My worry is if we repeal it, not only. Do you have to have
the consensus. To bring it back when things can be. Revised?
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Pontificates on dangers to staff ,
and that parents don't reflect on what staff does for their kids
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we all went through some kind of self-discovery. That's
what teenagers is
·
we're talking gender identity and. There's been a lot of
sexuality and sexual orientation brought into this conversation. That's not
mentioned in this policy.
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Teachers are more worried about curriculum completion than
keeping secrets.
Coucil Person, plumber
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Parents can make specific requests of the Principal to be notified of specific facts about their
child. As long as it's recorded in some way, it's
reportable.
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Commended Mr. Mozela for
immediately defending the student against the citizen bullying them.
Council
Person 2,
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Addresses the bullying of a transgender student during the
meeting by a parent. He is quoted saying that was disgusting.
The
Council Adjurns the meeting at 10:02pm