I am against the Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia's Public Schools for the following reasons:

Failure to use a student's new "preferred pronouns" - which can change from day to day and even defy basic rules of grammar ("ze/hir/hirs", "they/them/their")- would be "harassment" and "discrimination", for which both faculty and students would be subject to disciplinary action.

Schools will be permitted to help a student explore, facilitate and make decisions regarding their gender expression of sexual identity while at school, without a parent even knowing!

Parents who encourage their children to embrace their God-given sex would be at risk of being reported for child abuse or neglect by the school.

Schools would be prohibited from notifying parents if a biological male is using the same changing facility as their daughter that was designated for girls.

All students will be allowed to use any bathroom or locker room they choose, without being questioned by any school administrator or faculty, eliminating privacy and safety of students in states of undress.

The requirements for schools to maintain gender-neutral dress code standards will cause disruptions and distractions, permitting boys to wear skirts and girls to go topless in activities where boy can- such as swimming or teams.

Parents will not be notified that their child is being interrogated by school officials for allegedly violating these polices, or have the opportunity to intervene on their child's behalf. UNLESS the complaints are not resolved "at the school level."

The policies provide absolutely no exceptions or accommodations for a student or teacher whose religious faith, conscience, or understanding of biology and sociology prevents them from being able to go along with the "transgender" ideology and policies.

There are many more reasons to oppose the proposed Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia's Public Schools.  These policies are detrimental to our educational system and will only add more problems then what they hope to solve.

Please do not support these policies!