In most cases, when school boards are confronted about issues, it is the parents confronting them. After all, not only are they the taxpayers, but they also have a vested interest in their children’s education. In a recent case, however, one student didn’t wait around for her parents to take on her local school board. In what is a pretty gutsy move for someone her age, she decided to take the school board on herself. When it’s parents taking on the school board, in many cases, they turn a deaf ear to the parents’ concerns. Will having a student in their face finally make a difference?
In Lansdale, Pennsylvania, at a recent North Penn School District school board meeting, a middle school student identifying as “Emily” addressed board members and parents in attendance about a 13-year-old transgender student who violently attacked a fellow 12-year-old student, beating her with a metal…
