Maryland School District Gets Pushback on Transgender Policy

Anne Arundel County officials are pushing back over a Maryland school district policy that prohibits schools from notifying parents if their daughters are sleeping in the same area with transgender males on overnight field trips.

County Executive Steven R. Schuh sent a letter on Wednesday to Anne Arundel Board of Education President Stacy Korbelak asking her to reconsider the policy.

“We would like to take this opportunity to express our concerns regarding the manner in which the Board of Education is implementing its non-discrimination policy as it applies to gender identity and transgender students,” Mr. Schuh, writing with education officer Amalie E. Brandenburg, said in the letter on Wednesday.

 

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