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The Skaneateles Central School District in New York failed to alert a middle school student’s parents that she was dealing with a mental health issue — pretending to be a boy. The mother withdrew her daughter from the school district.
According to Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), Jennifer Vitsaxaki learned that the school district’s policy is to keep secrets from parents. Vitsaxaki didn’t know that teachers were calling her daughter by a different name and referring to her as “him.” She alleged that the school district violated her rights as a parent and her religious beliefs.
Vitsaxaki sued the school district but lost in district court. She has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to hear her case.
“Parents have the right to direct the upbringing, education, and health care of their children without government meddling,” said Kate Anderson, ADF senior counsel and director of ADF’s Center for Parental Rights. “Parents should be able to drop their kids off at school without fear that school staff will conceal critical information or cut them out of weighty decisions about their own children. The district policy in this lawsuit betrays the trust of parents like Mrs. Vitsaxaki and violates their fundamental rights, something we’re urging the 2nd Circuit to correct.”
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