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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where do you live (generally). Is it a public or a private school? Is it possible this requirement is illegal? Is the local community likely to support you pushing back?

I live in a liberal part of North Carolina, and I can already imagine the holy hell the local mom's group would raise if we found out this was happening to a child. I feel certain our local school board would not tolerate it if the principal did not step up. In that kind of community, I would encourage my child to push back and take a stand.

However, if there is a chance pushing back will just make your child a target for more abuse, I think you should encourage them, but also respect it if they just want to go with the flow. At the end of the day, they will be the one putting themselves on the line. if they feel unsafe and do not want to push back, it's not fair to force them.[/quote]

Public school.  Close in DC suburb.  The school itself if fantastic.  They ask all the kids on the first couple of days what name they prefer and what their pronouns are.  All the teachers are very good about this (even when kids change name, pronouns mid year).  It's just this one teacher.  [/quote]

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