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[quote=Anonymous]My son is in 8th grade at a Silver Spring (20902) middle school. He's never liked the school and hasn't had many friends throughout middle school. He came out as trans in late spring and started this school year presenting as a boy with a different name and pronouns. With the exception of one, adults at school have been supportive and have followed MCPS policies. Students have been less accepting, and he now faces daily bullying. It's not one kid or one group of kids. Sometimes it's a student he doesn't even know the name of calling him the f slur or "it" out of nowhere. He feels almost universally reviled. He doesn't know any other LGBTQ students there and there doesn't seem to be much school support for them. After a particularly bad day, my son refused to go back to his school. I reached out to the school explaining the situation and asking for advice. I was told that the they would work through a supportive measures plan when my son returned. This type of plan doesn't seem appropriate or likely to help my son's situation, given that issues are so pervasive and basically a matter of school culture. My son's therapist recommended changing schools, and the school pointed us toward COSA, saying it would likely be approved under the circumstances.

I know there are MCPS middle schools with more inclusive cultures, but which ones are they? Our child who's a couple of years older went to the magnet program at TPMS, where kids were proactively asked about their pronouns, lots of other LGBTQ kids were out, the school had an active club for these students and allies, pride month was mentioned, etc. - all missing from my younger son's school. But I'm not sure which middle school to request for my younger son, particularly since he won't be eligible for transportation. I'm not sure how to ascertain the ambient level of hostility toward trans kids at area schools based on publicly-available information. Does anyone have insights or experiences with other Silver Spring middle schools that speak to their culture and treatment of trans kids? What do you think you would do in this situation?[/quote]

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