Anonymous
09/14/2025 00:35
Subject: Private that takes new 8th graders
Anonymous wrote:Basis McLean
Oh the desperation. They still need students. Radio ads didn't work?
Anonymous
09/13/2025 18:55
Subject: Private that takes new 8th graders
Op, I can't think of any teacher who would switch a child's pronouns unless told to do so by the student**.
Anonymous
09/13/2025 18:55
Subject: Private that takes new 8th graders
Op, I can't think of any teacher who would switch a child's pronouns unless told to do so by the teacher.
Anonymous
09/13/2025 18:53
Subject: Private that takes new 8th graders
Look at 6-12 schools like Burke
Anonymous
09/13/2025 17:32
Subject: Private that takes new 8th graders
I would not put a gender non conforming child in a very religious school, they will not accommodate anything beyond a binary boy/girl identity. I also think the autism diagnosis will limit your appropriate school options and your public school will have the best support for that. Your best bet is staying in public and developing a better relationship with the support there.
Anonymous
09/13/2025 17:26
Subject: Private that takes new 8th graders
Anonymous wrote:Why don’t you just have her no longer work with a school based social worker? Sounds like this particular person is a little overzealous. She’s in middle school and therefore may not know herself what her ultimate romantic preference and gender expression will be and if she’s not bringing it up, the social worker shouldn’t be either. The teachers with the pronouns are likely well-meaning and if she simply can say to them that her pronouns are she/her, that should stop that.
This is PP with another thought- it could be that she is telling you one thing and the social worker something else. It’s not uncommon to tell people what you think they want to hear. Assuming you are open to whomever your daughter loves and however they identify, I might invest in a little bit of
family therapy to be sure she feels secure that she can tell you whatever she is thinking/feeling about any topic regardless of what she thinks you will think.