Dr. Brumley,

I am reaching out in hopes that you can provide some recourse. My daughter started her freshman year at Dutchtown High School last week. My son is a junior at the same school. The teachers typically assign some sort of “getting to know you” survey on the first day to collect student information.

This year, it seems that a majority of the surveys included a question asking the students to name their preferred pronouns. Both of my children were asked this question. While the junior tends to tune out this sort of thing, my daughter felt offended that she was forced to participate in someone else’s delusion by pretending that pronouns are actually customizable.

However, my daughter had an additional question that she said made her feel very uncomfortable. This question asked which names and pronouns students would like the teacher to use around their parents and guardians. The idea that an adult would deliberately push this agenda on children and then support lying to parents about it is appalling.

We talk to our children about safety on social media and warn them to be watchful for anything inappropriate and for anyone who asks them to hide things from us. Yet here they are at school, subjected to one of the very things we’ve told them is dangerous.

I have followed your work at the department of education and appreciate your recent comments on the news that teachers should not push a gender ideology on students. I understand that some teachers may intentionally push this agenda, while other teachers may be simply misguided. I have always been a huge supporter of teachers and of education. I want a high quality education for my children— not indoctrination.

What can be done to ensure this does not continue in our schools?

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