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Let me know when this creature subsitute teacher will be teaching my child...[B)][}:)][}:)][V]
Teacher to Return After Having Sex Change By JOHN CURRAN, Associated Press Writer
Tue Feb 28, 4:18 AM ET
EAGLESWOOD TOWNSHIP, N.J. - To students at Eagleswood Elementary School, she used to be Mr. McBeth. Now, after undergoing a sex change, 71-year-old Lily McBeth is ready to return to teaching as Miss McBeth.
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Despite criticism from parents, the school board on Monday stood by its decision to allow McBeth to resume working as a substitute teacher.
After two hours of public debate and a private meeting with McBeth and her lawyer, the board took no action on calls by several parents to bar McBeth from returning to the school where she taught for five years before becoming a woman.
"It was magnificent," McBeth said afterward. "You saw democracy in action."
McBeth, a retired sales executive who was married for 33 years and had three children, underwent gender reassignment surgery last year and re-applied for her job under her new name.
McBeth on Monday told the school board and the crowd that she loves teaching and children, and looks forward to returning to the classroom.
"This is not something I got into just as a whim," she said.
Several parents said children in the school - which consists of kindergarten through sixth grade - were not old enough to understand the concept of changing one's gender.
"I, as a parent, am appalled to have this issue brought into my child's psychology," Steve Bond said.
Vincent Mustacchio predicted "chaos" at the school when the students learned of McBeth's surgery.
Young children will be confused by the conflicting appearance of McBeth, who has a deep voice and masculine features but otherwise looks like a woman, other parents said.
"I will not allow you to put my kids in a petri dish and hope it all turns out fine," said Mark Schnepp, who had taken out an ad in a local newspaper urging parents to turn out for the meeting.
Several people spoke in support of McBeth, including three transgender people, two former students of McBeth's and a handful of others, saying that the fact that she is a good teacher was more important than whether she appears as a man or a woman in class.
"There's really nothing to fear because a person is transgender," said Karina Mari, a mother of three school-age children who said she has transgender relatives.
School board attorney Paul Carr said McBeth was a good teacher who had received favorable reviews during her tenure as a substitute.
Earlier this month, the board voted 4-1 to accept her application to return to the classroom.
It's unclear how soon McBeth will resume teaching, Carr said. That depends on the need for substitutes and the availability of certified teachers who get priority when a spot opens up, he said.
Steven Goldstein, chairman of Garden State Equality, a gay rights advocacy group supporting McBeth's bid to resume teaching, called the school board's action historic.
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Teacher to Return After Having Sex Change By JOHN CURRAN, Associated Press Writer
Tue Feb 28, 4:18 AM ET
EAGLESWOOD TOWNSHIP, N.J. - To students at Eagleswood Elementary School, she used to be Mr. McBeth. Now, after undergoing a sex change, 71-year-old Lily McBeth is ready to return to teaching as Miss McBeth.
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Despite criticism from parents, the school board on Monday stood by its decision to allow McBeth to resume working as a substitute teacher.
After two hours of public debate and a private meeting with McBeth and her lawyer, the board took no action on calls by several parents to bar McBeth from returning to the school where she taught for five years before becoming a woman.
"It was magnificent," McBeth said afterward. "You saw democracy in action."
McBeth, a retired sales executive who was married for 33 years and had three children, underwent gender reassignment surgery last year and re-applied for her job under her new name.
McBeth on Monday told the school board and the crowd that she loves teaching and children, and looks forward to returning to the classroom.
"This is not something I got into just as a whim," she said.
Several parents said children in the school - which consists of kindergarten through sixth grade - were not old enough to understand the concept of changing one's gender.
"I, as a parent, am appalled to have this issue brought into my child's psychology," Steve Bond said.
Vincent Mustacchio predicted "chaos" at the school when the students learned of McBeth's surgery.
Young children will be confused by the conflicting appearance of McBeth, who has a deep voice and masculine features but otherwise looks like a woman, other parents said.
"I will not allow you to put my kids in a petri dish and hope it all turns out fine," said Mark Schnepp, who had taken out an ad in a local newspaper urging parents to turn out for the meeting.
Several people spoke in support of McBeth, including three transgender people, two former students of McBeth's and a handful of others, saying that the fact that she is a good teacher was more important than whether she appears as a man or a woman in class.
"There's really nothing to fear because a person is transgender," said Karina Mari, a mother of three school-age children who said she has transgender relatives.
School board attorney Paul Carr said McBeth was a good teacher who had received favorable reviews during her tenure as a substitute.
Earlier this month, the board voted 4-1 to accept her application to return to the classroom.
It's unclear how soon McBeth will resume teaching, Carr said. That depends on the need for substitutes and the availability of certified teachers who get priority when a spot opens up, he said.
Steven Goldstein, chairman of Garden State Equality, a gay rights advocacy group supporting McBeth's bid to resume teaching, called the school board's action historic.
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That's ridiculous - kids that age have enough on their plates to be concerned with without having to worry about utter confusion on that scale!
Liberals are using Americas classrooms and Americas children for their own social experiments and agenda. Its a shame. Liberals are always a shame.
10-4 on that!
71 what's the point in either the sex change or in getting all exited[?][?][?][?][?][?]
For Warmonger: I am a public high school teacher, 9th grade American history and 11th grade American government and I couldn't agree with you more. My experience, in a school of 1800+ in a socialist studies department of 17, is that the left will typically censor conservatives and or try to isolate them. That has been my regrettable experience these past 13 years. I am watched, censored, and the only one who has ever had to turn in his tests, quizzes, classwork assignments, homework assignments, and so forth for a thorough examination and censoring by a liberal vice principal. I have even been told that because I am into firearms, some of the other teachers worry that I might get mad and shoot them and or the school. What an outrage. No, unions and teacher associations don't want to get involved. I have contacted big name conservative talk show types and they aren't interested or only for a short period of time. Its a real shame.
I think Bill Oreily has asked that any teachers who are conservative and harrased by liberals should contact him. However, I think you would get more attention from him if you had a student come on with you and explain an instance of liberalism and how he was censored because of it. Find a student and then contact him.
her/its/ his, sex is, something is wrong. Too late for a change or for
teaching kids. Surely, he/her/it, should have retired or been dropped.
Then again you could be surprised and they treat her better than most here would.[:0]
Just wait, someone will be along any minut to defend this.
For Warmonger: I am a public high school teacher, 9th grade American history and 11th grade American government and I couldn't agree with you more. My experience, in a school of 1800+ in a socialist studies department of 17, is that the left will typically censor conservatives and or try to isolate them. That has been my regrettable experience these past 13 years. I am watched, censored, and the only one who has ever had to turn in his tests, quizzes, classwork assignments, homework assignments, and so forth for a thorough examination and censoring by a liberal vice principal. I have even been told that because I am into firearms, some of the other teachers worry that I might get mad and shoot them and or the school. What an outrage. No, unions and teacher associations don't want to get involved. I have contacted big name conservative talk show types and they aren't interested or only for a short period of time. Its a real shame.
God Bless you for teaching our children. I feel horrible that we have degenerated to this point for good public servants like yourself.
For Warmonger: I am a public high school teacher, 9th grade American history and 11th grade American government and I couldn't agree with you more. My experience, in a school of 1800+ in a socialist studies department of 17, is that the left will typically censor conservatives and or try to isolate them. That has been my regrettable experience these past 13 years. I am watched, censored, and the only one who has ever had to turn in his tests, quizzes, classwork assignments, homework assignments, and so forth for a thorough examination and censoring by a liberal vice principal. I have even been told that because I am into firearms, some of the other teachers worry that I might get mad and shoot them and or the school. What an outrage. No, unions and teacher associations don't want to get involved. I have contacted big name conservative talk show types and they aren't interested or only for a short period of time. Its a real shame.
That is horrible, have you tried looking into private schools??
I have to second that thing about firearms though, I am open about it (although my jobs are not career jobs yet) but I think if I stay in this area, I should really watch who I talk to about my firearm ownership because I haven't had as bad of an experience, but I get almost no positive reactions, and a ton of negative ones.
In a new environment the gender swapping wouldn't be an issue, the kids would just think "she" is an ugly woman.