West Des Moines Community Schools has multiple district acknowledgements: a land acknowledgement, a labor acknowledgement, a trauma acknowledgment and one about sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

A Freedom of Information Act request reveals that West Des Moines Community Schools has multiple district acknowledgements including land, labor, trauma, and one based in the tenets of queer theory.

The district trauma acknowledgement states that it acknowledges “victims and survivors of violence, assaults, and trauma of all types. We honor you and affirm your experiences.”

Another acknowledgement states that the district acknowledges “that sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression are distinct and dynamic concepts. We welcome and honor all gender identities, and we thank and acknowledge the full humanity and the contribution of all individuals.”