SUMMARY

Siuslaw School District’s Resource Guide for Serving LGBTQ2SIA+ Students includes keeping student gender transitions hidden from parents, allows students to use facilities based on chosen gender, and be assigned to overnight accommodations based on gender identity.

According to the document, the district “prefers to have parent(s)/guardian(s) present when a Student Support Plan is created” but if a student “advocates for privacy and/or has a safety concern” the district will honor the student concern based on “student age and circumstances.” It also states that “students are in the driver’s seat and call the shots regarding their well-being at school.”

The resource guide also states that “district staff will keep students’ gender-identity status confidential to the extend allowed under Family Education Rights Privacy Act (FERPA) in their communications.” It continues: “School staff will not disclose any information that may reveal a student’s gender-identity status to others, including guardians and caregivers.”

The guide also states that students “can access facilities that correspond to their gender identity” and should be “treated consistent with their gender identity on any school trips, including in assignment of overnight accommodations.”

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GENDER SUPPORT PLAN

The district’s Gender Support Plan states that the document is “to create shared understandings about the ways in which the student’s authentic gender will be accounted for and supported at school.” The plan asks for a student’s “gender identity,” “assigned sex at birth,” and “pronouns.”

The document also asks a series of questions about the involvement of parents such as are they “aware of student’s gender status,” are they “supportive of or affirm gender status,” and how the district should communicate (if at all) with parents.