There is one thing parents can agree upon and that is, they want public schools that are welcoming and safe for all children. Parents may be divided over political viewpoints, but they generally agree that they want all children learning in a safe school environment.
In SAU21, the upcoming teacher training on September 13th has caused political factions to argue against each other. Whether it’s on social media or a local protest, politicizing teachers or the schools, will cause division in the community. Superintendent Meredith Nadeau and Assistant Superintendent David Hobbs have been actively working on this teacher training which never received approval by the school boards.
Seacoast Outright will be in charge of training teachers on September 13th. This political organization will offer their narrow political views to the teachers when it comes to the LGBTQ youth who attend SAU21 schools. The LGBTQ community is not monolithic, that’s why parents have been engaged in a social media discussion on the training. There have been LGBTQ families supporting the training and some that have not.
Recently I filed a Right-to-Know Request to obtain the training materials that will be used by Seacoast Outright. I do not have them in electronic form, so I will post a few pages here with some of my commentary.
TAKING ACTION BEYOND THE CLASSROOM:
While a few people have defended Seacoast Outright as NOT being a political organization, you can see in their materials that they push political activism on the teachers they will be training. In this slide, they are pushing a political view on teachers in the areas of sports and gender neutral bathrooms.
WHAT IS SEACOAST OUTRIGHT?:
Seacoast Outright says that their support is for ages 11 to 19. However, all teachers in the district will attend the training session. Including those in Kindergarten and above.
SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH:
There is nothing about actual science provided in this slide.
For instance if they offered real science they would say, “The sex of a baby is determined by its chromosome make-up at conception. An embryo with two X chromosomes will become a girl, while an embryo with an X-Y combination results in a boy.” Seacoast Outright pushes a narrow political view on teachers, rather than scientific facts.
STRATEGY 1: ACKNOWLEDGE PRIVILEGE AND STEREOTYPES:
This sounds like the typical BLAME and SHAME and discriminatory conjecture. What exactly are they trying to tell the teachers they are training? Since Black Lives Matter Seacoast teamed up with Seacoast Outright, maybe this is part of their agenda.
Here is New Hampshire’s anti-discrimination law:
354-A:31 Prohibition on Public Employers. No public employer, either directly or through the use of an outside contractor, shall teach, advocate, instruct, or train any employee, student, service recipient, contractor, staff member, inmate, or any other individual or group, any one or more of the following:
I. That people of one age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin, are inherently superior or inferior to people of another age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin;
HOLIDAYS:
What will be presented by Seacoast Outright on US Holidays?
EMPOWERING YOUR STUDENTS:
Is it inclusive for teachers to display flags from one protected class of students? Wouldn’t that be exclusive? YES!
Why have children in SAU21 been told by their teachers that they cannot participate in Christmas activities, or even write Merry Christmas on the chalkboard?
Take a look at this parent at (12:30) who talks about how the district is moving in an exclusive direction:
https://townhallstreams.com/stream.php?location_id=35&id=45817
Her daughter, who is in 6th grade, was told by her teacher not to write Merry Christmas on the chalkboard because she might offend someone. She even mentions the decrease in the public school population because of this intolerance towards the Christian students. Their support for inclusiveness must mean inclusive to their narrow political views.
This same jargon was preached in SAU16. They were also all about diversity and inclusion, but when you pulled back the curtain, they were good with attacking and excluding Christians. This seems to be a common narrative. Sell your community on inclusivity while trashing religious students at the same time. Parents need to fight back because their religious children are in a protected class too.
NONBINARY AND GENDERFLUID IDENTITIES: 
There is nothing in this that offers teachers a different viewpoint. What do religious families within SAU21 believe about gender identities ?
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Here is the recent proposal by SAU21 school administrators on inclusivity. Seacoast Outright represents their political viewpoint, which may be valid to those who subscribe to their worldview, but it does not represent inclusive viewpoints on gender identity. There are many different world views on this subject, but only one will be presented during this training. That contradicts the statement that they want to make on inclusivity:
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If North Hampton administrators, board members and employees are going to support inclusivity and appreciation for diversity, then Seacoat Outright’s worldview excludes other views on gender:
1) United Church of God: God’s will is for each person to appreciate and embrace his or her gender and to glorify God as a male or as a female.
2) The Rabbinical Assembly’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards : And whereas the medical and psychological professions have shown through study after study, that not only are SOCE (sexual orientation change efforts) and GICE (gender identity change efforts) not efficacious – they are in fact dangerous, causing depression, anxiety and sexual dysfunction;
Therefore, be it resolved that the Rabbinical Assembly condemn Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts as contrary to the value of tzelem Elohim and specifically injurious to k’vod habri’ot, inasmuch as they falsely hold up that which is natural as disordered, that which is established as changeable, and that which does harm as therapeutic;
3) Diocese of Manchester NH: The matter of gender dysphoria is a sensitive topic that requires a compassionate response.
As Catholics, it is our most fundamental belief that every human being has been created in the image and likeness of God and has inestimable value and dignity. No one should be an object of scorn, hatred, or violence for any reason, including those who seek gender transition or who refuse to identify as either male or female.
The Catholic Church teaches that God created us, male and female, and that our bodies, souls, and identities as male and female are all integral to who we are as human persons.
4) Gender Identity in Youth Islamic Perspective Divergence between gender identity and the sex of an individual is considered in Islam abnormal behavior and primarily a mental health issue requiring healthcare and spiritual intervention along with awareness. There could be very rare cases where the gender identity – sex misalignment is caused by other factors, however these are much less common.
There are differing views even within the world religions that is not be expressed in this training. How is that inclusive?
The teacher training is exclusive, not inclusive.
While I respect those who hold different a different world views, unless the district decides to provide training on each group of students in the protected classes, they are actually being exclusive.
Supporting, caring for, or treating the LGBTQ students should be the standard of care they should expect in any public school. That is what we should expect from all of our public institutions. But this training does not respect or include diverse viewpoints. This is political affirmation for one worldview that can conflict with the other families served in SAU21.
If SAU21 administrators are going to align their mission with Woke ideology, and abandon their main mission of focusing on academics, expect division and pushback.
What unites a community?
1) When public schools prioritize academics over politics.
2) When the focus is on providing a quality education in a safe school environment.
This kind of training excuses administrative failures to curb bullying, and an unsafe school environment. Instead of supporting teachers who have to deal directly with bad behavior, administrators get to parade around pretending as if they did something to help the school culture.
Parents expect three things from the schools that educate their children:
1) Quality academics for all.
2) Safe environment for all.
3) Parental respect
When any of those elements are missing, you can expect problems within the school community. When the leadership remains focused on those important tasks, then you are serving all families. In turn, families will support you and our public schools.
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