A second district developed a plan to pair children with adults in schools to support minors as they change their “genders.”

By: Sloan Rachmuth

New Hannover County schools are allowing teachers to hide circumstances where children change their gender at school, according to documents obtained by Education First Alliance.

The district, which includes Wilmington and Carolina Beach, developed a “gender support plan” back in 2020 which asks teachers to establish a “shared understanding” about how to support a child’s “authentic gender” at school.

On a scale of 1-10, teachers rank how supportive they think the parents of a child who wants to change their gender are. Then a plan is asked for dealing with unsupportive parents during the “gender change” process. In addition, the form asks teachers to identify an adult at the school who would provide support to the gender-bending student.

At the unveiling of the new plan, the New Hanover Title IX coordinator Jarelle Lewis said that he “borrowed” it from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and then adapted and modified the model for K-12 students. Later Lewis explained that schools have a duty to balance parents’ rights against students’ requests.