Some parents at Oxford Community Schools are upset their children as young as third grade were asked to describe their gender in a survey about bullying put out by the district.
“Male, female, other, or I prefer not to say.”
The district put out separate surveys for elementary and secondary school students that asked students to define their gender. The survey’s options to the gender question for third-through-fifth graders was “female,” “male,” “other” and “I prefer not to say.” For the secondary sixth through eighth grades, the gender identity options were “female,” “male,” “non-binary, transgender or other” and “I prefer not to say.” The secondary survey had a question that asked, “Which of the following best describes you?” with the responses set as “Heterosexual,” “gay or lesbian,” “bisexual,” and “I prefer not to answer.”
