Vermont Middle School Eliminates Terms ‘Boy’ And ‘Girl’ Because … Equity

• A Vermont elementary school has published a circular indicating that it will no longer teach fifth-grade children about human reproductive systems and puberty using terms like “male,” “boy,” “girl,” and “female.”
• In a letter to parents last week, Sara Jablonski, the principal of Founders Memorial School, announced the elimination of the said terms and the adoption of “gender-inclusive” terminology.
• “In an effort to align our curriculum with our equity policy, teachers will be using gender-inclusive language throughout this unit. With any differences, we strive to use “person-first” language as the best practice,” read the note to parents.
• “We will be using the following language with students: Person who produces sperm in place of boy, male, and assigned male at birth/ Person who produces eggs in place of girl, female and assigned female at birth,” it added.

New language rules just dropped for 5th graders in Vermont and they don't include the words boy and girl or male and female. pic.twitter.com/Bjent7kh6x

— Erika Sanzi (@esanzi) April 25, 2023