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Loved their tagline "...thank you very much for your support."
I suspect that Shannon Daniels, principal of Stanley Elementary school in Swampscott, MA is not saying about schools superintendent Pamela Angelakis these days. She had the support of Ms Angelakis back in February when Ms Daniels announced that she was transgender. She sent out a letter to the school community announcing her decision to become Shannon. She was born Tom Daniels, a biological male.
A Boston Globe story published 2/7/2018 cites a second letter from Ms Angelakis to the school community containing the following language:
“As pointed out in [Daniels’s] letter, getting to the point of being willing to share those feelings has been a long and challenging process,” Angelakis said. “I hope you will join me and the entire district leadership team in offering Principal Daniels our acceptance, understanding, and support.”
I saw an Associated Press blurb published by the New York Post today saying that Ms Davis will not be returning to Swampscott Elementary next fall. She will not be returning to the school as an interim principal has been appointed. No info about what had caused that decision to be made and the obvious implication was that the school district wasn't bringing Ms Daniels back because of her decision to transition.
But is that the whole story?
A group of parents signed a petition expressing a vote of "No Confidence" in Ms Daniels. They cited conflicts between staff and Ms Daniels and the defeat by the town's voters of a reconstruction project to phase out their aging building. At an earlier meeting with parents some of them had suggested that Ms Daniels had chosen to transition to achieve "protected status."
One other fact was missing from all of the news coverage of this story, both the woefully inadequate AP piece, and the excellent reporting from the Boston Globe.
On November 23, 2011, then-governor Deval Patrick signed into law in MA a ban on employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
I think that's a pretty important factoid to be omitted from news coverage.
Maybe Ms Daniels chose a less-than-best moment to announce her transition. That's no reason for her to have her career ended.
Loved their tagline "...thank you very much for your support."
I suspect that Shannon Daniels, principal of Stanley Elementary school in Swampscott, MA is not saying about schools superintendent Pamela Angelakis these days. She had the support of Ms Angelakis back in February when Ms Daniels announced that she was transgender. She sent out a letter to the school community announcing her decision to become Shannon. She was born Tom Daniels, a biological male.
A Boston Globe story published 2/7/2018 cites a second letter from Ms Angelakis to the school community containing the following language:
“As pointed out in [Daniels’s] letter, getting to the point of being willing to share those feelings has been a long and challenging process,” Angelakis said. “I hope you will join me and the entire district leadership team in offering Principal Daniels our acceptance, understanding, and support.”
I saw an Associated Press blurb published by the New York Post today saying that Ms Davis will not be returning to Swampscott Elementary next fall. She will not be returning to the school as an interim principal has been appointed. No info about what had caused that decision to be made and the obvious implication was that the school district wasn't bringing Ms Daniels back because of her decision to transition.
But is that the whole story?
A group of parents signed a petition expressing a vote of "No Confidence" in Ms Daniels. They cited conflicts between staff and Ms Daniels and the defeat by the town's voters of a reconstruction project to phase out their aging building. At an earlier meeting with parents some of them had suggested that Ms Daniels had chosen to transition to achieve "protected status."
One other fact was missing from all of the news coverage of this story, both the woefully inadequate AP piece, and the excellent reporting from the Boston Globe.
On November 23, 2011, then-governor Deval Patrick signed into law in MA a ban on employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
I think that's a pretty important factoid to be omitted from news coverage.
Maybe Ms Daniels chose a less-than-best moment to announce her transition. That's no reason for her to have her career ended.
posted by me at 6:49 PM
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