Letter to the editor: Central Valley School District, which law is next?
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The Central Valley School District (CVSD) Board passed the “Female Sports” resolution, citing safety concerns as justification for overturning Title IX. This claim is built on false morality.
Speakers argued that trans girls increase the risk of concussions in volleyball. If concussion safety is the concern, we must address the tolerance of concussions in all high school sports and create safer rules for play in this age group.
Some speakers suggested that boys would change their name, pronouns and clothes to harm girls. This reflects the systemic failure to hold boys accountable and address the cultural norms that excuse violence.
Mead High School was praised as a model for CVSD to keep kids safe. It is not. Mead’s football team has a history of violence and misconduct among cisgender boys. It has remained unchecked by the same system now targeting transgender girls.
The board’s plan for a “separate but equal” team for transgender students is deeply flawed. With so few trans kids in the district, this proposal is impractical, deceptive and echoes segregation.
This resolution reflects tolerance of harm and exclusion, not fairness or safety. The board’s role is to uphold the law, maintain separation of church and state and ensure all students thrive. If they disregard Title IX, what law will they defy next?
- The Rev. Genavieve Heywood, convener of Faith Leaders and Leaders of Conscience
- Lynne H. Williams, MD, retired Psychiatrist
- Pam Silverstein MD, FACOG, member Jewish community
- The Rev. Rose Mary Volbrecht, St. Clare. ECC
- Rachelle Miller, LICSW
- The Rev. Kaye Hult, UCC
- Leilani DeLong nursing supervisor, retired
- Kristine Hoover, Ed.D.
- Lauren McCroskey, convener of Idaho for All
- Jan Young, VUCC, Life Deacon
- Don Young, VUCC, Life Deacon Chair
Bravo, folks! I hope your well-articulated and well-reason hole-punching letter finds itself before the CV Board is a convincing way.
Every human fetus begins as female so everyone walking around today with a penis is technically transgender. Also, according to the Bible, Eve is made from Adam’s rib, also technically transgender. It appears that the Judeo-Christian God nods. If that matters.
Honest question: shouldn’t we be talking about the problem of child sexual abuse within religious systems? Would that boomerang this bugger?
This activity of exclusion of trans girls (and sometimes trans boys) in sports reveals a basic hypocrisy among proponents. Sports is supposed to be “only a game” where people can shake hands and understand one another. But American has demonstrated time and again that it really is not “only a game” to them. Instead, it has become a conduit for channeling aggression and bullying. It’s all I ever knew in so-called, “physical education” when growing up. I never learned the rules of those games. Family members never taught them. Schools presumed everyone knew them. Eventually I didn’t even care to learn them. Instead, I just went with the flow with hopes that I didn’t get physically attacked that session, knowing that coaches would only look the other way. Even the chants at games took on urgings of brutality, like, “Hit ‘um, hit ‘um on da head! Make um wish dat dey were dead!” It’s the type of “education” intended to build military grunts, not disciplined officers. Those who excel in games are treated like God incarnate while idolatrous fans rally around them with the eyes of a starry-eyed groupie. I never follow sports today and feel profound disgust with people who can’t talk about anything else.