Rochester Public Schools finds footing on gender-neutral restrooms
The restrooms at Overland Elementary School, the so-far unnamed the new middle school, and the new versions of Bishop and Longfellow elementary schools, will have similar configurations. 7:20 am, Mar. 10, 2021 ×
The new public schools under construction in Rochester will have a large number of gender-neutral restrooms, an initiative that had received support in the planning process for the new buildings funded in the 2019 voter-approved referendum.
The school district s original goal for having gender-neutral restrooms didn t conform with state code. Because of that, the district submitted a request for a variance in October 2020. The request included multiple statements from third-party individuals, advocating for the variance to be approved.
Transgender people take a beating at both ends of the Capitol today
Transgender people take a beating at both ends of the Capitol today
THE TRANSGENDER SPORTS BAN: Independent Sen. Jim Hendren joined six Democrats in opposition,
Transgender people the Republican hot button of choice this year took a beating in the House and Senate today.
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By overwhelming majorities, the House endorsed legislation that will likely end medical services for transgender people younger than 18. The Senate endorsed legislation to ban transgender women from sports from kindergarten through college, though none currently is participating in Arkansas.
The Senate voted 28-7 for SB 354 by Sen. Missy Irvin to prohibit
Major Health, Education, and Child Welfare Organizations Oppose Anti-LGBTQ State-Based Legislation
Today, the nation’s leading child health and welfare groups representing more than 7 million youth-serving professionals and more than 1000 child welfare organizations released an open letter calling for lawmakers in states across the country to oppose dozens of bills that target LGBTQ people, and transgender children in particular. In too many states, lawmakers are focusing on passing bills that attack our nation’s most vulnerable, instead of focusing on how to help the American people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The signers note: “As organizations committed to serving the best interests of all youth, we are deeply alarmed at the torrent of bills introduced in state legislatures around the country this year that would directly harm transgender people, and particularly transgender youth. These appalling proposals would compromise the safety and well-being of the young people
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Adult case manager. Child case manager. Child therapist. Substance abuse clinician. Nurse practitioner. Peer support specialist
The agency she runs, Community Care Services which provides outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment has about 20 job openings, many of which have gone begging for months. CCS serves about 6,000 children, families and adults in Detroit and Downriver communities, and has found its capacity stretched by a pandemic without precedent and seemingly without end.
“It’s the No. 1 thing I worry about,” Kozak, the agency’s executive director, said of the unfilled positions.
“We can’t start programs. We can’t expand programs. Our caseloads are through the roof. We are not meeting client needs.”