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Sayreville Is Keeping Secrets From Parents
Policy 5756 allows schools to hide life changing information from you.
You deserve to know what is happening to your own child.
Schools can let children as young as Kindergarten change their gender identity — without telling parents.
Secret student records can be created that parents are locked out from seeing with different names and pronouns — parents may never be notified.
Boys identifying as girls may enter girls' private spaces and participate on girls' sports teams.
Parental consent is NOT required.
This rule, violating parental rights, is known as Policy 5756
The National Institute of Health (NIH) has shown that 86% of children in this situation are prone to suicide with 56% actually having attempted it. Without parental guidance and love, there is no telling what will happen to a child in this situation. Childhood and adolescence is hard enough. Now, the Sayreville School System wants to hide these suicide - danger warning signs from parents.
Sayreville's Policy 5756 systemically teaches children that parents cannot be trusted. Even the act of school staff questioning whether a child wants to tell their parents about their innermost struggles, influences the child to consider that parents cannot be trusted!
Without the love and support of their parents, of course children will feel isolated and condemned!
Your Constitutional Rights. Your Child.
It is time to VOTE to REMOVE these tyrants who trample the Constitution.
RESTORE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS
Click here to see the candidates who have vowed to protect children and
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DID YOU KNOW?
The Board of Ed thinks you are a danger to your own child.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Board of Ed passed a rule that allows teachers, staff and faculty to hide LIFE CHANGING secrets from you about YOUR CHILD.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Board of Ed thinks you are apathetic.
VOTE THEM OUT!
Superintendent Dr. Labbe has stated that Sayreville parents already know about this policy and their silence or absence from School Board meetings is proof of our approval.
The truth is, most of us are unaware... Until now.
What SOME Members of the Board are saying about you:
"Parents know all about this policy."
"Sayreville parents don’t care about 5756. If they cared, where are they?"
"I am NOT voting to remove this policy."
But We DO Care. And WE will NOT stay silent!
What Can You Do?
Vote Column 2!
Attend Upcoming Board Meetings:
at Samsel Upper Elementary School (298 Ernston Road)
October 14th @ 7:30PM
— Samsel Upper Elementary School
Contact the Board of Education:
Email: erin.hill@sayrevillek12.net
Call 732-525-5200 and tell them to "Rescind Policy 5756"
Leave a post on their twitter: @Sayrevillek12 SayrevilleK12 (@Sayrevillek12) / X
Message them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sayrevillepublicschools/
TELL EVERYONE!
TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS TO VOTE!
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Sign the petition! https://chng.it/TmcHcDc5Cm
Parental Rights Are Constitutional Rights!
Parents are responsible for their children.
Parents deserve to be informed.
No government body should keep secrets between children and parents!
WE know how best to love our kids.
Disclaimer: This website is not affiliated with the Sayreville Board of Education in any way. All quotes and video are used under the Fair Use Doctrine.
The following board members voted to KEEP this Policy 5756 and keep secrets from parents:
Lucy Bloom
Jeffrey Smith
Christopher Callahan
Eloy Fernandez
Alison Napolitano
Eileen Pabon
The case against Policy 5756 and keeping secrets from parents was made at length by Board Member Carrie Chudkowski:
"I ask that you thoughtfully consider the following, my fellow board members:
The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination protects every U.S. citizen from discrimination, including our students. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 protects U.S. citizens from discrimination. The Civil Rights Act protects U.S. citizens from discrimination. These laws have all been in place long before Policy 5756. They are all upheld in New Jersey and in the Sayreville School District, and they protect all of our students and faculty from discrimination.
Reading through Policy 5756 in its entirety, there is only one single item labeled as a protection in the entire policy for transgender students: the withholding of information from parents about a student transitioning. So, the claim that 5756 protects transgender students is based solely upon the "do not tell parents" clause. There is no other protection described in the policy.
This is the issue up for debate from those who support keeping this policy in place. In all other ways, all of our students are already under the umbrella of protection provided by state and federal laws against discrimination.
Let’s look at the rationale behind the "don’t tell parents" provision, because that is really what we are talking about—and it is a serious matter, worthy of our time at this table.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 is a federal law that protects the privacy of student records and the rights of parents to access any and all information in those records until a child turns 18. Parents have the right to all information about their child.
Here in Sayreville, according to federal law—quoting FERPA directly—custodial and non-custodial parents alike have certain rights with respect to their children’s education records unless a school is provided with evidence that there is a court order or a state law that specifically provides otherwise. No such law or order exists in this context.
Therefore, both custodial and non-custodial parents have the right to:
Access their children's education records,
Seek to have those records amended, and
Consent to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from those records.
Let’s be clear: parents have the legal right to all information in their student’s record.
However, Policy 5756 directs the preparation of a second file for transgender students—a secret file that is to be kept from parents. This is clearly a violation of federal law and infringes upon the protected rights of parents. It does not matter who may disagree with this law—it is still federal law. It is not our job nor our right as a board to disregard it.
That fact alone is a strong reason to rescind a policy that contains such a violation. It opens our district to the risk of lawsuits, particularly as parents become more informed of their rights under laws like FERPA in relation to Policy 5756.
In addition, Policy 5756 violates parents’ constitutional right to direct the upbringing and education of their children.
Now let’s look further into the implications of the "don’t tell parents" clause.
It is a reckless undermining of the family unit to instruct children to keep secrets from their parents—thus weakening the most important support system in their lives. Some speakers at this microphone have shared that they have gay or transgender children. But they also shared, in the next breath, that they have an open relationship with their children, and their children share everything with them.
This is exactly what I’m referring to. It is not our role, our right, or our job as a board to interfere in this relationship. Our role is to provide an excellent education to every child in Sayreville. As Dr. Labbe pointed out three different times this evening.
When did we start thinking that our role was to infringe on constitutionally protected parental rights in this way?
Teaching students through this policy that their parents can’t be trusted, or that their homes aren’t safe, is an egregious affront to the parents of Sayreville. They deserve more respect than this.
Let’s look at a few Supreme Court precedents that affirm the constitutional rights of parents:
Wisconsin v. Yoder:
“The history and culture of Western civilization reflects a strong tradition of parental concern for the nurture and the upbringing of their children. This primary role of parents... is now established beyond debate as an enduring American tradition.”Quilloin v. Walcott:
“We have recognized on numerous occasions that the relationship between parent and child is constitutionally protected.”Parham v. J.R.:
“Our jurisprudence historically has reflected Western civilization concepts of the family as a unit with broad parental authority over minor children.”Santosky v. Kramer:
Addressing the fundamental liberty interest of natural parents in the care, custody, and management of their child.Washington v. Glucksberg (citing Meyer and Pierce):
“In a long line of cases, we have held... that the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment protects the fundamental right of parents to make decisions concerning the care, custody, and control of their children.”
We clearly do not have the right to withhold information from parents about their child. It is not debatable under the laws of our land, no matter our personal opinions.
Let’s also address the “save that one child” rationale.
This reasoning assumes that all parents of transgender students are guilty of intending to abuse their child or make them homeless, and that their homes are unsafe. Thus, the "don’t tell parents" clause exists to protect the hypothetical “one child.”
Save them from what?
What case study in Seyreville is this based upon?
Which child is the “one child”?
How can we possibly know who that one child is?
This defies logic, reason, and common sense. To put at risk hundreds, if not thousands, of children by dismantling the trust between parent and child in order to hypothetically save one is irresponsible.
Is our staff not trained to recognize signs of abuse or neglect and respond accordingly? Would our staff not be able to identify such a situation and follow appropriate reporting protocols?
These processes have always been in place.
There is no specific “one child” in imminent danger that requires such an extraordinary policy shift. Our existing training and procedures are sufficient to address real cases of harm. Policy 5756 does not provide protection—our longstanding training and protocol do.
To summarize:
We violate federal law with the “do not tell parents” clause.
The “save one child” theory is not supported by logic, reason, or evidence—locally, in New Jersey, or nationally.
My colleague Leidy, Katya, and I are not against protecting transgender kids.
We do strongly state that Policy 5756 does not protect transgender kids, and it violates federal law and constitutional parental rights.
Our students are already well-protected by existing federal and state laws.
This policy is neither mandatory nor necessary, and it creates far more problems than it purports to solve.
Thank you for your time and your thoughtful consideration of these points."
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IT IS TIME THAT SAYREVILLE PARENTS TAKE BACK OUR RIGHTS.
Come to Samsel Upper Elementary School (298 Ernston Road) on
July 29th @ 7:30PM
MAKE YOUR VOICE BE HEARD
Email: erin.hill@sayrevillek12.net
Call 732-525-5200 and tell them to "Rescind Policy 5756"
Leave a post on their twitter: @Sayrevillek12 SayrevilleK12 (@Sayrevillek12) / X
Message them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sayrevillepublicschools/
Disclaimer: This website is not affiliated with the Sayreville Board of Education in any way. All quotes and video are used under the Fair Use Doctrine. This site is a public declaration by Sayreville parents utilizing their First Amendment rights.
Not sure about Policy 5756? Read the actual rule here.
Read our arguments against the Policy HERE.
Read the arguments the BOE members have made for keeping this unconstitutional rule. (coming soon)
Watch this in-depth reporting video on Policy 5756:
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