INTERVIEW – LIZ BARRETT – VICE PRESIDENT OF Frederick County Public Schools board

• LAST NIGHT, FREDERICK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DISCUSSED AT A MEETING ABOUT WHETHER TO CREATE A “TRANSGENDER STUDENT POLICY”
• Frederick County school board to create transgender student policy. As the new presidential administration reverses federal protections for transgender students, the Frederick County school board plans to craft a local policy to ensure consistent treatment for gender non-conforming children. The decision to work on a policy related to transgender students comes as the Frederick County Board of Education had been publicly lobbied by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students and their local supporters. The board will start discussing the policy at its March 8 meeting, according to a board statement on Monday.