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Partnering with families, empowering communities, refocusing on educating children. Never underestimate the love a parent has for their children.
La Center School District stands firmly with parents. We respectfully disagree with the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in their findings with the La Center School District. We will continue to advocate for policies that respect families, uphold constitutional protections, and ensure parents remain central in decisions affecting their children’s well-being.
Links to Documents:
These documents represent current policy and practice of the La Center School District involving decisions that we believe belong to the family.
La Center’s Approach to Pronouns (October 2022)
La Center’s Current Board Policy for Gender Inclusive Schools 3211/3211P (January 2023)
OSPI’s Findings from their 2 year investigation (February 2025)
La Center’s Media Release in Response to OSPI (February 2025)
La Center’s Appeal to OSPI (March 2025)
Letter from United States Department of Education re: FERPA, Title IX in WA OSPI vs La Center School District (April 14, 2025)
Op-Ed La Center School District (April 16, 2025)
A recent Finnish study confirms the earlier finding from the UK that suicides remain uncommon events in gender-dysphoric youth, regardless of gender transition status: https://segm.org/Suicide-
The Cass review states clearly that while young people with mental-health issues, including those with gender dysphoria, face elevated suicide risk compared with the healthy population, suicides remain “very rare” (pages 186–187):
https://sex-matters.org/posts/
La Center Reply Supporting Motion to Stay 04.04.25
La Center’s Objections to Order Establishing Issues 05.09.25
La Center’s Motion to Amend Notice of Appeal 05.09.25
OSPI Response/Motion to Amend Complaint 05.21.25
Order Striking Briefing Schedule from OAH Office
La Center’s Objection to 5.22.25 Order Striking Briefing and Supplementary Briefing 5.27.25
Order on Districts Motion to File Amended Application for Administrative Proceeding 5.28.25
Order Resetting Briefing Schedule 5.28.25
If you’d like to email comments, please send them to our Superintendent, Peter Rosenkranz at peter.rosenkranz@lacenterschools.org
The School Board is being kept up to date through their attorney’s guidance.
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La Center State of the District Address February 25, 2025