Strong Families Build Strong Schools
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/
Links to where you can provide support for this work
- Letters of Support If you would like to send a message of support, please send an email to [email protected]
- Media Inquiries For Media Inquiries, please send an email to [email protected]
The School Board is being kept up to date through their attorney’s guidance.
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This award recognizes outstanding efforts to bring career-connected learning to life for students. Jill integrates industry professionals into classroom units and adds meaningful, real-world relevance to instruction. It was especially inspiring how Jill uses local resources—like partnerships with higher education institutions—to create exceptional learning opportunities that open doors for students.
Congratulations Jill! Way to represent. You are a great representative of all the great teachers we have here at LCHS. GO WILDCATS!
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