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Maine School Board Issues Statement on Secret Gender Transition for 13-Year-Old

Steve RobinsonBy Steve RobinsonDecember 19, 2022Updated:December 19, 20221 Comment2 Mins Read
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The board of a Damariscotta school embroiled in controversy over an attempt by staffers to transition the gender of a 13-year-old student without her parents’ permission issued a vague statement on Monday concerning the issue.

“The Board is aware that rumors and allegations have been published and republished on various social media platforms relating to this issue,” the statement from superintendent Lynsey Johnston and board chair Samuel Belknap II states.

“While it is unfortunate that some individuals have sought to use this issue to try and divide our community, as a Board, we are committed not only to following Maine law but also honoring our school’s core values, and focusing on treating each other with dignity and respect,” it states.

AOS 93 Superintendent Lynsey Johnston

[RELATED: Public School Worker Who Began Secret Gender Transition on 13-Year-Old Maine Girl Has Conditional License…]

The statement does not address the allegations of Amber Lavigne, which have been reported on exclusively by The Maine Wire. The statement also does not dispute any of the facts reported by The Maine Wire.

[RELATED: Republican Lawmakers Condemn Secret Gender Transition for 13-Year-Old Girl at Damariscotta Public School…]

Lavigne said at a school board meeting on Wednesday that a social worker at the school gave her 13-year-old daughter a breast binder without Lavigne’s knowledge or consent.

That binder was part of a social gender transition the young girl was encouraged to keep secret from her parents by 26-year-old social worker Sam Roy.

Great Salt Bay Community School Social Worker Sam Roy (Source: LinkedIn)

According to Great Salt Bay Community School’s publicly available school policies, school staff are prohibited from encouraging student’s to keep secrets.

[RELATED: Maine School Hides Staff List After Report on Secret Gender Transition for 13-Year-Old Girl…]

School officials have declined multiple request for comment from The Maine Wire. They have not said whether Roy will continue in his role as a social worker for the school.

[READ MORE: Public School Worker Who Began Secret Gender Transition on 13-Year-Old Maine Girl Has Conditional License…]

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  1. Old School Counselor on December 20, 2022 7:31 AM

    Classic obfuscation, misdirection, veiled threats. Safety concerns is a canard. This is not a community safety or political issue. This is a clinical issue. It is a school policy issue. Is it good practice for a counselor to treat Gender Dysphoria in a minor without the consent of her parents? Can a school knowingly and willingly hide a social transition to another sex from parents? The answer is no. If a child was showing signs of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in school by constantly washing her hands would they provide her with extra time to wash her hands during classes and leave the parents out of it? Of course not.

    Roy’s clinical supervisor must be engaged and appropriate action taken to protect this child. I assume that has already occurred.

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