Cambridge School Officials Sought To Stop Notifying Parents When Students Make Discrimination Complaints

Cambridge School Committee members considered striking a requirement that parents be notified if their child makes a discrimination complaint, before abandoning the idea. The requirement to notify parents is in the school's non-discrimination policy, which school officials were updating earlier this month. The primary concern in removing the passages about notifying parents was "privacy for students, in particular, LGBTQIA+ students," said school committee vice chairman Rachel Weinstein during

Cambridge School Committee members considered striking a requirement that parents be notified if their child makes a discrimination complaint, before abandoning the idea. The requirement to notify parents is in the school's non-discrimination policy, which school officials were updating earlier this month. The primary concern in removing the passages about notifying parents was "privacy for students, in particular, LGBTQIA+ students," said school committee vice chairman Rachel Weinstein during…