Wed Aug 30, 2023 – 8:41 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – A California mother has obtained a $100,000 settlement against a school district for “socially transitioning” her daughter without her knowledge or consent, albeit without the district admitting fault with the offending teachers’ actions.
In 2021, LifeSiteNews reported on the story of Jessica Konen, whose then-12-year-old daughter was coaxed by two teachers at Buena Vista Middle School into believing she was not a girl but rather a “transgender boy” and, with the support of administrators, changed her name and pronouns.
“My child almost lost her life. They didn’t tell me that my child was suicidal,” Konen excoriated teachers Kelly Baraki and Lori Caldeira at a school board meeting at the time, along with the administrators who enabled them. “You allowed these teachers to open their classrooms teaching predatorial information to a young child, my child, who doesn’t even know how to comprehend it all.”
A few days later, police officers appeared at Konen’s door, saying a complaint had been made to Child Protective Services and asking if her children wanted to be removed from the home. The complaint was dropped, but the incident “made me feel like a
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