Parents are furious after biological male, non-binary counselors slept in rooms with little girls

A group of parents lambasted an infamously woke California school district after learning that biological male counselors who are non-binary and use they/them pronouns were sleeping in the same rooms as fifth-grade girls at a school-organized science camp.

The parents said that their children, who attend Weaver Elementary School in the Los Alamitos Unified School District, came home from spending three nights at Camp Pali in San Bernardino, from January 25 to 28, to say that some of their counselors were nonbinary, yet biological men.  

“I contacted the school and asked them if they were able to confirm that there was not a man actually sleeping in the same cabin as the girls. They were not able to confirm that,” Rachel Sandoval, one of the parents, told KTLA.

The district said that it takes ‘all complaints and concerns seriously’ and would be investigating the parents’ grievances, a spokesperson told the news outlet.

And Emmi Teige, the assistant director of Camp Pali, told KTLA that the camp was following California law by placing staff ‘in cabins they identify with.’

Los Alamitos parents shared their outrage over learning that nonbinary counselors, who are biologically male, shared cabins with fifth-grade girls at Camp Pali in San Bernardino, pictured above

The counselors spent three nights sleeping in the same rooms as the students, like the one pictured above, which drew the fury of some parents of Weaver Elementary School students

The counselors spent three nights sleeping in the same rooms as the students, like the one pictured above, which drew the fury of some parents of Weaver Elementary School students

The district said that it takes ‘all complaints and concerns seriously’ and would be investigating the parents’ grievances, a spokesperson told the news outlet

The district said that it takes ‘all complaints and concerns seriously’ and would be investigating the parents’ grievances, a spokesperson told the news outlet

A PowerPoint presentation sent to parents by the district did not mention anything about the camp’s gender policy or specify that counselors and campers would be separated by gender.

It does say that all counselors ‘have been fingerprinted, have a background check, have Wilderness First Aid, CPR certifications, and are trained to deal with common student issues, such as bullying.’ 

Some parents were outraged that they were not told about the camp’s gender policy and want to warn others that there may be biological male, nonbinary counselors sharing cabins with girls.

“No parent should feel the way I feel after knowing what could have happened to my daughter,” Suzy Johnson, a parent, told KTLA.

“It’s awful that children had to even experience this in fifth-grade camp,’ she added. ‘If I was aware of it and I had initialed something saying this was going to be done at this outdoor science camp, I would have kept my children home.”

This is not the first time parents of students in the Los Alamitos Unified School District were outraged over policies involving gender identity that some parents have branded the district’s ‘woke, leftist agenda.’

A group of parents calling for a recall of the Los Alamitos School Board lashed out at a September meeting after a teacher at Oak Middle School started class by giving his students a survey asking for their preferred pronouns.

A spokesperson for Camp Pali (pictured above) has defended the camp's actions, saying that it was following California law by placing staff ‘in cabins they identify with'

A spokesperson for Camp Pali (pictured above) has defended the camp’s actions, saying that it was following California law by placing staff ‘in cabins they identify with’

A PowerPoint presentation sent to parents by the district does not mention anything about the camp’s gender policy or specify that counselors and campers would be separated by gender

A PowerPoint presentation sent to parents by the district does not mention anything about the camp’s gender policy or specify that counselors and campers would be separated by gender

‘There are parents that believe that is not the place for a science teacher,’ Robert Aguilar, who organized a parent committee to recall three board members, told Spectrum News. 

‘There was some concern, “Why would an adult man be asking minor children under the age of 14 about their sexuality?” The parents are here to regain control over what is being enforced on and taught to their children,” he added.

The science teacher, who Spectrum News did not identify, was asking about gender identity and which pronouns he should call his students by – not their sexual preference.

Drew Sells, a biology teacher at Los Alamitos High School, defended the teacher’s actions, telling Spectrum News that he was ‘in line with the law.’

“It’s best practice to make kids feel included by allowing them to use their proper pronoun, and since doing so, [the teacher] has been under attack by people who have misconstrued what that actually means,’ Sells added.

The Los Alamitos Unified School District has been at the center of a number of debates over LGBTQ issues, Critical Race Theory and coronavirus policies.

“The CRT (critical race theory), everything has gone so woke and so left that I can’t take it anymore,’ Staci Muller, a Seal Beach resident who pulled her two kids out of the district in September, told Spectrum News at the time.

‘I am concerned about what they are teaching, about what’s being dripped in the classroom with the racism, the CRT, the sexual stuff, everything. There’s so many things. Even a tiny comment could twist a kid’s brain,’ she added.

The Los Alamitos Unified School District has spent this year at the center of a culture war over LGBTQ issues, CRT and coronavirus policies. in October, tensions flared over coronavirus policies when School Board President Marlys Davidson was picked up by the microphone saying 'f**k you' to one parent angry with mask mandates

The Los Alamitos Unified School District has spent this year at the center of a culture war over LGBTQ issues, CRT and coronavirus policies. in October, tensions flared over coronavirus policies when School Board President Marlys Davidson was picked up by the microphone saying ‘f**k you’ to one parent angry with mask mandates

And in October, tensions flared over coronavirus policies when School Board President Marlys Davidson was picked up by the microphone saying ‘f**k you’ to one parent angry with mask mandates.

In the same meeting, Davidson appeared to say ‘Oh God, here we go’ after introducing two speakers, according to a video posted on YouTube by Los Al Recall.

Davidson was heard cursing after Lauren Roupoli gave a heated speech against mask and vaccine mandates before accusing one board member of criticizing parents as ‘selfish’ for raising their concerns at the board meetings.

Before she had finished speaking, Davidson cut across Roupoli to tell her she had run out of time to speak to the board, but Roupoli calmly finished what she was saying anyway.

A round of applause from other parents followed Roupoli’s conclusion, during which she said: ‘We are vocal because we are our children’s biggest advocates.’

It was after this applause that Davidson was then heard saying ‘f**k you’ through a microphone.

KTLA reported that following the meeting, Davidson issued an apology for her remark in which she said: ‘I reaffirm my commitment to serve our community with dignity and integrity, and I hope they will accept my sincere apology.’ 

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