“The plan had Ryan stay home that first day of school. After lunch, teachers in each fifth-grade class explained that the classmate they had known as a girl would return the next day as a boy. That night, fifth-grade parents received letters and emails explaining the news. Parents schoolwide were invited to a forum two days later on gender diversity with Mr. Malpas…Teachers at every grade level added books with themes of inclusion and defining one’s own identity. The whole school discussed “Red: A Crayon’s Story,” about a blue crayon trapped in a red wrapper.”
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