In a 4-3 vote, the Stafford School Board voted to waive their attorney-client privilege and make the attorney’s opinion on the on its hotly debated transgender non-discrimination policy open to the public.
Until now, that opinion has been sealed from public view.
The move comes after the School Board voted 4-3 in September approve revisions to the school division’s standing non-discrimination policy to add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” as protections. The changes were prompted by national attention garnered by the school division after a transgender student wasn’t allowed to use either the boys or girls’ locker room during an active shooter safety drill in October 2018.
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