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My schools GSA letter to East Aurora School District 131 « Cooperative Catalyst

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My schools GSA letter to East Aurora School District 131

Ohio Virtual Academy/ Gay-Straight Alliance
From: Ohio Virtual Academy High School
Gay Straight Alliance
1655 Holland Road
Suite F
Maumee, Ohio 43537

October 22, 2012

To: East Aurora School District 131
417 Fifth Street
Aurora, Illinois 60505
ATTN:  Mary Anne Turza
Stella Gonzalez
Annette Johnson
Richard Leonard
Raymund Hall
Anita Lewis
Ignacio Cervantes


Dear East Aurora School District 131:
The actions in which your Board of Education has engaged in are actions of momentous bigotry that rang the bell of injustice so loudly that the rings have spread across this great nation and into the ears of your school districts allies and Trans/Gender Non-Conforming population. These children are children of your district, are residents of your great state, and are residents of this great nation and for that they deserve assurance to the right to attend school and feel safe while doing so.
Your Board of Education’s actions have showed where your allegiance resides and it is not with the students who attend your schools. All students regardless of who they are, who they love, and who they identify with are supposed to have access to a education that is free and appropriate that resides within a environment that is