Gardner Edgerton school board member Jeff Miller proposed a policy on Monday that would require staff and students to be referred to by their gender given at birth, threatening disciplinary action against anyone who would use an LGBTQ student’s preferred pronouns. His proposal also would keep transgender students out of bathrooms designated exclusively to cisgender male or females. The discussion has set off alarms for several parents and advocates who are worried that such a policy would discriminate against LGBTQ students and make them feel unsafe. The lone progressive on the school board, Katie Willaims, said, “We’re here to value every kid. And this does not value every kid. This is unacceptable to me… How is punishing a kid, or any staff member or any other human for being who they want to be, how is that going to foster trust?” The school board decided to table the discussion for a couple of months, pending legal counsel. The district currently has bathrooms for male and ...