go to the park or an animal shelter and maybe youll be adopted! We have excellent schools here. Interestingly, the school wrote it doesnt want to discourage or thwart the creativity or individualism of students, but it wants to promote a safe and healthy culture for all kids to feel comfortable. She said the issue gained attention on social media once people started sharing photos and videos of the feline costumes and behavior, "I started getting videos and messages from kids, and I said, 'Ok, Im going to post this so parents know whats going on.'". I dont want to lose readers by wading into a political landmine field, but most importantly I dont want anyone to feel unwelcome on this site. Regarding the Norwegian woman, that one startled me as I have a cat named Nano. It was about a rumor involving an Iowa school. The state's House of Representatives Thursday approved House Bill 1749, which would bar public schools and state colleges and universities from requiring that teachers use students' preferred. The superintendent tells WLKY. Its a lot easier to weather calls for cancellation when youve been around for 20 years, youve made billions for your parent company and you have a contract that keeps you on TV for years yet. No wonder the kids are not learning! document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Human civilization has to put a halt to these destructive behaviors. Staff members are not encouraging or accommodating anyone behaving or identifying as a cat or any other animal, Superintendent Casey Berlau said Tuesday in a note to parents in the western Iowa district. I asked Keenan Crow of One Iowa, a LGBTQ advocacy group, if they think its a coincidence that a story like this would pop up at a time when public schools are under attack and conservative lawmakers are working to put restrictions on transgender and LGBTQ students. 2023, Hearst Television Inc. on behalf of WLWT-TV. I read that a comedian joked how he asks to be regarded with the possessive pronoun there, because he identifies as a place. Some develop elaborate video-game personas. Many people are doing what amounts to an experiment on these young people without telling them its an experiment. A TikTok user in a video that has gone viral claimed falsely that she was fired from a school after failing to respect a student's decision to identify as a cat. Many of the challenged books have LGBTQ themes. "Staff members are not encouraging or accommodating anyone behaving or identifying as a cat or any other animal," Superintendent Casey Berlau said Tuesday in a note to parents in the western. Kat told Barcroft TV: "I have always been different. Oh, you are a human? Frankly, with all the unbelievably dopey Tik-Tok challenges out there, its not out of the realm of possibility that some kid, somewhere, has decided to try to emulate a cat to that extreme. There are websites that claim there is a catgender movement, but that is a different thing. Kentucky school district: Students are dressing and acting like cats, For Iowa Republicans, its all about the kids, except when its not, Iowa school board member gets ripped for saying public education is 'not to teach kids what parents want. They're furious. Doubling down on his denial, Sharrow urged any parents to send him a message in the future if they ever have questions about any "wild accusations that don't sound like something" the district would do. Author lied. Ill have my tuna on rye, not mixed with kibble, thanks. Disgusting, but not life-threatening. We did not find any credible news reports that support the claim. There are others but cant remember what. Supposedly, a female student was identifying as a cat. Theyre identifying as animals.