Transgender substitute teacher upsets Lumberton (TX) ISD parents

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http://www.12newsnow.com/story/25197265/transgender-substitute-teacher-on-leave-pending-school-board-decision
Transgender substitute teacher upsets Lumberton ISD parents
Posted: Apr 08, 2014 7:32 PM EDT Updated: Apr 09, 2014 11:07 AM EDT
By Brittany Rainville, Reporter

LUMBERTON - A transgender substitute teacher said she has been told she should not return to her classes, after parents complained about her.

Laura Jane Klug, who was born Kurt Klug, worked as a fifth grade substitute teacher at Lumberton Intermediate School, but was asked not to return after some of the students' parents contacted the school.

Klug told 12 News that she met with a representative of Lumberton Independent School District's Human Resources and Superintendent John Valastro Tuesday afternoon. Klug said they suspended her pending a decision by the school board on whether to continue using her as a substitute teacher.

Roger Beard, whose son was in the class Klug was subbing, said what concerns him is the distraction he believes a transgender teacher poses to ten and eleven year old children.... MORE