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No one told her mother.<\/p>\n
Amber Lavigne said she discovered the device in her daughter\u2019s bedroom. It was then that the child admitted a staff member at the\u00a0Great Salt Bay Community School had given it to her, as well as changing the name and pronouns she used at school, Lavigne told her community\u2019s school board members during a public meeting on Dec. 14.<\/p>\n
The youngster was told to keep it a secret from her parents<\/strong>, which caused her increasing \u201cstress, anxiety, and depression,\u201d Lavigne told the school board of the Central Lincoln County School System (CLCSS) AOS 93. The district serves seven rural communities in mid-coast Maine.<\/p>\n \u201cUtilizing these devices can cause serious side effects,<\/strong>\u201d Lavigne told board members.<\/p>\n Studies suggest breast binders can cause back pain, shortness of breath, chest pain, skin problems, and rib fractures.<\/p>\n When Lavigne expressed concern to school officials for \u201cthis heinous act, they expressed grave concern,\u201d she told board members.<\/p>\n Her daughter had turned 13 just a month before.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s a minor child\u2014my minor child!\u201d the mother said, fighting tears throughout her three-minute opportunity to speak at the meeting. \u201cAnd under no circumstances should she have been provided a chest binder without the knowledge of the parents.\u201d<\/p>\n The school won\u2019t release notes from meetings between the social worker and the child, Lavigne told board members.<\/p>\n A worker \u201cat the school encouraged a student to keep a secret from their parents!\u201d Lavigne said. \u201cThis is the very definition of child predatory sexual grooming. Predators work to gain a victim\u2019s trust by driving a wedge between them and their parents.\u201d<\/p>\n Voice quavering, Lavigne demanded that all employees with \u201cknowledge of the secret be immediately terminated from their positions,\u201d and \u201cthat our child\u2019s records be released to us. Laws, policies, and parental trust were broken.\u201d<\/p>\n A wedge was driven between the child and her parents, Lavigne continued.<\/p>\n \u201cConsider for a moment if this was your child<\/strong>,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat would you do? No other parent should have to go through the trauma and distress that this has caused my family.\u201d<\/p>\n Maine\u00a0parental rights<\/a>\u00a0advocate Shawn McBreairty\u00a0posted<\/a>\u00a0the video of Lavigne\u2019s speech to Rumble.<\/p>\n Since the meeting, Lavigne has told The Epoch Times by text message that she plans to file a complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission.<\/p>\n Lavigne and her lawyer declined to speak further with The Epoch Times, citing plans to file a lawsuit.<\/p>\n The Epoch Times reached out to the Great Salt Bay Community School, CLCSS AOS 93, and the school board members for comment. Calls and emails were not returned.<\/p>\n The staffer who was coaching her daughter\u2019s transition to living publicly as a boy wasn\u2019t alone in the secret, Lavigne said. Other school officials also took part, she alleged, by hiding from her the child\u2019s use of male pronouns at school.<\/p>\n After Lavigne\u2019s story went public, the Great Salt Bay Community School removed its staff directory from its website,<\/strong>\u00a0according<\/a>\u00a0to internet archive the Wayback Machine.<\/p>\n The school also\u00a0posted<\/a>\u00a0a statement on its website, saying some individuals had spread \u201crumors and allegations\u201d online to \u201ctry and divide our community.\u201d The statement never said what issue it addressed.<\/p>\n The Great Salt Bay Community School Board\u2019s statement also claimed it made decisions based on Maine law, but never specified what these decisions were.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen administrators receive concerns from parents and\/or students about potential issues in school, the Board has specific policies and procedures in place that must be followed when addressing those concerns. Those policies comply with Maine law, which protects the right of all students and staff, regardless of gender\/gender identity, to have equal access to education, the supports and services available in our public schools, and the student\u2019s right to privacy regardless of age,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n Maine lawmakers now are considering a state\u00a0educational rule<\/a>\u00a0that would allow social workers and school counselors to keep secrets about children from parents.<\/p>\n Chapter 117 of Maine\u2019s Department of Education guidelines would make conversations between school counseling staff and children confidential to parents. Chapter 117 is not yet law.<\/p>\n In November, parental rights activist Alvin Lui\u00a0predicted<\/a>\u00a0to The Epoch Times that Maine could soon allow social workers to provide breast binders to students without parental consent.<\/p>\n What Lavigne says happened to her daughter shows how gender activists can influence children, Lui said. They may lie to parents to get children to commit to permanent body alteration. They may urge pronouns, then binders, then hormones, then surgery, he added.<\/p>\n \u201cAll they\u2019re trying to do is to put you off as long as they can, so that it can move your child through the train<\/strong>,\u201d Lui said.<\/p>\n Maine parental rights advocate Shawn McBreairty promoted a fundraiser for Lavigne\u2019s case on Twitter. The GiveSendGo account has raised $1,241 of the $2,000 goal \u201cto help Amber and her family with her initial legal retainer,\u201d he\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0his audience on Twitter.<\/p>\nSecret Counsel<\/strong><\/h2>\n