Nodaway Valley principal cited in Register's article on transgender students

Connie Lundy, principal at Nodaway Valley Elementary, was mentioned in a recent Des Moines Register article about transgender students in Iowa. The mother of Bryan Brown, a fourth grader at Nodaway Valley, credits Lundy for "setting a positive tone." Lundy spent time with all the fourth graders, telling them that Brynn was now Bryan, a boy who uses male pronouns. "That fact surprised none of his classmates because Bryan had been dressing and generally acting like a male for the previous school year," Lundy said.  Bryan is also permitted to use the boys' bathroom and his preferred name is now on his official school records. "The change was taken up and accepted by the entire school, from art to music to other teachers to support staff," Lundy said. "The kids embraced Bryan wholeheartedly."
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