A picture book about a transgender child has ignited a debate in the Eanes school district over if and when to talk about gender identity in the classroom.
After a fourth grade teacher at Forest Trail Elementary showed a video in which the book “Call Me Max” by Kyle Lukoff was read aloud on March 4, social media was flooded with posts from parents weighing in, and many parents raised the issue at a school board meeting on March 9. A third grade teacher at Valley View Elementary, also in the Eanes district, also read the book to her class. The book tells the story of a transgender elementary student learning how to talk about his identity with family and friends.