being a black school in a white school 30 years ago but mad line kirksey says the situation was confusion for everyone. listen to her. >> one day she wanted to be a girl and when, you know, the next day she wanted to be a boy and then the other gets kid involved and start calling her a boy and she starts screaming i'm not at boy. >> reporter: because of the confusion kirksey said addressing the matter with parents of all the students and instead was given a warning that said, quote, when requested by management to call a transgendered child by a new name madeline does not follow instruction. that line was later redacted but the school maintains that parents should only be notified if, listen -- a student is anxious, eager or showing signs of being distracted of atypical behavior. >> reporter: school believes this is a private matter that should have stayed inside the schoolyard gates. megyn. >> trace, thank you.