{"id":4418,"date":"2023-07-25T13:26:32","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T13:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4418"},"modified":"2023-07-25T14:10:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T14:10:38","slug":"will-buchman-v-ecasd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4418","title":{"rendered":"WILL & Buchman v. ECASD"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/will-law.org\/will-buchman-v-ecasd\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Case Name: <\/strong>WILL & Buchman v. ECASD<\/span><\/p>\n

Type of Case: <\/strong>Parental rights, constitutional law<\/span><\/p>\n

Court:\u00a0<\/strong>Eau Claire Circuit Court<\/span><\/p>\n

Filed On:\u00a0<\/strong>July 25, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Status:<\/strong> Filed complaint in Eau Claire Circuit Court on July 25, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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WILL and Parent Sue to Obtain Document Withheld by School District<\/h2>\n
July 25, 2023<\/strong> | A local parent, along with the WILL, has filed a complaint with a judge in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, after the school refused to provide a copy of a statement that the district acknowledges was read aloud to students in several classrooms.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Background: <\/strong>On June 5, 2023, the second-to-last day of the school year, all orchestra students at Northstar Middle School were required to report to the orchestra room during homeroom. Once there, they found orchestra teacher Jacob Puccio, a school counselor, and the District\u2019s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion director, Dang Yang.<\/p>\n
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Students were told that Puccio would be undergoing a gender transition from male to female. In addition, a scripted statement was read to multiple classes of elementary and high school music students in the district, including North High School and at least three elementary schools (Sam Davey Elementary, Locust Lane Elementary, and Northwoods Elementary). The statement was crafted by the District specifically to ensure that students received information in a particular way, but to date, parents have no details about what their children were told.<\/div>\n
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After these statements were read, Leah Buchman, who has children both in the middle school orchestra and high school band, requested a copy of the script. That request was denied, with the District\u2019s attorney claiming that the document could not be disclosed because an investigation was underway into whether any \u201cemployee acted improperly with respect to the June 6 [sic] events.\u201d WILL has since sent its own public records request asking for a copy of the script.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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