I strongly oppose these transgender policies. Schools have a duty to protect the bodily privacy and inherent dignity of all students. Parents and children should not be pitted against one another in this situation. The model regulations infringe upon the First Amendment rights of parents to raise and care for their children. So many children will feel afraid to go into a bathroom at school if they are not assured that someone of the opposite biological sex will not be in that room. These guidelines are absurd and have no place in any school at all. Boys are boys and girls are girls. Biological sex is determined at conception and cannot be changed because someone feels like they should be the opposite sex. The Virginia Department of Education has gone far beyond the path the General Assembly prescribed. No child should be forced to shower with, share a locker room or hotel room or other intimate setting with someone of the opposite sex. Schools should not be accommodating this harmful view during youth or encouraging these harmful irreversible "gender transitions" Parental rights are at stake. Schools cannot permit major life decisions to be made by children and adolescents without parental knowledge or permission. These model policies are not safe for children physically, mentally or spiritually. I strongly oppose these transgender policies. They are highly immoral, unethical and oppose common sense completely.