As a mom of 4 children, 3 of whom are daughters, who have all attended public schools, I strongly oppose the current VDOE proposal for policies regarding transgender students. These policies: 1) overstep the role of schools in family matters, denying parental rights and responsibilities; 2) in an effort to protect one group of students, actually threaten other students who would now be denied safety and privacy; and 3) deny parents, students, and faculty members their rights regarding issues of conscience, subjecting them to harassment and discrimination for simply holding to their constitutionally-protected rights to have their own beliefs and convictions.