A whistleblower has come forward about the terror at a Massachusetts school after woke teachers allowed a troubled trans child to return to class after putting 45 fellow students on a threatening “hit list.”
The parent of a child at Watertown Middle School, in suburban West Boston, told DailyMail.com that students now fear for their lives and worry every day about going home in a body bag.
Worse, the scared parent says, school officials have silenced criticism of the transgender group. Parents say they can’t talk about school safety without being accused of transphobic misthinking.
“The child with a hit list of over 40 people, who has suffered minimal consequences and been favored at every turn, clearly has a lot of anger – and who knows what they will do,” said the parent, on the condition that their name be withheld was used .
Watertown Middle School in Boston’s western suburbs was rocked by a trans student’s ‘hit list’
Supt. Deanne Galdston criticized concerned parents for ‘student shaming’
‘Students on the hit list are willing to fight for their lives if necessary. They know the school isn’t protecting them.”
Matthew McCarthy, spokesman for the school, said there have been no incidents since the hit list was revealed in January.
But he declined to comment on the whistleblower allegations.
The case highlights broader fears in American classrooms about the increasing number of students who identify as trans and non-binary who experience bullying, and the small but concerning number of those who embrace violence.
The crisis began in January, when a teacher overheard students talking about who was on the hit list. A search of the trans students’ Chromebook revealed the document, titled “hit list.”
The school alerted the police and interviewed the student. They found they had no access to weapons and that there was “no credible threat” to safety at the school of 560 students in grades 6 through 8, official emails show.
The list-writing student and their gender identity have not been revealed.
The whistleblowing parent says they are “physically large for a Year 7 student – certainly bigger than the majority of students in the school,” adding that this affects a “potential physical attack.”
School councilor Lilly Rayman-Read called for “empathy for the creator” of the hit list
Supt. Deanne Galdston arranged a “re-entry process” to return the student to the classroom.
Officials spoke of the need to address “anti-trans and other biased behavior” in classrooms, to have “empathy for the creator” of the list, and to “immediately create an affinity space for LGBTQIA+ families.”
At a school forum, Galdston criticized concerned parents for “student shaming.”
This ultra-progressive approach was not well received by some parents, including the whistleblower.
‘Parents are scared, exhausted and disgusted. Many have had their trust in Watertown schools damaged,” they told DailyMail.com.
‘It’s devastating to hear that your child has been put on a hit list by another student. “But when you then ignore your concerns, when administrators mislead the larger community, and when you so blatantly put the needs of the perpetrator above the needs of the victims, things reach a whole new level that it’s overwhelming.”
Parents of schoolchildren cannot speak out for fear of being politically incorrect, according to the whistleblower.
They “don’t want to look anti-trans,” the parent said.
“There are people in school leadership who cannot or will not distinguish between legitimate concerns about the actions of a trans person and a blanket attack on all trans people.”
Schools across America are struggling to handle the rapidly growing number of trans-identifying students
Parents are generally accepting and supportive of transgender people in the liberal-leaning suburbs just a few miles west of Harvard University, the whistleblower said.
The school “treated a young person in trouble as some sort of cultural sign or symbol to be preferred beyond reason, and treated the young people who were placed on the hit list as if they did not matter,” the parent said.
“It is so disturbing and demoralizing that it is difficult to put into words,” she added.
Parents’ concerns were dismissed, the whistleblower said.
“They treated parents’ legitimate concerns about their children’s safety as obstacles to be managed and marginalized,” the parent said.
“Their detachment from reality and lack of genuine empathy has created a more dangerous situation for everyone in the high school.”
School spokesman McCarthy declined to comment on the whistleblower’s claims.
“We will address any parent concerns on an individual basis and will not provide additional public comment in response to this one parent,” he said.
In previous emails, he referred to questions about whether “staff acted appropriately or inappropriately” or “found the right or wrong balance” on classroom safety.
“There have been no incidents since January and this case has since been closed,” he added.
The Watertown classroom debacle was uncovered by a public records request to view school emails made by the Parents who defend education (PDE), a conservative research group.
Researcher Casey Ryan says too many schools ‘prioritize political correctness over safety and transparency’
PDE researcher Casey Ryan said too many schools are “prioritizing political correctness over safety and transparency.”
“The lives of both staff and students are at serious risk in these situations, and schools have a responsibility to provide a safe environment where parents are kept informed of any threats,” Ryan said.
“Watertown broke that trust with parents when district administrators chose the comfort of a student in need of real help over the lives of those affected by this student’s actions.”
The revelations come amid growing fears of trans violence in American classrooms.
Pennbrook Middle School in Pennsylvania is reeling this week after a 13-year-old trans student used a metal Stanley mug to violently hit a fellow 12-year-old student in the head until blood spurted out.
Transgender 28-year-old Audrey Hale murdered three children and three adults at her former school in Nashville, Tennessee, last year.
A legal battle to release her suicide note and other writings has yet to be resolved.
Campaigners say schools have a duty to support trans students by affirming their identity changes and tackling bullying.
Conservatives warn of a fad and sauy schools should stick to teaching children to read and write.
On this front line of America’s culture wars, parents, students and teachers must make tough statements about rising rates of transgenderism, mental health issues, peer pressure, bullying and whether affirmation on demand is always the best answer.