An Illinois K-5 school’s male library director started publicly wearing female clothes Wednesday and insisting students call him “Ms. Madison Sabovik.” Until then, the former fourth-grade teacher had been known to students as Mr. Steve Sabovik.
Parents were alerted to the librarian’s impending transsexual exhibition in a letter Owen Elementary sent two days before it happened, Oct. 20. Many parents pulled their children from the elementary this week, at least temporarily.
Other parents are opting their children out of using the library. On Wednesday alone, more than 100 parents sent the school principal and district leaders emails protesting the public transition and its quick rollout, said Shannon Adcock, founder of the parent advocacy organization Awake Illinois.
Parents are unhappy the school gave them such short notice about exposing their children to inappropriate sexual information, a dad with a child in the school told The Federalist. He asked for anonymity to protect his child.
The school also sent a “talking points” memo to parents about the ongoing public exhibition, made public by Awake Illinois. Here’s a district-suggested response to “student questions or statements”: “Our LMC Director is amazing and continues to do great work here. Let’s support her [sic].”
“Our LMC [library media center] Director has always been amazing and continues to be amazing,” the talking points suggest as a “response to parent questions or statements.” “I fully support the work that they [sic] continue to do here at Owen.”
Starting today, Kinder – 5th grade students
