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Connecticut parents are outraged after school officials allegedly showed elementary school students a Pride Month video without asking their permission beforehand.
Father-of-four Kyle Reyes removed his children from the Granby Granby School District after the incident, citing his concerns about far-left indoctrination in the classroom via the LGBTQ+ video.
“Ainsley, this is the straw that broke the camel’s back,” Reyes told Earhardt on “Fox & Friends” on Thursday. “There are increasing problems not just in our school district, but frankly, across the country where our children are being read books about transgender crayons and racist police officers, and now indoctrination has taken the place of education.”
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An educational video of “Universal Kids” titled “Pride to Me” was reportedly shown to students at Wells Road Intermediate School in Granby, Connecticut. (Screengrab/”Fox & Friends”)
The incident occurred when teachers reportedly showed young students at Wells Road Intermediate School an educational video of “Universal Kids” entitled “Pride to Me”. In the clip, several young children shared their thoughts on Pride Month.
The clip featured testimonials from young children, including a boy who identified with the pronouns “she/it,” a little girl who claimed to have “two mommies,” and another child who identified as “both” genders.
In part of the video, a student told viewers that Pride means “No one can tell you what to do.” Another part featured another trans student claiming, “Being able to say I like being called a boy makes me happy inside.”
“This video sends the message to the kids that I’m in charge. I run the service. I do what I want, and you as a parent have to listen to me,” Reyes said. “That’s not the message we should send to our children.”
Students in third, fourth, and fifth grades were reportedly shown the video, and parents only found out about the clip after their children told them about it.
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Reyes reiterated that sensitive topics regarding gender identity and other controversial issues should be discussed between parent and child at home.
“These are conversations that Ainsely should take place at home, not in the classroom,” Reyes said. “In the classroom, they’re replacing math and science with social and emotional learning. We need to focus on the basics of education now. So kids as a whole are generally confused, right?”
“They are small children and it is our responsibility as adults to educate them at home, not indoctrinate them at school,” he continued.
Wells Road Intermediate School principal Pauline Greer weighed in on the controversy, stressing that it was not the school’s intention to “alienate” students.
“It certainly wasn’t meant to alienate or disturb a child. In context, we were trying to remind students that it’s okay to be who you are and still be treated with respect, dignity and kindness,” she said .
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But Reyes was unhappy with her response and called for an apology.
“I missed the part where she said, ‘I’m sorry, we should have informed the parents first,'” Reyes said. “I missed the part where they followed the example of other schools in the area. When similar topics are covered, they alert the parents and give the parents the option to exclude the children.”
“People are furious because you notice there was no apology,” he continued. “This was doubling down. Basically, we’re saying we’re going to do what we want to do, because we’re in charge.”
Fox News Digital contacted the school district and the office of the Granby Schools Superintendent. The district has not yet responded.
Fox News’ Gabriel Hays contributed to this report.
Bailee Hill is an associate editor at Fox News Digital. Story ideas can be sent to [email protected]
