We are all terribly saddened by the recent slaughter of two innocent school children and the other 18 injured students and staff at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.
Two children were killed while they were praying as the Church of the Annunciation. Why would anyone murder little children?
We hope this never ever happens in our Anchorage Schools or in any Alaska schools, public or private.
The Anchorage School District has taken proactive measures, such as school entry security portals and school resource officers in most of our schools. But further action must be taken to protect our students.
The Annunciation murderer has been identified as a transgender individual, a boy who identified as a female. This murderer also legally changed his name from Robert to Robin with his mother signing the legal renaming document. Unfortunately, the mother may not have recognized the seriousness of her son’s mental state. If she had been alerted to her son’s mental state, she may have been able to inform school officials and law enforcement, and this terrible tragedy may have been averted.
In the case of the Minneapolis tragedy, a former school teacher, Sarah Reely, says she noticed that the shooter had signs of self-harm and reported it. She said that self-harm can be a sign of someone needing help. She doesn’t know if any action had been taken due to her report.
Children with gender dysphoria often have underlying mental health issues that need to be addressed.
The ASD should take this tragedy as a lesson to update its “Transgender Guidelines,” which leave the parents out of a student’s decision to use different pronouns and names at school. Parents and school staff need to act as a team to protect not only the transgender from bullying, but more importantly, protect all students from tragic actions.
We also know that the Anchorage School District has “Transgender Guidelines” which hide a student’s name change from parents. This could be the first step in realizing a student may have serious emotional problems.
Here is the specific language on hiding secondary students’ name changes from parents:
“Secondary students: Generally, notification of a student’s parent about his or her gender identity, expression or transition is unnecessary, as they are already aware and may be supportive. In some cases, however, notifying parents carries risks for the student if the family does not support the student’s desire to transition. Prior to notification of any parent or guardian regarding the transition process, school staff should work closely with the student to assess the degree to which, if any, the parent/guardian will be involved in the process, considering at all times the health, well-being, and safety of the transitioning student.”
It is good that the safety of the transitioning student is considered. But how about the other students? Their safety should be the primary concern.
If a parent is made aware of a child’s student name change by the district, this could be the first indication that the child is struggling internally and may need to be carefully monitored. Withholding this information from the parent may lead to more serious problems.
We do know that those children who identify as transgender or have gender ID problems have murdered some of their fellow students and teachers at a disproportionate rate. Here is a list of recent student shootings:
The above trend is undeniable. All the above murderers are either transgenders or have gender identity issues. They all appear to have very serious mental health issues.
This is not a call for the school district to provide even more mental health counselors/psychologists. It is a call for the district to identify those with potentially serious mental health issues and refer their parents to the appropriate mental health professionals in the community.
Providing mental health within the district should not be one of the district’s missions. Providing excellent classroom education should always be the primary mission of the district.
We ask that the ASD review and amend its “Transgender Guidelines” to ensure parents are included in all areas, especially student name changes and pronoun usage. And we ask that this become a policy of the school board, not merely “guidelines” which are not reviewed by the board.
It is past time to hide so-called “guidelines” from parents. Put these guidelines in school board policy so the public, especially parents, can see them and participate in the discussion.
We must make an all-out effort to prevent tragedies such as happened in Minneapolis. We must keep all students safe.
God forbid that the unthinkable happens and only the school district, because of your guidelines, knows about the transitioning student.
Anchorage School District, it is up to you. You have the power and the tools to make our schools safer.
It’s time to protect all students, not just the transgenders.
David Boyle is an education writer at Must Read Alaska.
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I’m sure you truly are sorry for the slaughter of those children in the Catholic Church BUT…this is NOT the first incident that has happened where a young person has flipped out after being brainwashed by adults who have convinced them that being a transgender will solve their emotional problems! Shame on any teacher/counselor that even tries to address this issue with a child! There is a special place in hell for you!!!
I’d say protect the parents also. Those that hope to become a grandparent someday.
That said, those who have a child that would even consider adopting the “trans brainwashing “ probably messed up their parenting to begin with.
Not a peep from any teachers?? Remember that the next time they strike, let them walk and lock the door behind them. Time to end this nonsense.
I’m lobbying Legislators for a rewrite of Title 47 that protects public servants, like teachers and politicians from public scrutiny, because of an arrest or self admittance to a psychiatric institution for reasons of self harm.. or just flat out crazy behavior..
Seems the YK Delta needs rule changes just for public protection.
Again, Transgenders were identified by the AMA (American medical Assn) as a form of mental retardation. It always has been a sickness and always will be. They are all unstable and unhinged.
Someone needs to tell Anchorage there are no more protections for this, there are 2 genders. Male and Female. Men can’t become women and Women cannot become men.
Period.
Don’t hire them, don’t live by them. Support CHILDREN instead of freaks!
No, the American Medical Association (AMA) has not labeled transgender as a form of mental retardation. The claim is unequivocally false and fundamentally misunderstands both transgender identity and the medical definition of mental retardation, which is now referred to as intellectual disability.
The transgender mental pathology is listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5-TR (the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals in the US) and is classified as gender dysphoria.
I googled. AI told me that as of September 2025, data from multiple research organizations indicates that fewer than 1% of all mass shootings have been committed by transgender individuals. The vast majority of mass shooters are cisgender men.
School shootings are not a gender issue. Mental, yes.
AI only knows what it is fed.
Liz, one must consider the relative proportions of the population that are transgenders and how many are biological men. Probably less than 1% of the American population are transgenders. My article only dealt with school shootings, not any other mass shootings. Would you agree that school districts should not keep secret from parents the fact that their child is using different pronouns or identifying as a gender other than their biological sex? I do agree that it is a mental health issue that needs to be identified and worked by both the school districts and the parents. Do not exclude the parents as the Anchorage School District does.
David, no I do not agree that schools should keep that a secret. However what you are writing points fingers that transgender and schools that “protect” them are the cause for school shootings, which is not the case. Why don’t you write about cisgender individuals? Why sensationalize this topic and make people more afraid and hate transgenders? Since as you put it, are only 1% of the American population. Please note, Daisy’s comment.
I agree that AI is rubbish, so let’s look at actual numbers.
In 2019 (let me know if you have more recent data) the NIH estimated that between 0.39 and 2.7% of the US identifies as transgender or nonbinary.
It is VERY hard to find info about how many transgender-identifying people have been perpetrators of shootings, or school shootings specifically, but let’s assume the folks who put together the graphic above chose every example they could track down since 2018 (the date of the earliest shooting referenced above). If you can confirm this is untrue, let me know.
Cross-referencing the NIH, Wikipedia, and CNN, there have been 374 school shootings in total in the US over that same period of time. 9/374 = 0.024.
Result: 0.24% of all school shooters are transgender, which is *below* the lower estimate of the transgender proportion of the US population.
I could do a p-value significance test if I wanted, but frankly I don’t think it would be appreciated. lmk if you want one.
What does this mean?
The article and graphic above constitute baseless misuse of data, politically-motivated fearmongering, and inflammatory, bigoted propaganda. Frankly shameful.
Sources:
‘https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_(2000%E2%80%93present)
‘https://www.cnn.com/us/school-shootings-fast-facts-dg
‘https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9388351/
‘https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6626314/
Rach, It’s very interesting your data sources. I would never trust CNN for anything because it is totally biased. Likewise, Wikipedia is a liberal biased source of information which anyone can contribute to. Not sure the NIH has much credibility regarding the Covid pandemic ruse foisted on Americans.
Anyway, I believe we can both agree that a student’s gender dysphoria, pronoun usage, etc should NOT be kept secret from parents. The education industry is being the surrogate parents. Any murdering of innocent children by anyone, is despicable and evil. Agree?
Boyle: you didn’t use the word “gun” once.
Manny, the issue is not guns. The issue is mental health and students that need help. We cannot fail to identify those students that ID as transgenders. School districts should not keep secret that their child is using different pronouns than their sex at birth. The ASD is doing just that. How can that be justified? It cannot. We need to help those with gender ID issues and treat them professionally outside the K12 system.
Well Manny, for the same reason forks and spoons are not blamed for making you fat.
Like with many issues in the human life, it is about impulse control and the lack of awareness that our actions have consequences.
The gun, does not fire itself, unless of course it is attached to an autonomous artificial intelligence robot.
Your brains are so far up your butt in ideology that you and yours have lost touch with reality. It is killing people.
There is a weapon much more dangerous than a gun. That weapon is fear.
Fear not, for life is eternal. You can either cower and point fingers of blame at forces outside yourself, or you can wake up and take control of your reality and understand that what you resist shall persist. But if you continue to let fear control how you see the world, then the world you live in shall consume you. Break free from the broadcast that seeks to control you and make you react to every perceived threat, and rise above the chaos that seeks to keep you imprisoned.
Remember, there are those led to make poor choices but ultimately it is the perpetrator that is responsible for their actions, not the tool.
If you seek to disarm the responsible citizen and remove their ability to defend themselves, then only the criminal shall have dominion of reality in this violent world.
Address the mental health crisis and you will be closer to securing a brighter future, or you can continue to ignore the problem at its source and the cycles of torment shall continue.
Beware dearest Micah, for you are being led to give up your liberty under the guise of security, but if you continue down this path you are on, you shall have neither.
Didn’t use the word knife, balloon, or penguin either.
I agree with the writer. However, I would love to see more coverage of the Department of education’s pilot program called STOPit. This is an app that allows anyone anywhere to report anonymously problems that might affect a school. It would permit people who see problematic behaviour to report that to the school officials and to law-enforcement anonymously. And it’s not well known enough but you can search for it on the App Store and it covers every school in Alaska. Be part of the solution.
Once again the MAGA Crowd wants to displace the reason why the USA has the vast majority of school shootings. How many “straight white males” have been school shooters? Mass murderers? Your thoughts are prayers aren’t working, these 2 students were literally murdered while praying? How many other children are now scarred for life? How many more students must die? When will we as a nation take real action to prevent this? Before everyone goes off on some rant against me, I have a well stocked supply of pistols, shot guns, and rifles that I use appropriately. This individual had been posting for weeks on social media? Where was the FBI? The anti-terror unit? Sadly this may have been preventable.
Once again the MASA crowd wants to keep the parents out of the loop by protecting the schools choice to NOT inform the parent of a child’s abnormal behavior in an effort to protect that child only which is the most important point the author has made.
School officials need to report any and all signs or irregularities of any person in a facility including any employees who indulge in sexual gratification using their position of authority.
ASD has already done a fine job of “making Anchorage youth stupid again” by their ranking as “forty ninth” in the nation.
That is why none of my children, grand children, great grand children will never set foot in Alaska’s very expensive failed public education system.
You just cant fix stupid with more money.
“When will we as a nation take real action to prevent this?”
What action would you want to see? And, no… restrictive gun control laws are not effective in any way.
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“I have a well stocked supply of pistols, shot guns, and rifles that I use appropriately.”
Fudds do not count, they are meaningless.
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“This individual had been posting for weeks on social media? Where was the FBI? The anti-terror unit? Sadly this may have been preventable.”
Billions of social media posts every day. A small percentage may be threats. Which means potentially hundreds of thousands of social media posts might be actual threats.
Exactly how much time do you think the FBI has to investigate these possible threats? What do you think the budget for the FBI should be in order to properly assess and investigate the thousands of potential threats a day? The US GDP would likely be insufficient to cover that level of investigation.
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So… we are left with.. .what? A lot of nothing and Monday morning quarterbacking.
How is it that we know that Alaskan for Freedom is brainwashed by the narrative? It is because he echos the same sentiment as the known propagandist Jen Psaki. With the inability to think critically, they are left only with the ability to regurgitate the statements given to them by their beloved mind control media. Perhaps addressing the real issue, that being mental illness when it is detected. However our current system would have you believe that you can change your identity to fit your trauma, that you should mutilate your body to match your warped mind. It is not MAGA that is is displacing the reason here, it is you. And what you are demonstrating currently is psychological projection to protect your fragile ego state rather than taking responsibility for letting the mass psychosis that you help enable.
We know that about AFF, because it’s a,pattern for him/ her/it.. Continuous adherence to the port side of the hull.
Why have a gratuitous picture and name of a killer? It fuels more killing by giving them recognition. Poor editorial choice.
A message to all the judgy people with no idea. I agree with much of the ideology on this site. I have a kid who decided she was a “he” during (or just post) the 2020 lockdown. I was completely unaware until a school report showed up with “he” and a different name. Because of the leftist ideas every counsellor in the city (perhaps the state) does not question gender identity. They confirm it. My daughter who was a very girly girl was convinced (by the child of a leftist, who identifies as non-binary, and teachers/counsellors) that she was really a “he”. My wife was paralyzed with fear around the issue and colluded with school counsellors and administrators behind my back. What was I left to do? I had the discussion with my daughter (who is still referred to as she and her original name in our house) I told her that if she could convince me that she was a he then I would go along with it. She didn’t even try. i told her I would always love her for who she really was. It is not as simple as you all want to believe. My wife was convinced by a bunch of phonies that, if she didn’t go along with it, our daughter would commit suicide. We are God loving people. We want what is best for our daughter. The left has hold of the education system and we need to TAKE IT BACK. We had some candidates for school board recently who may have made a difference – did you all vote the right way or think that those votes were not important enough to worry about A counsellor should be able to enquire to determine if a child truly has gender dysphoria. They claim they cannot. My child does not have it. She was a normally prepubescent girl who, at the start of her changes, was troubled by her changing body. This is something she would have been told is normal in years gone by. In this day and age, the kids are asked if they would be happier as a boy. All the brain-dead brainwashed people that want to judge the kid, or the parents – you don’t know. You have no frigging idea. Shut your mouth!