Abbotsford School District – Concern About Sexually Explicit Material in Books

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From: pierrebarns@gmail.com <pierrebarns@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2022 7:08 AM
To: stan.petersen@abbyschools.ca; rhonda.pauls@abbyschools.ca; phil.anderson@abbyschools.ca; freddy.latham@abbyschools.ca; korky.neufeld@abbyschools.ca; preet.rai@abbyschools.ca; shirley.wilson@abbyschools.ca; Nathan.Ngieng@abbyschools.ca
Cc: *****
Subject: Abbotsford School District BC – Books Concerns

Dear Trustees,

The government gave authority for education governance to locally elected school boards. School trustees are elected to local school boards to act for the legislature and for their local community.

School trustees exist for the children, and their role is to guide, protect, defend, and advocate for them. Therefore, educational policies are developed on what is best for the growth, protection, and development of the whole child.

Trustees partner with the parents as they provide the children with the best possible teachers and educational opportunities. In doing so, they cannot usurp the role of the parents and family.

It seems that the process of guiding, protecting, defending, and advocating for our children is at serious risk.

Most authorities believe our schools are safe. Others are beginning to question that point of view.

Why? Look what’s been happening in our schools. Safe zones, safe spaces, safe sex, safe puberty blockers, safe cross-sex hormone, safe “gender clinics”, and now safe sexually explicit material in the school library. Our children are no longer safe! They are in danger.

Child Sexual Abuse by K-12 School Personnel in Canada  https://www.protectchildren.ca/en/resources-research/child-sexual-abuse-by-school-personnel-in-canada-report/

As a parent and Canadian citizen, I am concerned about the safety and well-being of those children under your authority. I have reason to believe that children or youth have been or could be likely abused or neglected based on what I have seen and the information I have found on your library site. I believe that books and information found on your library site cause severe risks to the safety and well-being of our children under your authority and care. Children ages 5 years old and up to 17 years old at the schools cited below have been or are at risk of being exposed to these books containing sexual references, sexual activity, and sexual material. Some books also show children and adults engaged in or depicted as engaged in explicit sexual activity. The main characteristics of those books relate to sexual activity and expose children to individuals engaging in sexually explicit acts, including exposure to adult pornography, and encouraging children to masturbate or watch others masturbate.

These books have a sinister agenda. They are not guided by any universal standards of right and wrong. Their foul language lifts the boundaries most parents have set for their children and presents a malevolent dimension that must be curtailed and eliminated. They are used to desensitize children and make them easy prey for predators. Rather than guiding and protecting our children, keeping these books in the libraries offers up our defenseless children to the degradation of immoral authors and others of their ilk. In addition, it makes it easier for potential abusers to target our children.

On the one hand, in the name of political correctness, we claim to protect our children from racism and our inconvenient history, while on the other hand, in the name of diversity, we expose them to pornography and toxic sexual behavior.  I understand that resources must be inclusive and suitable based on diverse social considerations. Nevertheless, resources are to be age-appropriate and within the boundary of the rules of law.

According to the Canadian Center for Child Protection, non-contact sexual abuse is as follows:

  • Encouraging a child to masturbate or watch others masturbate
  • Secretly recording or observing a child in a private situation for a sexual purpose (voyeurism)
  • Exposing a child to individuals engaging in sexually explicit acts (including exposure to adult pornography)
  • Exposing a child to child sexual abuse material
  • “Flashing” or exposing genitals to a child
  • Communicating over technology to make it easier to commit a specific sexual offense against a child (luring a child)
  • Taking a picture or recording a video of a child’s sexual organs for a sexual purpose

In good faith, I would advise the School Board to immediately remove those books from the library, contact the librarian, review those books with teachers and parents, and review material selection policies. Please advise on how and when the board will proceed.

I include the following information to help you better understand the abovementioned concern. Please do not hesitate to ask if you need more information regarding those books in your library system.

Kind Regards,

Pierre Barns

236-458-7269

Canadian Trustees raising their concern about the contents of the book in school:

https://www.facebook.com/LauraLynnTylerThompson/videos/814081779570576

Here is a video of a Mother in the USA complaining to the school board about the book The Glass Castle:

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Be aware of a series of questionable books found in the Abbotsford School System:

It’s Perfectly Normal:

This book has been around for 24 years and has, in one sense, become the guidebook for sex education. It has the distinction of being the most frequently banned book in school libraries across North America.

Like previously mentioned books, it is illustrated using colorful cartoon-style pictures. These are unnecessarily graphic, showing pictures of various heterosexual and homosexual sexual intercourse and actions.

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Sex is a Funny Word:

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 Quick and Easy Guide to Queer and Trans Identities:

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 The Glass Castle:

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All Boys aren’t Blue a memoir-manifesto:

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The Gender Queer:

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George:

George is a text-only story of a fourth-grade10-year-old boy who explores transitioning. Though others see him as male, George has long felt that he is a girl, and he wishes for people to see that truth.

The author weaves in the school play of Charlotte’s Web as a background to this transitioning story and hits all the emotional tones.

This play will let everyone know that George is a “girl.”

The book promotes ways to hide or disguise Internet searches.

George expresses an unhealthy and abnormal disgust toward his male organ.

From there, it moves on to hormone therapy and surgery as acceptable and helpful steps to complete the transition.

The reader is left with the impression that this complex and complicated gender dysphoria and its “treatment” is simple and straightforward.

Every character who agrees is lovely and thoughtful, while those who disagree are meanies.

Written by a non-binary author, it obviously is a very agenda-driven book.

The Gender Book:

Self-described as “the GENDER book is a fun, colourful, community-based resource, which illustrates the beautiful diversity of gender – a gender 101 for anyone and everyone.”

Fully illustrated in a cartoon format, it immediately attracts elementary school students.

It promotes the idea that gender is based on personal preference rather than arbitrary verifiable biological science and the scientific method.

Agenda-driven, this book reads like a book written by a committee. (It was)

The following cartoon illustrates our point:

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From: pierrebarns@gmail.com <pierrebarns@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2022 11:36 AM
To: korky.neufeld@abbyschools.ca; mike.rauch@abbyschools.ca; rupi.kanda-rajwan@abbyschools.ca; stan.petersen@abbyschools.ca; preet.rai@abbyschools.ca; jared.white@abbyschools.ca; shirley.wilson@abbyschools.ca
Cc: *****
Subject: FW: Abbotsford School District BC – Books Concerns

Dear Respected Trustees of Abbotsford:

I am writing to you in the capacity of a parent of four school-aged children from Abbotsford. Ever since I came to learn about some of the books in my kids’ school libraries and what is being taught to minors, I have connected with and befriended numerous parents and caregivers who share my concerns about some of the material being presented to children in the name of diversity and inclusivity. Some of these people are parents of Abbotsford students who reached out to me after my online interview with a national news media outlet.

In a display of interfaith and intercultural diversity, people who have solicited my support are Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jews, Atheists, etc. They all share one thing in common with me, namely, a serious worry about pornographic materials being promoted in our public school system.


I understand that it is challenging to talk about this because of the intense institutional pressure placed upon you to accept all approved curricular materials. However, the governance of these materials and their effects on the lives of children are not the sole concern of any single agency or institution, but of the community as a whole and particularly parents who have a fundamental right to raise their children as they see fit. Schools should not be at odds with parents and the broader community.

I am concerned that the previous Abbotsford School Board has made no effort to inform parents about the controversial topics taught to our children at school, such as gender expressions, and sexual identities, and used history as a battleground between people of different races. Despite the good intentions of the discussion, given the numerous updates, emails, and meetings, open communication with parents was not a priority for the board. See the email below.

Educators should encourage students to strive for excellence, be resilient in the face of adversity, and be independent thinkers. They should teach students the diversity of thought and respect dissenting views. Educators should also be mindful of students’ personal boundaries and stop subjecting them to woke conversations in a classroom full of their peers. They should empower students rather than instruct them to scan for oppression and micro-aggressions constantly. The trend in teaching towards Critical Pedagogy, with its emphasis on bringing politics into the classroom, deprives students of a balanced education, free of bias, and the ability to analyze all available evidence to develop informed judgments.

Educators are touching on several contentious ideas that can be subject to misinterpretation depending on how they are framed. Knowing whether students walk away with a healthy understanding of the world around them is made even more difficult when parents are not informed. School board transparency is important for parents who play the central role in the way our children view themselves.

The Abbotsford School Board may have been misled by sexual deviants to believe that it was acceptable to allow the distribution of obscene materials and pursue a dangerous ideological agenda without considering the well-being of our children. The Professional Standards for BC Educators stated the following: “Educators treat students equitably with acceptance, dignity and respect. Educators understand the importance of confidentiality, and protect student privacy, unless disclosure is required by law. Educators do not abuse or exploit students or minors for personal, sexual, ideological, material or other advantage”

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/education/kindergarten-to-grade-12/teach/teacher-regulation/standards-for-educators/edu_standards_poster-11×17.pdfe”

The proponents of inappropriate content, who hide behind the theory of Diversity, Inclusion and Equity (DIE), commit a form of child abuse, a phenomenon that threatens the safety and well-being of our children across Canada.

According to the Canadian Centre for Child Protection report on Child Sexual Abuse by K-12 School Personnel in Canada, 67% of offenders worked in public schools, 26% in Catholic/Christian schools, and 7% in private schools.

Child Sexual Abuse by K-12 School Personnel in Canada 1997-2017:

https://www.protectchildren.ca/en/resources-research/child-sexual-abuse-by-school-personnel-in-canada-report

Child Sexual Abuse and Victimization by K-12 School Personnel in Canada 2017-2021:

https://www.protectchildren.ca/en/resources-research/school-report

Child sexual abuse is an epidemic that impacts far too many families and communities. Together parents, teachers, and community members can make a difference, which is why it is imperative that we make it safe to discuss this topic openly and frankly.

Teachers and Trustees have a moral and legal obligation to protect children in their care. You might be the only adult in that child’s life who oversees them enough even to notice, let alone report, the abuse or neglect. This is a given responsibility that is not to be taken lightly.

Many of you may be parents yourself; therefore, we reach out to you as parents to other parents who may share some of our concerns about sexually explicit material shown to children under your care.

Parents who contacted me would appreciate an opportunity to discuss the abovementioned issues privately or publicly with trustees who may share the same concerns. Please reply to this email or contact me directly by phone so we can organize a meeting. We will follow up with you next week if we still await a reply.

Kind Regards,

Pierre Barns

236-458-7269

Here is an educational video I believe all of you should watch.

Important Documents:

List of books in the Abbotsford School District:

https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZMrvWVZvgUPRJ3WYpps45Jyh9Xr7j9a1iKk

https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZgrvWVZGKyG2Xv0TrSeezO0fu2Y3RpDPceX

Cases of teacher misconduct related to inappropriate material shown to children:

https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=kZwrvWVZRxuamYLAPlJwCqN9kh4RDRSya0GV

Sexual misconduct cases vs inappropriate material example:

https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZGrvWVZPbwcF2SowGbWPBAngM53xjBKx2nX

SOGI policy vs reality:

https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZirvWVZKzw54CWKHJfoRnEeLKTHEXIgOrEX

SOGI medical abuse:

https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZcrvWVZLhumsoUkhs85g6fW3mzAMucaQD1y

Archives – Abuse Lawsuits:

https://sogi123taskforce.com/archives-abuse-lawsuits

Impact of Viewing Sexually Explicit Material:

https://www.kidsintheknow.ca/pdfs/KIK_ImpactOfViewing_en.pdf

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Pornographic content can harm children:

https://www.unicef.org/harmful-content-online#:~:text=Exposure%20to%20pornography%20at%20a,behaviour%20as%20normal%20and%20acceptable

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Exposure to Sexually Explicit Material Consequences:

https://protectkidsonline.ca/app/en/info_exposure

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BC References:

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/public-safety-and-emergency-services/public-safety/protecting-children/t15-0191_dutytoreport_pamphlet11x85in2folds.pdf

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/public-safety/protecting-children/reporting-child-abuse

https://lss.abbyschools.ca/sites/default/files/Duty%20to%20report_0.pdf

Other provinces references:

https://oct.ca/resources/advisories/duty-to-report?sc_lang=en&

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https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/education/kindergarten-to-grade-12/teach/teacher-regulation/standards-for-educators/duty_to_report_handbook.pdf

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https://www.alberta.ca/what-is-child-abuse-neglect-and-sexual-exploitation.aspx

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https://justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/cj-jp/fv-vf/caw-mei/p12.html

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Library Link:

Abbotsford Christian Elementary School (Library), Abbotsford, BC    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/6922

Abbotsford Middle School    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/18094

Abbotsford School of Integrated Arts (ASIA) – North Poplar Campus    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/55190

Abbotsford School of Integrated Arts (ASIA) – Sumas Mountain Campus    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/36775

Abbotsford Senior Secondary School    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/8281

Abbotsford Traditional Middle    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/16136

Abbotsford Traditional Secondary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/16136

Abbotsford Virtual School    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/55099

Aberdeen Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/45796

ACS Middle/Secondary (Library), Abbotsford, BC    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/7772

Alexander Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/40314

Auguston Traditional Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/54010

Barrowtown Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/31348

Blue Jay Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/26464

Bradner Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/53295

Centennial Park Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/28952

Chief Dan George Middle    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/36743

Clayburn Middle    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/14241

Clearbrook Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/23135

Colleen & Gordie Howe Middle    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/16414

Dave Kandal Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/26279

Dormick Park Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/50359

Dr. Roberta Bondar Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/39418

Dr. Thomas A. Swift Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/33403

Eugene Reimer Middle    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/34198

Godson Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/40999

Harry Sayers Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/56164

Irene Kelleher Totí:ltawtxw (House of Learning)    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/126506

Jackson Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/22165

John MacLure Community School    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/33828

King Traditional Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/30495

Margaret Stenersen Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/42116

Matsqui Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/38416

McMillan Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/33025

Mountain Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/60044

Mt. Lehman Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/26500

North Poplar campus    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/55190

Pacific Christian School, Abbotsford, BC    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/73361

Prince Charles Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/35676

Rick Hansen Secondary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/28655

Robert Bateman Secondary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/42550

Ross Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/34181

Sandy Hill Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/31388

South Poplar Traditional Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/57437

Surrey+A:H    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/16414

Ten-Broeck Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/29522

Terry Fox Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/45074

Upper Sumas Elementary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/42014

W.J. Mouat Secondary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/16272

William A. Fraser Middle    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/26324

Yale Secondary    https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/24985


EMAIL SEND TO THE ABBOTSFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT – JUNE 2022 ATTACHED TO THIS EMAIL 

From: pierrebarns@gmail.com <pierrebarns@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2023 9:13 AM
To: jared.white@abbyschools.ca
Cc: korky.neufeld@abbyschools.ca; mike.rauch@abbyschools.ca; rupi.kanda-rajwan@abbyschools.ca; stan.petersen@abbyschools.ca; preet.rai@abbyschools.ca; shirley.wilson@abbyschools.ca; kevin.godden@abbyschools.ca
Subject: Concern About Sexually Explicit Material in Books

Trustee White,

Following our discussion yesterday, I am writing to the Board to express my concern about the presence of sexually explicit material in three books that are currently available in our school district. As a concerned parent/community member, I believe it is important to address this issue and take steps to ensure that students are not exposed to inappropriate content.

The three books in question are “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe, “Identical” by Ellen Hopkins, and “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison. Each of these books contains graphic sexual content that is not appropriate for children and teenagers. While I understand the importance of providing students with diverse perspectives and thought-provoking literature, I believe that we need to draw a line when it comes to explicit sexual content that could be harmful to children.

I urge the school board to review these books and consider removing them from our school district’s curriculum and libraries. I also request that the school board implements a more thorough review process to ensure that other books with explicit content are not added to our school district’s collection.

Here are the locations of the 3 books mentioned above:

Gender Queer:

Abbotsford School of Integrated Arts (ASIA) – Sumas Mountain Campus  

https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/36775/search/all?q=GENDER%20QUEER

Abbotsford Senior Secondary School      

https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/8281/search/all?q=GENDER%20QUEER

The Bluest Eye:

Rick Hansen Secondary

https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/28655/search/all?q=the%20bluest%20eye

Robert Bateman Secondary        

https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/42550/search/all?q=the%20bluest%20eye

Yale Secondary

https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/24985/search/all?q=the%20bluest%20eye

Identical:

W.J. Mouat Secondary  

https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/16272/search/all?q=IDENTICAL

Yale Secondary

https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/24985/search/all?q=IDENTICAL

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

Pierre Barns

Excerpts of the Books:

Gender Queer:

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From: Mike Rauch <Mike.Rauch@abbyschools.ca>
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2023 10:54 AM
To: pierrebarns@gmail.com
Cc: Jared White <Jared.White@abbyschools.ca>; Korky Neufeld <Korky.Neufeld@abbyschools.ca>
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Concern About Sexually Explicit Material in Books

Hi Pierre.

Thank you for your email and information.  I can assure you that this topic will be further discussed by the board.  After a call with Jared, I was able to physically confirm that the book Gender Queer was in the Abby Sr school library…I signed it out.

Please allow us to follow the appropriate processes and internal discussions to determine the best path forward.

Kind Regards,

Mike.

Mike Rauch, P.Eng / Abbotsford School Trustee – Vice Chair  

mike.rauch@abbyschools.ca / Cell: 604.217.3657

Abbotsford School District. T. 604.859.4891 2790 Tims Street, Abbotsford, BC, V2T 4M7  www.abbyschools.ca


From: Pierre Barns <pierrebarns@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2023 9:12 PM
To: Mike Rauch <Mike.Rauch@abbyschools.ca>
Cc: Jared White <Jared.White@abbyschools.ca>; Korky Neufeld <Korky.Neufeld@abbyschools.ca>
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Concern About Sexually Explicit Material in Books

Last time I tried to follow the “appropriate processes” as instructed by the superintendent’s office they told me that books were not learning resources so the form they told me to fill out was dismissed by them.

Anyway, what is the progress on this, and what are the appropriate processes for all of you to follow, to review and remove those books from schools?

Note that if those books are staying on the school shelves and they hurt children that will be on you, not on me, as a parent I did more than my job, now do yours.

Let me know if I can help in any way.