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Another whistleblower has come forward about the fear at a Massachusetts school after a woke superintendent let a troubled trans kid return to class after naming dozens of fellow students on a menacing 'kill list.'
The mother of a child at Watertown Middle School, in the west Boston suburbs, said Supt. Deanne Galdston put trans rights over classroom safety and should be forced from her job.
'I am horrified by the actions not taken by school administrators, who allowed this student to enter back into school days' after naming 45 students and teachers on a kill list, said the worried mom.
'No psych evaluation, no real suspension. Any other school would have immediately expelled the student, but not Watertown. Because someone is trans, they can't afford to look bad, but instead risk the lives of innocent students and staff.'
Supt. Deanne Galdston criticized worried parents for 'student shaming'
Watertown Middle School in Boston's western suburbs was rocked by a trans student's 'kill list'
DailyMail.com has separately obtained documents showing Galdston, a 30-year veteran educator, dodged paying more than $2,500 in property taxes for close to a decade — money that would have helped local schools.
Galdston and the school district did not answer our requests for comment or an interview.
The case spotlight wider fears in US classrooms about the rising number of students who identify as trans and nonbinary who face bullying, and the small but worrying number of them who embrace violence.
The crisis began in January, when a teacher overheard students discussing who had been named on the hit list. A search of the trans students' Chromebook revealed the document, which was titled 'kill list.'
The school alerted police and interviewed the student. They found that they did not have access to weapons, and there was 'no credible threat' to safety at the 560-student grades 6-8 school, official emails show.
The student is female and identifies as male. They have been described as 'attention seeking' and 'physically large for a 7th grader.' They alternate between male and female clothes, and use the boys' locker room.
Supt. Galdston within days arranged for a 'reentry process' to return the student to class.
At a school forum, she criticized worried parents for 'shaming' the student.
Officials spoke of the need to tackle 'anti-trans and other biased behavior' in classrooms, to have 'empathy for the creator' of the list, and for the 'immediate creation of an affinity space for LGBTQIA+ families.'
This ultra-progressive approach did not wash with some parents, including DailyMail.com's two whistleblowers.
The girl-to-boy trans student named 45 of her classmates and teachers on a 'kill list'
School council member Lilly Rayman-Read called for 'empathy for the creator' of the hit list
Supt. Deanne Galdston is a 30-year veteran educator who got her qualifications at Fordham University in the 1990s
'I was outraged to learn that the school not only waited to notify parents but also had this student back in school the following week,' said the worried mom.
'We have no faith in the school anymore and have looked to send my child to a private school, where I know these types of incidents will not be treated so lightly.'
The whistleblower accused Galdston of double standards, saying: 'If a non-trans student did that, they would have been expelled.'
'It's time for Dede Galdston to step down! She's an absolute joke to the school system,' the mom added.
DailyMail.com also spoke to the first whistleblower again — the mother of one of the students who was named on the hit list.
Schools across America have struggled to handle the fast-growing number of trans-identifying students
She also called for the superintendent to step down.
'Dede Galdston's callous disregard for the safety and emotional trauma of her students that were placed on a hit list shows beyond doubt that she has failed at her job,' said the angry mom.
'Her resignation or firing is a necessary first step in healing the damage from this incident.'
Separately, DailyMail.com has obtained documents that show Galdston dodged paying more than $2,500 in taxes from 2007-2015 on a house in Union Street, Everett, on the other side of Boston.
According to real estate website Zillow, the nine-bedroom property is worth more than $1 million.
The tax-collection documents do not state why Galdston ran afoul of local rules.
Galdston and Matthew McCarthy, a school spokesman, declined to comment on the unpaid taxes and the new whistleblower claims.
McCarthy has said there have been no incidents since the hit list was uncovered in January.
In previous emails, he referred to questions about whether 'staff acted properly or improperly' or were 'striking the right balance or the wrong balance' over classroom safety.
'There have been no incidents since January and this matter has been closed since then,' he added.
Watertown's classroom debacle was uncovered by a public records request to see school emails, made by the Parents Defending Education (PDE), a conservative watchdog.
The revelations come amid growing fears about trans violence in America's classrooms.
Pennbrook Middle School in Pennsylvania is reeling this week after a 13-year-old trans student used a metal Stanley mug to violently beat a fellow 12-year-old student in the head until blood spurted out.
Transgender 28-year-old Audrey Hale last year killed three children and three adults at her former school in Nashville, Tennessee.
A legal battle to release her suicide note and other writings has yet to be resolved.
Campaigners say that schools have a duty to help trans students by affirming their identity changes and tackling bullying.
Conservatives warn of a fad and say schools should stick to teaching kids how to read and write.
On this frontline in the culture wars, parents, students, and teachers have to make tough calls about rising rates of transgenderism, mental health issues, peer pressure, bullying, and whether affirmation-on-demand is the best answer.