School Nurse Fired for Exposing School Putting 11-Year-Old on Puberty Blockers

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EXCLUSIVE: Connecticut school nurse, 77, is suspended over ‘transphobic’ Facebook post revealing that student, 11, was on puberty blockers, 12 others were non-binary, and that teachers were helping some keep it secret

• Kathleen Cataford, 77, was suspended by Hartford Public Schools School after she posted comments containing specific and private details about students 
• The post came to the attention of officials at the Richard J. Kinsella Magnet School after the mother of the 11-year-old mentioned saw the post online 
• ‘Teachers…are spending 37 hours a week influencing our children, not necessarily teaching our children what YOU think is being taught’ she wrote
• ‘I have an 11yo female student on puberty blockers and a dozen identifying as non-binary, all but two keeping this as a secret from their parents,’ she added
• Hartford Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Leslie Torres-Rodriguez issued a statement condemning the Cataford’s remarks 
• Cataford remains suspended pending an investigation by the school district into her Facebook comments

By Andrea Blanco For Dailymail.Com, 29 March 2022

A Connecticut school nurse has been suspended over a Facebook post revealing that an 11 year-old at the school where she worked was on puberty blockers.

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Kathleen Cataford, who worked at the Richard J Kinsella Magnet School in Hartford, was axed from her role Monday over the post, which was branded transphobic.

Writing on a local mom’s group in response to a request for local school recommendations, the 77 year-old said: ‘Investigate the school system curriculum…CT is a very socially liberal, gender confused state,’ the post read.

It continued: ‘As a public school nurse, I have an 11yo female student on puberty blockers and a dozen identifying as non-binary, all but two keeping this as a secret from their parents with the help of teachers, SSW [social workers] and school administration.

‘Teachers and SSW are spending 37.5 hours a week influencing our children, not necessarily teaching our children what YOU think is being taught.’

Cataford went on to claim that ‘children are introduced to this confusion in kindergarten.’ DailyMail.com’s attempts to contact her Tuesday were unsuccessful.

Puberty blockers are used to delay puberty in transgender children, and are a current hot-button issue in the United States.

Kathleen Cataford was suspended by the Hartford Public Schools School District after she posted comments containing specific and private details about students on the Connecticut Mom’s Club Facebook group

Supporters say it saves trans children from undergoing potentially traumatic changes to a body they already feel uncomfortable in.

‘I have an 11yo female student on puberty blockers and a dozen identifying as non-binary, all but two keeping this as a secret from their parents,’ Cataford wrote

Opponents say that while billed as reversible, the blockers can have irreversible side effects which can cause serious harm to users’ wellbeing later in life, such as sterility and the inability to achieve orgasm.

The post came to the attention of Hartford School District Officials after the mother of the 11 year-old mentioned saw it, and flagged it to school officials.

She confirmed its contents and the context in which the post was made to DailyMail.com on Tuesday, but did not wish to comment further, citing her child’s privacy.

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