WASHINGTON, D.C. – When students at one Washington D.C. elementary school return to class in a few weeks, they’ll notice that one of their male teachers is now a “woman.”

Janney Elementary School writing inclusion teacher Robert Reuter will now be known as Rebecca Reuter. The teacher came out as a transgender individual during a school gathering attended by about 150 parents at the end of the recently completed school year, writes Janney Elementary Principal Norah Lycknell in a July 17 email to parents.

The email was published by TheFederalist.com.

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Lycknell informs parents that students will refer to the teacher as “Ms. Reuter” and everyone at the school will use “female pronouns to recognize this individual and her gender identity.”

“We appreciate Ms. Reuter’s willingness to share her personal story and the need for a larger conversation” about gender identity issues, Lycknell gushes.

The bulk of the principal’s email deals with how parents can – and how school officials will – explain Reuter’s transformation with their children, who range in age from 4 to 11 years old.

“We strongly recommend that all Janney families begin this discussion at home, providing space and time for our children to safely process what may be a previously unknown way of considering the gradients between sex and gender,” Lycknell writes. “Though it can be a difficult conversation to initiate, it will undoubtedly be an important chance to extend understanding.”

“To start simply and concretely, introduce the topic by saying something like: ‘There are different ways that people express their gender. Ms. Reuter feels happiest and most comfortable as a female,’” Lycknell advises.

The school leader helpfully provides a list of terms and definitions that parents can use when discussing Reuter’s experience with their youngsters. The vocabulary list includes “gender,” “gender identity,” “sex,” “transgender,” “gender transition,” “social transition,” “medical transition,” and “surgical transition.”

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“ … (I)t is important for us all to engage in this dialogue. It will prepare our children for discussions that may arise with their peers and, moreover, will help them broadly recognize gender as a continuum with many ways to express oneself as a person,” Lycknell writes.

(Note: Lycknell’s continual use of the term “our children” gives insight into how progressives view kids as belonging to the community or collective.)

What if some Janney families don’t want to make “Ms. Reuter’s” troubled personal life part of their dinnertime conversation?

No problem! Lycknell will make sure the kids hear all about Reuter’s life change during school hours.

The principal writes in her email:

In the first weeks of school, we will host formal conversations with our fifth and third graders to reintroduce Ms. Reuter, the former representing her students from the previous school year and the latter representing her students for the coming school year. In addition, our rising sixth graders will be invited to the Janney campus should they and their families wish to participate in a similar discussion. Though we will not conduct formal conversations with classes at other grade levels, we will be comprehensively prepared to respond to in-the-moment student needs regardless of grade level.

The Federalist’s Mary Hasson notes that Lycknell’s email leaves several major questions unanswered, including whether or not “the former Mr. Reuter (will) share a bathroom with young girls, female teachers or female staff?

“How does the Janney administration plan to respect the feelings and privacy of all members of its community? Hasson asks.

Hasson also wonders if parents will be able to “request a different placement for their child if they believe daily interaction with the transitioning Reuter will be confusing or upsetting to their child.” That’s a very real concern, as it’s not clear from Lycknell’s email if Reuter’s transition is merely a “social” one or if the individual will undergo striking physical changes throughout the school year.

At least one thing is clear: When students return to school, they can expect to get an earful of how “Ms. Reuter” spent “her” summer vacation.

Welcome to your public school indoctrination centers, America.