Elite Nashville All-Girls School Enacts New Gender Diversity Policy To Admit Boys Who Identify As Girls
Image: Ann Scott Carell Library at Harpeth Hall School in Green Hills, Nashville, Tennessee Image Credit: Icklepotterfan / CC
The Tennessee Conservative [By Jason Vaughn] –
A Nashville elite all-girls school, Harpeth Hall, has enacted a new policy to allow applications from individuals who identify as females, regardless of their biological sex.
Reported first on Outkick, parents of the girls who attend the school received an email that stated the school would be following the new policy with an attached document about their ‘Gender Diversity Policy’ that explained the admissions policy.
The school’s ‘Gender Philosophy’ reads as follows, “Harpeth Hall is a girls school. The school culture is unique and distinctly about girls, complete with the use of references to students as girls and young women and the collective use of female pronouns. Any student who identifies as a girl may apply to our school. Students who join and remain at Harpeth Hall do so because our mission as a school for girls resonates with them.”
The document went on to explain that students who express a desire to be identified as male or adopt he/him pronouns will “not be served well” at Harpeth Hall.
The email stated that the new policy was created by the school’s Board of Trustees at the request of school leadership.
The elite college-prep school for girls from grades 5-12 dates back to 1865 with notable alumni including actress Reese Witherspoon, singer Amy Grant, and comedian and Grand Ole Opry regular Minnie Pearl.
Harpeth Hall follows in the footsteps of Barnard College, an all-girls school in New York City, that in 2016 executed a policy that they would consider admission of applicants who, “consistently live and identify as women, regardless of the gender assigned to them at birth.”
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When the news came out about Harpeth’s decision to admit boys who identified as girls, The Tennessee Conservative shared the news on social media. These are just a few of the comments our audience shared.
Lou Schwarz said, “The sickness is spreading, the woke pandemic is underway!”
Pat Guilmette said, “All the parents should take their girls out.” Jodi Moynihan agreed stating, “My girls would be gone yesterday!!”
Ann Davis said, “This is where the parents of the girls currently enrolled pull their children out until the school changes its policy. Money talks and these parents and students need to take a hard stand! This is wrong with potentially dangerous consequences.”
Some see Harpeth’s decision as an attack on women in general. Terry Richardson said, “The war on women continues.” “Shame on them for not valuing women,” Bonnie Graham stated.
Others fear that the admission of biological boys to an all-girls school, and them being treated as girls, with access to girl’s bathrooms, locker rooms, etc. will lead to sexual assaults.
Sterling Daley said, “On campus sexual assault crimes will now be a problem.”
“Sexual Assaults will occur! What makes you think they won’t? Is the school going to protect the students from assaults? Are they accepting responsibility?” Edward Maturo asked.
About the Author: Jason Vaughn, Media Coordinator for The Tennessee Conservative ~ Jason previously worked for a legacy publishing company based in Crossville, TN in a variety of roles through his career. Most recently, he served as Deputy Director for their flagship publication. Prior, he was a freelance journalist writing articles that appeared in the Herald Citizen, the Crossville Chronicle and The Oracle among others. He graduated from Tennessee Technological University with a Bachelor’s in English-Journalism, with minors in Broadcast Journalism and History. Contact Jason at news@TennesseeConservativeNews.com
This is insanity. The school also states that girls who identify as boys may no longer be welcome ( paraphrasing).
The more “we” ( not us ) cater to this toxicity the more it will grow until it becomes an out of control fire no one will be able to put out.
This is totally nuts. We are loosing TN faster then anyone can imagine
What is happening to our country. I guess once all the smart old people like me are gone this country and Great State will be totally gone as well.
There is $$$$$ at that school. Current students and alumni need to pull there money. Money “talks”
This is ridiculous! Enough is enough. They say, “Follow the science.” Well let’s just do that. I’d pull my kids if they went there.
Guess this means the guys will get to play girls sports. My girls attended an all girls school. We played against Harpeth Hall. So sad to see these things happening to young ladies today.
Let’s see how this turns out?? Pass out the Condoms and pregnancy’s tests!!!
Anybody remember this same experiment in the New Jersey prison system? The outcome will be exactly the same. There will be plenty of unexplained pregnancies at this school. Really what do the school administrators thing will happen by doing this. Do they think this will not happen. If I had a daughter that is going to this school I would take her out of this type of environment immediately. They must be receiving federal funds from the sick biden administration because every institution that does must bow down to their commands to this type perversion. This includes local school districts as well.
In God we trust not government or man.
Have a blessed day.