“It’s not a tumor!” — Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kindergarten Cop (1990)

That line is famous. But here’s the one that matters for this column:

“Boys have a penis and girls have a vagina.” — Kindergarten Cop (1990)

The Kenosha Unified School District disagrees. And that tells you everything you need to know about where KUSD has gone.

One Name on the Staff Directory

Go to the Indian Trail High School staff directory. It is arranged alphabetically. There are 154 names beginning with “Ms.” or “Mr.” Then, right at the top of the list, there is one that stands alone. Not “Ms. Anderson.” Not “Mr. Anderson.” Just: Anderson.

This is a woman. She dresses like a man, wears her hair short, and by all appearances wishes to present as male. That is her right. We live in the United States of America. What she wears to work is her business.

But what she demands that students call her is another matter entirely. According to sources familiar with the situation, she insists on being addressed simply as “Anderson” — no title, no honorific.

I went to Catholic school. I once watched a student call a teacher “Fitzgibbons” and get snapped at immediately: “There should be a ‘Mr.’ before Fitzgibbons!” That’s how most people my age and older were brought up. Titles are not about gender politics — they are about basic professional courtesy. You do not call your doctor by their last name alone. You do not address a judge without a title. Why should a classroom be different?

And yet here we are, with KUSD implicitly endorsing a standard where a teacher can simply opt out of professional norms because of their personal gender identity. That is not a small thing. It sends a message to students about what is negotiable and what is not.

Teacher Frederick at Bullen

Head over to the Bullen Middle School staff directory and scroll through. You will find a teacher who is clearly a woman. She has neon green hair. Again: her right, entirely. This is America.

But then read what she reportedly told a parent via email: “I have students refer to me as ‘Teacher Frederick’ as I don’t use Miss/Ms.”

She is a woman. She works with middle schoolers. And KUSD is apparently perfectly comfortable with the school institution — using taxpayer money and compulsory attendance — requiring children to adopt language that erases basic grammatical and biological reality.

These are not isolated staff quirks. They are district-sanctioned norms. KUSD has been directing students to use teachers’ preferred pronouns and preferred titles, including “they/them” pronouns for individuals who are, by all biological indicators, one sex or the other. The grammar alone is a problem: “they” is a plural pronoun being forced into singular usage in a professional instructional setting. KUSD is not just endorsing a social position — it is compelling speech.

The Club at Bradford High School

Now we arrive at Bradford High School, where KUSD has sanctioned a Gender and Sexuality club for students. The club is paid for by taxpayer dollars and carries the full institutional backing of the district.

Kenosha County Eye asked our readers a simple question: should KUSD allow such a club? The response was immediate and substantial. Here is a representative sample of what the community had to say.

Many readers were direct in their opposition:

“They already have those clubs. It’s called a mental hospital.”  — Chad Cowart

“This is a disgrace and pathetic. This is why I drive my kids 35 minutes to school west of the interstate. Bunch of mentally ill adults that want to poison and create mentally ill children.”  — Anthony Simonovich

“Absolutely not. Their job is to teach reading, writing, math, history, science, and geography. Nothing more. That’s for parents to decide.”  — Donna Halvorsen

“This district needs to learn to do what they were created to do and stay in their lane. Let parents handle those topics when and if they feel ready to do so with their children.”  — Karina Luna

“The role of the teacher is not doctor, is not therapist, but is educator about matters that require specific academic development to prepare them for the working world. That’s it.”  — Cody James

“How about they concentrate on teaching kids how to read and do math. Wow, what a concept, teaching at school.”  — Dawn Santoro

“My tax dollars need to provide a ‘regular’ curriculum because apparently, according to the polls, the schools aren’t rated very high.”  — Mary Pat

Supporters of the club argued from a student welfare standpoint:

“Suicide rates and bullying are very high for that particular group of children. They need and deserve to know there are people out there who understand what they are experiencing.”  — Kelly L’n

“It gave the students who wanted to participate a safe place to gather, discuss, and to feel ‘normal’ among their peers. It was supervised by the grade level counselor.”  — Tabitha Miller

“Nobody is forcing your kids to go. It’ll be there for the ones who want it. And if nobody goes, then it’ll close.”  — Danny Constabileo

The reaction from the community was swift. Readers who opposed the club did not mince words:

“No — children can’t make those decisions, and KUSD should not encourage that delusion.”  — Itz Mae

“You’re born a male or female. No other genders are real. Bring back common sense and morals. Put God back in our schools.”  — Knapp Jay

“The fact that this is even a debate is crazy. Super happy my kids are homeschooled.”  — Marco Estrada

The Real Issue

Let’s be honest about what is happening here. The suicide rate and bullying concern is real, and nobody in good conscience dismisses suffering children. But a school district does not solve those problems by institutionalizing a contested ideological framework into the classroom and extracurricular calendar.

There is a difference between a school being kind to struggling kids — which it absolutely should be — and a school affirmatively propagating the view that biological sex is a social construct, that pronouns are fluid, and that children should be guided by the district rather than their parents on matters of sexuality and gender identity. KUSD has crossed that line.

Parents who cannot afford private school — and that is most of us — have no choice but to send their children into this environment. As one reader, Sue Comerford Geer, put it: “When reading comprehension for all grades is above 90%, then do what you want. Until then, teach the things they need to know.” That is not an unreasonable standard.

John Duffey raised a fair procedural point: “Would they allow, sanction, and support a Turning Point USA chapter? If yes, then why the issue with the aforementioned group? If no, then why is the district picking which groups have the right to present their views?” It is a legitimate question. Ideological consistency matters.

Who Is Responsible

This does not happen by accident. It happens because district leadership allows it. KUSD Superintendent Jeff Weiss and board president Mary Modder have presided over this drift. They are accountable to you, the taxpayer.

KUSD’s job is to teach children to read, write, do mathematics, understand history, and develop the skills they need to participate in civic and economic life. It is not to arbitrate contested questions of gender theory, compel students to use ideologically loaded language, or run taxpayer-funded clubs organized around sexual identity.

A six-year-old character in a 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie got it right. Boys have a penis and girls have a vagina. That is biology. That is science. KUSD disagrees — and the community is paying for it.

Stop the gender madness.