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Show eden ia site aan Seetottin WASATCH COUNTY COURIER ication and need to be reminded. Martino says her son tried a time LRN a TSE release medication that meant he would only have to take a single pill in the morning, but that medication made him too sleepy. Martino says she can’t remember how many times her son has been suspended in the last year, but he was always sent home in the afternoon _after he was supposed to have the second pill. Gentry also spent much of the students, their desks separated by partitions. While the students were supposed to be working on school assignments, Martino says her son was often sent without:any: and would end up’ “school work donektl hive so he just sits there. the desks, staring at a brick wall would me crazy,” says the second mother. “My kid is to the point where he just wants to drop out.” Because he has spent so much time in the room, Martino says she will probably have to hire a private tutor over the summer so her son can catch up with his classmates. She is also contemplating a laweeit against the school district. With two more children currently in elementary school, one of them with dyslexia and - the other was quoted in a copyright story iin The Salt Lake Tribune. “There is genuine respect for her as a person and as a Sci- William Nash is to be called Barbara. he Sitting there with partitions between make the department; ” said Chapman, who | SALT LAKE CITY (AP). — As of now, University of Utah geology professor adopted from Africa, Martino fears she'll run into the same problems again. The Martino’s have “I am transgendered, which means | .. although I have always been identified as and perceived to be male, my sense of self has always been female,” Nash said in an e-mail May 8 to colleagues and friends announcing her life transition. Though news of Nash’s _As it turns out, ‘however, the sind’ The eae: an has a policy against discrimination on the basis of gender, is briefing graduate students who work closely with Nash about her _ new identity, said Chapman. _. “We expect the students to be mod- gender ern, mature people and deal with this like any other issue in life. We don’t reassignment — the first case in the university's history — has caught many on campus by surprise, faculty and administrators expressed widespread. support for what they consider to be a courageous decision. _ “My feeling is that gender identity, while certainly a very important aspect of who a person is, should not be a concern for how a person per-— forms as an educator,” anticipate any problems,” he said. Nash’s home page on the universi- ty’s Web site has been updated to reflect her new identity. Nash, who was previously married and has children, said in her e-mail. that she has been undergoing hor- said John also contemplated moving out of Bowman, who has taught geology at Wasatch County or putting their kids _the university for 16 years. “Sure, it in private school. But she says they will take a little time for all of us to get don’t want to leave the Heber Valley used to. But it shouldn’ t pe a mor and can’t afford to put four children i in concern.” private school. | David Chapman; eae of anes gradu“Td just as soon fight now. My | _ ate school, said, “Officially and legally husband always says they just messed. she is now Barbara Nash.” with the wrong mama,” she quips.“] _ “We are very supportive se her. She am the first 1 mom, but I am not the has been a terrific faculty member, an last.” entist.” a £, _ & = : monal therapy and living as a woman in her private life for the past several years” “I realize this comes as quite a shock for many of you,” she wrote. “As: my 11-year-old niece said upon learn-— ing that her Uncle Bilk was becoming — Aunt Barbara, ‘Wow, this doesn’t hap- : pen. every day.’ “ { é — | Many who seek vender: reassign-_ k —— Wiis 5 ment choose to start new lives, move to different _ award-winning teacher and chair of . A careers. locations ye e--— — ——— pas =—— or. change | : = iesrnen a | $eeeeeon e ;—— 4 == i, 4 = 9 a ‘ wee ot year in a small “timeout” room where _ he would sit with other troublemaking ous times. “Sometimes Transition To Female aa do what they wanted,” she says. The experience has shattered Gentry’s self-esteem. “It was pure hell at my house in the morning. How is he suppose to like school if they treat him like this?” says Martino. “All I wanted them to do is give him his noon pill.” The primary symptoms of ADHD and the related disorder attention deficit disorder include a combination of inattentiveness, distractibility, and impulsivity and, in some people, hyperactive behavior. ADD and ADHD sufferers often forget to take their med- Professor Announces| ta weren't in there constantly. We tried to The second acihet who did not want her name used, has also complained about the timeout room to the Courier and blames Weisher for many of the problems at the school. Her son has a learning disability and has also been sent to the timeout room numer- ta her husband tried working with the administration. ~—“Tts not like my husband and I © Nl now. Martino also asserts that she and tion. i at says there was more support for him in elementary school than there is Wik; is hit he entered junior high. His mother oli students and refusing to treat kids with special needs properly. At least one other parent supports that accusa- adi While Gentry has always had ADHD, the problems didn’t start until di Martino blames the administration for only wanting “run of the mill” “How is he supposed to like school if they treat him like this? We pound it into our kids to respect authority, but they're not respecting these kids,” says Martino. “I’m just so frustrated.” okt CONTINUED FROM A1 tion may not be as settled as Martino thought. Gentry was suspended again for two days last week for eating corn nuts in class. 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