Buckle up, Maine parents: sanity’s making a comeback. On May 6, 2025, the Regional School Unit 24 school board voted 7-1 to ditch its woke transgender policy. Common sense just scored a touchdown.
Breitbart reported that the board’s decision in RSU 24, covering nine towns and six schools, scrapped a policy letting students pick bathrooms and identities despite parental objections, aligning with President Trump’s order to keep intimate facilities tied to biological sex.
It’s the second Maine district to reject such rules, following Hodgdon’s lead. Actions, it seems, have consequences. The now-defunct policy, dubbed “Transgender and Gender Expansive Students,” was a progressive fever dream.
It lets kids use locker rooms and restrooms based on self-proclaimed gender, not biology. Schools were also told to sideline parents’ wishes on pronouns and identity.
“In a 7-1 vote, RSU 24 voted to rescind its previous transgender policy,” said Maine Republican House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham, praising the board’s guts.
Sorry, Billy Bob, but “courage” is an understatement—this is a parental rebellion. The board’s move reaffirms moms and dads as the rightful bosses of their kids’ upbringing.
The repealed policy didn’t just stop at bathrooms. It pushed schools to avoid gender-based activities altogether, as if dodgeball or math class needed a gender-neutral makeover. RSU 24’s towns—Eastbrook to Winter Harbor—can now breathe easier.
President Trump’s 2025 executive order set the stage, mandating that intimate facilities match biological sex, not feelings. RSU 24’s vote is a direct nod to that order, ensuring girls’ spaces stay protected. Woke ideology just hit a brick wall.
The former policy’s most egregious line? “The school shall abide by the student’s wishes” on gender identity, even if parents disagree. That’s right: bureaucrats thought they knew better than families.
RSU 24’s decision prioritizes girls’ safety, keeping biological males out of their locker rooms and bathrooms. It’s a win for fairness, though the board punted on trans-identifying males in girls’ sports. That hot potato’s now with the Maine Principals Association.
Speaking of the MPA, they’re not exactly Team Trump. Alongside Governor Janet Mills, they’ve thumbed their noses at the president’s order on girls’ sports and spaces. Investigations and funding fights are brewing, and Maine’s in for a showdown.
The MPA’s defiance is no surprise. They’re clinging to the same ideology that RSU 24 just rejected, doubling down on policies that sideline biology. Good luck explaining that to parents.
Governor Mills, ever the progressive warrior, is also fighting Trump’s order. Her standoff with federal mandates is sparking probes and budget battles. Maine’s taxpayers might want to grab some popcorn.
RSU 24’s vote isn’t just a local win; it’s a signal to other districts. Hodgdon paved the way, and now RSU 24 followed suit. Expect more Maine schools to jump off the woke bandwagon.
Faulkingham’s quote about the board’s “courage and action” nails it. The 7-1 vote wasn’t just a policy change; it was a middle finger to progressive overreach. Parents everywhere are taking notes.
The repealed policy’s instruction to “recognize the student’s identity” over parental objections was peak arrogance. It assumed schools, not families, should call the shots. RSU 24 just reminded everyone who’s really in charge.
As Maine’s culture war heats up, RSU 24’s stand is a beacon for common sense. The MPA and Mills may resist, but parents and Trump’s order are gaining ground. Woke’s losing its grip, one vote at a time.