Sun Prairie Superintendent Baron pleads with parents through email regarding locker room ordeal

On April 22, 2023, the Jaded Patriot Press received an email from Sun Prairie School Superintendent Brad Saron and members of the Sun Prairie School Board. The following public comment was submitted by me, Bradley Burt, who is a parent in the district:

Dear Superintendent Baron-

Public instruction has gone too far and now you are paying the price as the figurehead with the Sun Prairie School District. As a member of the press, I find your emails addressing your reputation disgusting and not addressing the actual problem, which is forced ideology through the use of Chromebooks, which takes away the right of the parents and removes their influence.

Between recent outrage over drag culture and now boys showering with girls, I feel it is time for you to host a town hall meeting and speak publicly rather than flood my inbox with your hyperbole.

Addressing me as a parent on a public email server can easily be done through press release. I suggest you create an ad hoc committee and address the press. Your approach is desperate and ask you refrain from pointing fingers at my colleagues. We use journalism ethics. I will be providing your emails to my constituents.

Respectfully,

Bradley Burt

Superintendent’s Desperate Email to Parents:

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Dear Sun Prairie Families,

The Sun Prairie Area School District has seen various media accounts of the incident that is the subject of a letter from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty. While we do not know the source of the information that has been shared about this incident, we need to make one thing clear: several accounts of this incident are ill-informed, inaccurate, and incomplete. While student privacy and other laws prevent the District from addressing the specific events that occurred, we can share the following information:

• All individuals involved in this incident were students enrolled in the District.
• The District addressed this incident after it was brought to the District’s attention. 
• The District took steps to ensure a similar incident does not recur. 
• The District talked with the students and families who were involved who came forward. 
• The District offered and provided support to the involved students and their families.

Further, and to be clear:

• The Sun Prairie Area School District does not condone any student of one sex being present in a state of undress in the presence of students of another sex. 
• The District does not condone a student of one sex showering in the presence of students of another sex. 
• What happened in this incident was not in line with our District’s practices.  

Unfortunately, what is playing out in the media is based on assumptions about this incident that are simply untrue. We know it is easy to blame schools for events like this when people are outraged. The simple truth is that this incident should not have happened. But it did, and the District addressed it long before the recent publicity. 

School districts across the country are striving to protect and support all students. Districts must balance the dual goals of supporting transitioning students while also protecting the privacy interests of all students. The Sun Prairie Area School District is committed to doing so in a manner that is grounded in our mission, vision, and equity statement. The District stands in support of all of its students and will continue to ensure that all students’ rights are protected. 

Brad Saron, Superintendent
Stephanie Leonard-Witte, Assistant Superintendent of Teaching, Learning, & Equity
Janet Rosseter, Assistant Superintendent of Operations

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