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I'm sure he would have received straight (no pun intended) A's if he were allowed to be his authentic self.
"Last week, 13-year-old Ash Blakely decided to switch schools, and his mom thinks there's been something different about him since.
"There's just a little bit more of a smile on his face," Melanie Ford said.
Ash decided to enroll at the Queer Blended Learning Center, a microschool being launched in August for middle schoolers. The school will be funded by Arizona's education vouchers and housed at the downtown Phoenix headquarters of one∙n∙ten, a nonprofit that serves LGBTQ+ youth. The school's founders aim to give young people who may feel uncomfortable in a larger school a safe space to be themselves and learn. LGBTQ+ history will be on the curriculum"
We're not coming for your children at all, child. These are your delusions.
"Last week, 13-year-old Ash Blakely decided to switch schools, and his mom thinks there's been something different about him since.
"There's just a little bit more of a smile on his face," Melanie Ford said.
Ash decided to enroll at the Queer Blended Learning Center, a microschool being launched in August for middle schoolers. The school will be funded by Arizona's education vouchers and housed at the downtown Phoenix headquarters of one∙n∙ten, a nonprofit that serves LGBTQ+ youth. The school's founders aim to give young people who may feel uncomfortable in a larger school a safe space to be themselves and learn. LGBTQ+ history will be on the curriculum"
We're not coming for your children at all, child. These are your delusions.

Funded by school vouchers, middle school for LGBTQ+ youth to open in Arizona
Similar projects are underway elsewhere: A queer-centered microschool opened in Atlanta, and a microschool for LGBTQ+ youth is planned for Las Vegas.
www.usatoday.com