Charleston Co school board member issues statement amid calls to resign

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) – A member of the Charleston County School Board who has faced calls to step down from the school board has addressed what he said about a teacher who reportedly told students she is transgender. Ed Kelley said a parent reached out to him after the parent’s child came home from school upset after a female teacher announced she was transgender and would soon use male pronouns rather than female. In his statement, Kelley called that “totally wrong on a variety of levels.” “It is not within a teacher’s unilateral discretion to make statements about personal…