Source: DESE Fall 2024 Transparency Report (CSV) + DESE Annual Report Appendix B (Spring 2025)
Classification: Explicit Exclusion — What does this mean?
Published policies explicitly target students with conduct rules or consequences related to sexual orientation or gender identity.
Direct quotes from school policy documents:
“Accordingly, we reject any attempt to redefine marriage as a union between people of the same sex or as between more than one man and one woman. We believe that the homosexual lifestyle and alternative gender identities are contrary to the Bible. The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God's image.”
Highlighted excerpt from the school handbook or policy document. Archived 2025-12-30.
“Therefore, on the occasion in which the atmosphere or conduct within a home is counter to or in opposition to the biblical lifestyle endorsed by the school, the school reserves the right, within its sole discretion, to r efuse admission or discontinue the enrollment of a student. This includes , but i s not limited to, the condoning, or supporting , or living in sexual immorality ; homosexual acts or orientation; promoting such practices, or the inability to support the moral principles of the school. We believe that God created mankind in His image; male (man) and female (woman), sexually different but with equal personal dignity.”
Highlighted excerpt from the school handbook or policy document. Archived 2025-12-30.
“These displays include, but are not limited to holding hands, kissing, and other such expressions of a physical nature. Behavior that would violate the biblical standards for purity and sexuality, including but not limited to, a sexual relationship or same sex relationship may warrant an immediate expulsion or withdrawal from LWCS. Students will be held accountable for inappropriate conduct off the school campus that could reflect poorly on the name of Christ and LWCS.”
Highlighted excerpt from the school handbook or policy document. Archived 2025-12-30.
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