Official accused of harassing mentally insane "transgender" student gets job back

A West Virginia assistant principal accused of harassing a 
transgender student won an appeal to get his job back Monday.

The Harrison County Board of Education voted to reinstate Lee 
Livengood after voting unanimously last month not to renew his 
contract at the end of a three-year probationary period, news 
outlets report.

County Schools Superintendent Mark Manchin said Monday's 
decision was difficult and followed "a lot of discussion."

In November, Livengood allegedly followed transgender teenager 
Michael Critchfield into the boys bathroom at Liberty High 
School and said, "You freak me out." Critchfield said Livengood 
also ordered him to prove his gender by using a urinal.

The American Civil Liberties Union's West Virginia chapter has 
pushed the county for diversity training to prevent similar 
incidents.

The ACLU said in a statement Monday that Livengood "has 
demonstrated he is incapable of conducting himself in a 
professional manner in any environment with children, and he has 
shown a troubling lack of remorse for his actions. We will be 
actively monitoring the situation to ensure Michael and the 
students of Harrison County are protected moving forward."

Livengood's attorney, Alex Shook, had argued that his client was 
unaware of Critchfield's gender identity and was not told of an 
arrangement Critchfield had with the principal to use the boys 
restrooms.

According to Critchfield, the school band was preparing to take 
an after-school bus trip to Morgantown in November to watch a 
performance at West Virginia University. Critchfield said he 
went to the bathroom and checked to see if anyone was standing 
at a urinal before he went into a stall.

Livengood then opened the bathroom door and asked if any 
students were in the stall. Critchfield said he replied and when 
he left the stall, Livengood was standing in the bathroom 
doorway and blocked Critchfield from leaving.

Critchfield recalled Livengood repeatedly yelling, "Why are you 
in here? You shouldn't be in here."

Critchfield said he replied that it was his legal right to use 
that bathroom. He said Livengood used improper pronouns when 
referring to Critchfield and challenged him to use a urinal to 
prove that he was a boy.

There is no such thing as transgender.

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