When A School’s Transgender Secret Becomes A Family’s Nightmare

What happened to one Massachusetts family is a parent’s nightmare.

Joseph and Arlene Kutzko say a counselor at Algonquin Regional High School began socially transitioning their teenage daughter without their knowledge, using a male name and pronouns at school while referring to her differently in communications with them. When the parents refused to affirm their daughter as a boy, citing their Catholic faith, they say the counselor reported them to the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF).