Ezzy's Education: A story of politics invading a high school

Part 1: Ezzy's Options

“Mom, you can’t force me to put the pronouns ‘she/hers’ at the end of my emails,” said seventeen-year-old Esmeralda “Ezzy” Clemente Bello. “Everyone knows I’m a girl. You didn’t even care about pronouns until you started running for school board.” Ezzy looked downat the hickory-stained kitchen floor. I’m going to be late for school.

“Your father and I ta…