It's not smart to be cutting caring parents out of the loop if a kid has, say autism and isn't able to communicate well with his or her parents.  Sometimes school boards need to engage parents more than average when kids have special needs and this communication can help parents to better serve their children.  Nobody is talking about "outing" gay kids and neither is Mr. Kenney but there should not be a one size fit all solution here.  The decision should be left with school boards to determine whether it is appropriate to tell parents or not, if school boards suspect that children may be subjected to an abusive situation at home then school boards should reserve the right to withhold this information.  The schoolboards are the most qualified people to make this decision, though, not Ms. Notley and her authoritarian nanny state.