Topic: Fifth Grade

Four fifth-grade students at a charter school in Surprise, Arizona, were arrested for planning to lure a classmate to a bathroom and stab him. The girls reportedly forged a suicide note and planned to wear gloves to avoid fingerprints. The motive was allegedly a dispute over the boy "cheating" on one of the girls.

Teachers on TikTok are documenting their efforts to introduce queer identity and non-binary pronouns to elementary school students. One teacher describes wearing "bi-flag" accessories to signal a "safe space" for third and fifth graders to request name and pronoun changes. The segment explores the tension between these teachers and school administrations regarding appropriate communication with young children about gender.