Algonquin Regional High School

They are certainly not perfect, but they are aiming at making sure children are safe and that the children's needs are met.

So for clarity, this is the Northborough Algonquin Regional High School, and the school district is the Public Schools of Northborough and Southborough, and the D- Department of Education, through the Trump administration, is leading the investigation into the school.

And for even more clarity, Joseph Cutzo, the father, was alleged to have struck and threatened his child, and then his wife, Arlene Cutzo, was alleged with witness intimidation.

She texted her child about the allegations.

Quote, "Devout Catholic parents are fighting in a court to regain ca-custody of the, over their 17-year-old daughter, Sophie, and stop Massachusetts authorities from medically transitioning her with high-dose testosterone." So they're trying to medically, [chuckles] through hormones, et cetera, change this girl into a boy, and the parents don't like it, so they take the daughter away.

"In December 2024, the Department of Children and Families, DCF, removed the then-15-year-old from her home because her parents, Joseph and Arlene Kutsko, would not recognize their daughter as a boy due to their faith." An identity charge, uh, they allege staff at this particular high school, it gives the name of the high school, uh, Algonquin Regional High School, initiated in secret.

So this transitioning process was done in secret without the parents' knowledge.

Although physical abuse claims against Joseph were deemed unfounded, a permanent restraining order was issued against the family, and DCF cut off contact with the Kutskos, uh, who would not call Sophie a male or use male pronouns when referring to her.

There's a, a, a long-term standing policy of the school, um, to, to use, uh, you know, pronouns and, uh, you know, new identities without the parents', uh, knowledge.

And then there was also, uh, m- more recent... well, a few years ago now, but recently before she was taken away, um, the, the school, uh, you know, starting in, in late 2024, uh, began receiving counseling sessions, uh, with the Algonquin Regional High School counselor and, uh, to be socially transitioned without our knowledge.

Um, we were told that she was staying after school for math help.

Hmm.

The U.S. Department of Education Student Privacy Policy Office announced September the 17th that it is investigating the public schools of Northborough and Southborough, Massachusetts, over the case of Sophie Kutzko, a teen removed from her Catholic parents nearly two years ago.

The father, Joseph Kutzko, says the family was told Sophie was staying after school for extra math help, when in fact she was receiving secret counseling at the Algonquin Regional High School.

Since her removal, the state has housed her in a boys' dormitory and put her on birth control and antipsychotics.

And just last week, the parents learned the state wants to start her on high-dose testosterone, which they are fighting ahead of the October 29 court date.

She's 17 now.

And according to the family and their attorney, the staff at Algonquin Regional High School, they started treating Sophie as a boy.

Didn't tell the parents.

They started describing Sophie with a new name.