Shepherd, Michigan parents unhappy with how teacher wants to be addressed in class

Parent seeks clarification from district over classroom issue

SHEPHERD, Mich. — A Shepherd Public Schools parent says she was forced into a conversation with her 9-year-old son she was not prepared to have after a new teacher asked students to use a nontraditional honorific in the classroom.

Samantha Smith, a mother in the district, said her son came home from school after winter break and asked about a teacher who…