A lot of you probably remember Monday’s story.

Wildrose leader Brian Jean says parents shouldn’t be notified when their child joins a gay-straight alliance, or GSA as it is commonly known.

The newshounds had their quotes and wrote their copy.

Here was Jean, seen in sharp contrast with PC leader Jason Kenney, who believes parents should be notified if their kid joins a GSA except where those parents are abusive or can’t handle the truth.

Kenney also says it’s up to local schools to make that determination.

But there’s a development in the Jean story.

Monday’s story is not the yarn as these words are being punched up on the screen at the supper hour on Tuesday.

This is Jean’s position.

1. The letter Education Minister David Eggen sent to school boards saying parents should not be notified if their child joins a GSA was not helpful and was heavy-handed.

2. Mandatory notification of parents is not a good idea.

3. Parents should be notified of the creation of a GSA or other clubs and parents should have the opportunity to be involved in and provide oversight of GSAs and other clubs.

4. Notification would be permissible where the local school or school board determined it was in the best interest of the student and the student was involved in the process.

5. Notification could happen in a situation where not notifying the parents would put the student at risk.

Talking to small-c conservatives there is much hand-wringing over this whole gay-straight alliance story.

There are those who say this is not a hill to die on.

Just don’t go there. Leave it alone. Don’t touch this whole parent notification GSA thing.

Some fear doing otherwise could hurt the conservative cause.

Some remember the election of 2012.

Ah yes, there are flashbacks, nightmares.

Wildrose’s almost certain victory turning into very certain defeat after a year-old blog post from a candidate talked about gays suffering in an eternal “lake of fire.”

It was the party that was damned after Albertans ended up voting for Alison Redford.

Some just want to stick to talking about the economy, the carbon tax, NDP financial mismanagement.

They want nothing more to be said on GSAs. They see no upside. They see no win.

Others agree with Kenney’s position or Jean’s position, as stated here.

They believe it is right.

They believe most Albertans agree with them and not with the NDP government’s position. They believe most folks think parents should be notified if their child is in a GSA — at least sometimes.

They do not believe they will suffer fatal damage to their political fortunes from sticking to their guns. They do not believe the majority will tar and feather them as intolerant.

And so it goes.

One thing is certain. The Notley NDP think they’ve got a winner with GSAs and they are a government in need of a win.

It sure gets tiring getting raked over the coals day in and day out.

Eggen, the NDP’s schools boss, sounds like he’s got some wind in his sails on Tuesday.

He once again goes after Kenney for “being unhelpful” and “confusing a lot of people.”

As for parents who want to be notified if their kid is in a GSA, Eggen’s answer is short and to the point.

“I would suggest they ask their child,” he says.

“That would be the most reasonable thing to do. If that’s not forthcoming they could work through other issues they might have.”

Does the NDP minister feel GSAs will be an election issue two years from now?

Eggen sounds like he’s already speaking in a campaign commercial.

“The integrity of our schools and the safety and security of our children will always be top of mind for Albertans because they care about education and they care about kids.”

rbell@postmedia.com