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In 2023, an 11-year-old girl in Jefferson County Schools in Colorado went on an overnight school field trip. Four children of the same sex were assigned a room. A boy pretending to be a girl told the girl that they’d be sharing a bed in the hotel room.
The girl snuck into the bathroom and called her mother, a chaperone on the trip, who had her reassigned to a different room.
The parents were upset, naturally, because the school did not explain that children of the opposite would share rooms. They sent a letter to the school district demanding clarification on whether it would continue keeping parents in the dark.
The parents eventually filed a lawsuit, and Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), their legal counsel, recently announced that a fourth family has joined the suit. According to ADF, a federal court denied the families’ motion to order the school district to keep parents informed about room assignments and related matters.
The plaintiffs asked the court to reconsider the motion.
“The district must let parents be the ones to make decisions about their children’s privacy,” said Kate Anderson, ADF senior counsel and director of the ADF Center for Parental Rights. “And they must provide the information necessary and inform parents about the policy so every parent can make the best decisions for their children. The district must grant our clients’ reasonable request for accommodations that can be accomplished in a number of confidential ways that protect the privacy of all students.”
Photo credit: Alliance Defending Freedom
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