A Southern California school board at odds with state officials and local residents this summer over its rejection of social studies curriculum that includes gay rights is now being sued regarding a different policy decision.
A coalition of parents, students, teachers and a union representing public education officials in Temecula, California, are suing their school board and district for implementing a critical race theory ban in December 2022, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
“Now more than ever, the health of this nation’s democracy depends on public school classrooms that serve as a marketplace of ideas rather than banning ideas with which it disagrees,” Amanda Mangaser Savage, one of the attorneys representing the case, said during a Wednesday news conference. “The board should be encouraging students to weigh competing viewpoints and think for themselves.”
