Montgomery County Public Schools “misled” parents and a federal court about the controversial introduction of LGBTQ-related reading materials for grades as young as pre-kindergarten, according to a Muslim civil rights group.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations said documents obtained from the school system via open records requests call into question the district’s claim that a program to allow families to opt students out of LGBTQ-related instruction would be too disruptive for county schools.
Associate Superintendant Niki T. Hazel that same day filed a declaration supporting the district in which she said, “In March 2023, MCPS met with a small group of principals. “At no point did [MCPS chief academic officer] Dr. [Peggy A.] Pugh or any other MCPS official claim that the number of students requesting opt-outs had become too burdensome or disrupted the functioning of their schools.”
Testimony and statements about the “opt-out” provision and its removal are central to a federal lawsuit filed earlier this year against the Montgomery County Board of Education on behalf of Muslim and Christian parents seeking the right to remove their children from class when the LGBTQ materials were discussed. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a public interest law firm, is representing the parents in this case.
Mr. Mitchell said an MCPS “Sample Student Call-Ins” document obtained by the group “advises teachers to tell students who express a traditional view about relationships that their comment is ‘hurtful’ and that students shouldn’t use … ‘negative words.’”
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