{"id":1958471,"date":"2023-06-27T17:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T21:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-district-bans-parents-from-board-meeting-on-policy-restricting-parental-rights\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T17:03:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T21:03:50","slug":"school-district-bans-parents-from-board-meeting-on-policy-restricting-parental-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-district-bans-parents-from-board-meeting-on-policy-restricting-parental-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents barred from attending board meeting on policy limiting parental rights."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fschool-district-bans-parents-from-board-meeting-on-policy-restricting-parental-rights%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1958471&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>The Battle Over Parental Rights in Maryland&#8217;s Largest School District<\/h2>\n<p>The largest school district in Maryland is stirring controversy as it prepares to discuss a policy that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-district-bans-parents-from-board-meeting-on-policy-restricting-parental-rights\/\" title=\"Parents barred from attending board meeting on policy limiting parental rights.\">restricts parents&#8217; ability<\/a> to opt their children out of lessons on gender identity and sexuality.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Restricted Access to Meeting<\/h3>\n<p>Montgomery County Public Schools has announced that it will limit access to an upcoming meeting where the policy will be discussed. Instead of being open to the public, the meeting will only be accessible to scheduled speakers, invited attendees, and other guests. The district claims that this limitation is necessary for &#8220;safety&#8221; reasons.<\/p>\n<h3>Parental Lawsuit<\/h3>\n<p>A lawsuit was filed by parents last month against the district, challenging the policy that prevents them from removing their children from lessons on gender orientation and sexual identity. The parents, representing a Muslim and a Christian family, argue that this prohibition violates their First Amendment religious rights.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversial Curriculum<\/h3>\n<p>The lawsuit specifically mentions the use of &#8220;Pride Storybooks&#8221; in lessons for children on gay and transgender topics. According to the lawsuit, the school board&#8217;s decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-view-defends-scotus-nominees-easy-take-on-pedophiles-very-normal\/\" title=\"\u201cThe View\u201d Defends SCOTUS Nominee\u2019s Easy Take on Pedophiles: \u201cVery Normal\u201d\">restrict parental rights<\/a> goes against Maryland law, board policy, and practice, as well as the United States Constitution.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>A Broader Trend<\/h3>\n<p>This situation is just one example of a larger trend where Democrats are attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parents-rights-the-classroom\/\" title=\"Parents Rights &#038; The Classroom\">limit parental involvement<\/a> in lessons on LGBT topics. Recently, the Democratic New Jersey attorney general filed a lawsuit against three school districts for policies that require teachers to inform parents if a child publicly changes their gender identity. In California, legislation is being advanced to consider a child&#8217;s &#8220;gender affirmation&#8221; as part of their health, safety, and welfare in custody disputes, potentially favoring parents who support their child&#8217;s affirmation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The largest school district in Maryland will restrict parental access at an upcoming meeting to discuss a policy preventing children from opting out of gender identity and sexuality lessons. Montgomery County Public Schools will hold a meeting Tuesday evening, deviating from its usual policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":1958472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1958471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1958471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1958472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1958471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1958471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1958471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}