Parents at a California elementary school have been left outraged after discovering a ‘secret’ LGBTQ club set up by a teacher.
The third-grade staffer, who was not identified, formed the ‘you be you’ at Pleasant Grove Elementary School in Elk Grove.
The teacher invited students in the fourth through sixth grade to attend the private meetings.
Parents gathered at Elk Grove Unified’s School board meeting last week to voice their concerns about the the lack of transparency from the district
Pleasant Grove School Principal Deidra Wood
Pleasant Grove Elementary School in Elk Grove, California
Brittani Cortina, who has a second and a fourth grader at the school, said her older child told her the teacher went into class and told the students about the club.
Cortina said: ‘The teacher came in and spoke about how boys like boys and girls like girls.’
Parents gathered at Elk Grove Unified’s School board meeting last week to voice their fury about the the lack of transparency from the district.
Kirk Thomas, who attended the meeting, told CBS13 News. ‘There was no permission slip. There was no notification to parents.’
The majority of parents did not support the club and claimed they were never told about it, but a small number were in favor.
Parent Kirk Thomas said there was no permission slip. There was no notification to parents’
Parents gathered at Elk Grove Unified’s School board meeting last week to voice their fury about the the lack of transparency from the district
Thomas added: ‘First of all it is not acceptable, but if you are going to do this everyone needs to know.’
Parent, Heidi Moore pointed out that that the issue was that the school was unforthcoming about it.
‘It was an inappropriate situation, and parents felt that it was inappropriate for their children to be invited secretly without them knowing,’ she said.
But, for parent Tiffany Woods she was part of the small group of parents, who were in favor.
‘It is critical to mental health and overall well being,’ she voiced. ‘having that extra support and having that validation to help them navigate throughout the day is crucial.’
She said those students who have non-supportive parents will suffer.
‘Where is there safety net… the school educators and the counselors.’ But Pamela Davila said it was not a conversation she was ready to have with her second grader.
‘These little minds just can’t wrap their heads around what these types of things mean to them,’ Davila said, as per the news outler.