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<\/a><\/p>\nLianne Laurence
\nLifeSiteNews.com<\/p>\n
ROCKLIN, California, September 19, 2017 (LifeSiteNews<\/a>) \u2014 The California charter school board rocked by controversy over a five-year-old boy who transitioned to a \u201cgirl\u201d in kindergarten has unanimously voted not to let children opt out of lessons on transgenderism.<\/p>\n After a five-hour, highly charged meeting attended by more than 500 people Monday night, the Rocklin Academy School board rejected a \u201cmodel parental rights\u201d proposal put forward by parents\u2019 rights groups Capitol Resource Institute and backed by the California Family Council, Pacific Justice Institute, and Alliance Defending Freedom.<\/p>\n The model proposal would allow parents to review sensitive material before it hits the classroom and to opt their children out of controversial lessons that are not sex education. California law requires parental notice and opt-out for sex education.<\/p>\n And while the five-member board approved a policy to notify parents for lessons on controversial subjects, the amendment was \u201creally weak,\u201d says Greg Burt of the California Family Council.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s no mandatory requirement,\u201d he told LifeSiteNews.<\/p>\n The board policy directs teachers to \u201ctry to notify parents\u201d when \u201csomething controversial comes up\u201d but \u201cdoesn\u2019t require any accountability if the teacher doesn\u2019t do it,\u201d Burt said.<\/p>\n Monday\u2019s board meeting was the latest event in a controversy that erupted when a kindergarten boy transitioned to a girl in class at Rocklin Academy Gateway and neither parents nor administration were told beforehand.<\/p>\n The boy reportedly changed into girl\u2019s clothes and was reintroduced to his class as a girl. Teacher Kaelin Swaney also read two pro-transgender books, including I am Jazz, in the lesson that took place just before summer vacation.<\/p>\n A number of angry parents complained to the board that their five-year-olds had been traumatized and were fearful they could \u201cchange\u201d into the opposite sex.<\/p>\n The Rocklin school board countered it didn\u2019t have to tell parents about lessons on transgenderism because it wasn\u2019t sex-ed, and that discrimination based on gender identity is against the law in California.<\/p>\n According to a parent statement Burt provided to LifeSiteNews, the teacher refused to verify what took place during the initial lesson, leaving parents to find out what happened from their five-year-olds.<\/p>\n The board also refused to say what happened in the classroom, Karen England, executive director of Capitol Resource Institute, told LifeSiteNews in an earlier interview.<\/p>\n Moreover, when school resumed this fall, a Grade 1 student inadvertently \u201cmisgendered\u201d the five-year-old \u201ctransgender boy\u201d on the playground and was sent to the principal\u2019s office, she said.<\/p>\n