2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube! Joy Resmovits is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. [CDATA[// > "Due to the sensitivity of the issue and age of the child, we believed we needed expert guidance regarding timing (such as, preparing children for a change they would see in spring semester of second grade and fall semester of third grade), process and age-appropriate communication.". This year, the Eighth Grade Kindness Crew Students with their Kindness Rocks According to the complaint, Cygan deferred a decision. Girls didnt want to play with her because was dressed as a boy, and she kept away from the boys and their rougher activities. The school teaches third-grade curriculum in the second grade, which we believed would keep our child challenged and engaged, Shah said. According to the statement released by the family's attorneys, Shah and Brar repeatedly tried to work with the school to improve conditions for their daughter, but they "saw their attempts rebuffed time and again.". [CDATA[// > [CDATA[// > Mrs. Laurel Kraemer, Brea resident and City Manager of Santa Fe YORBA LINDA, Calif. (Oct. 22, 2019) Students from Heritage Oak Private Education recently performed nearly 1,200 acts of kindness through a schoolwide kindness campaign. //--> Please include any comments on: ??????? Shah and Brar said they want the school to add a written policy of non-discrimination against transgender students, and they would also like to see the school add a discussion about transgender identity into the school's curriculum. The lawsuit, filed Aug. 2, alleges that Heritage Oak Private School violated the Unruh Civil Rights Act, which outlaws discrimination based on sex or sexual orientation, because it. 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