Judge Orders California School District to Reinstate Teachers Who Sued Over Its Trans Policy

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A federal judge ordered a Southern California school district Wednesday to reinstate two Christian teachers who were placed on administrative leave after they sued the district over its policy requiring them to conceal students’ in-school gender switches from their parents.

U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez ordered the Escondido Union School District (EUSD) “to return Plaintiffs Elizabeth Mirabelli and Lori Ann West back to the classroom on Tuesday January 16th of 2024 if they so choose.”

“I’m shocked! I’m still processing. I cannot believe it,” West told San Diego’s FOX 5 Wednesday. (Mirabelli, the station noted, “was not in court … due to health reasons.”)

Represented by attorneys from the Thomas More Society, Mirabelli and West, teachers at EUSD’s Rincon Middle School, filed a federal lawsuit against the district in April, charging it with violating their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and religion by forcing them to lie and prohibiting them from expressing their opinions on certain matters. more