Conservative Sunol school board flag ban sparks ire from LGBTQ community

Things got heated at the Chino Valley Unified School District's meeting as the school board voted to require transgender students to come out to parents."We should have no other flags than those two and I'm fine with that cause that's all we need in the schools," said Manny Morales, who came from Castro Valley and did not have children in the Sunol school.

"They have crossed the line from academics into values, beliefs, opinions, politics and sex," said Lisa Disbrow, a teacher from Moraga and member of the group Informed Parents of Contra Costa County. "It's like giving a credit card, a sexual credit card to students to engage in sexual behaviors, identities, when they're still minors.

"Are their actions representing the people? Have they talked to the people? No one talked to me about this," said Jim O'Laughlin, a Sunol school alumnus and resident who criticized the board members for supporting a ban.In the final vote, Jergensen and board member Linda Hurley voted in favor of the ban.Others, however, say this ban is so broad it includes any flags on campus and could expose the board to lawsuits.

"The fact that it is a prohibition on the entire campus, I think, is problematic for the school district and I think there will be litigation filed," said Alameda County School Board Vice-President Cheryl Cook-Kallio. Some opponents already are saying they plan to work on a recall effort targeting the two board members who voted for the ban.that I have read and agree

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