An Ohio school launched a retaliation campaign after calling police on two parents who questioned the curriculum and financial spending, according to a June lawsuit.

Amy Gonzalez and Andrea Grosz lawsuit On Thursday, it sued private Columbus Academy for shining a “false light” on parents after they questioned the district about spending money and a “politically biased curriculum.” After Gonzalez and Gross voiced their concerns in 2021, Columbus Academy expelled the children of their parents from school for “harassment and intimidation” and filed a police report against the parents. stated in the complaint. (Related article: ‘Terrorizing parents into silence’: Lawyer testifies that FBI order over Garland’s school assembly had ‘chilling’ effect)

” [school] We wanted this to be political, but it’s not,” Gross told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “We said that from the beginning. This is not red. This is not blue. It is human. This is about children, children who learn differently.” and where their resources are, and about children of different religions than Latino children.”

The lawsuit alleges that in the past few years, the district had become “politically biased” because teachers pressured students to take certain positions. One teacher told students not to contact anyone who supports President Donald Trump, while another told children that there is “only one side” when it comes to discussing politics. It is said that

Students who were late for the “strike” to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. were called racist by other students as staff watched, according to the complaint. The academy has provided an “Emergency Pandemic Fund” for “limited” use to African-American students and has planned several events for “Black History Month”, but significantly less for Hispanic Heritage Month. provided little activity.

The student was expelled from the school after the parent submitted an open letter to the school board expressing concerns about the curriculum and spending, and the school labeled the parent “anti-black” and a “fuck-headed Republican.” claimed in the lawsuit. . Authorities allegedly viewed the parents as an “indirect threat to the academy and its staff” before telling the teachers that they had notified the FBI.

According to the complaint, the parents do not believe the report was actually filed with the FBI, but that “the notice was made to harass and intimidate.”

In 2021, the National Association of School Boards sent a letter to the Biden administration comparing parents attending school board meetings to “domestic terrorists.” Attorney General Garland responded by directing the FBI to “exercise authority” over protesting parents at school board meetings.

Across the country, parents are protesting gender identity and race-based curricula in schools. In California, parents fought activists against the inclusion of an LGBT-focused curriculum for students. Virginia parents arrested while protesting Critical Race Theory (CRT) and transgender policies in school district.

Columbus Academy did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

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