Murrieta schools’ transgender notification policy will remain in place despite an order from the California Department of Education following a split 3-2 vote during the board’s Thursday, April 18 meeting. Valley News/Kim Harris photo
District draws line in the sand over transgender policy
Murrieta schools’ transgender notification policy will remain in place despite an order from the California Department of Education following a split 3-2 vote during its Thursday, April 18 meeting.
The Murrieta Valley Unified School District board was asked by district officials for the second time in three weeks to rescind the policy following a letter from the California Department of Education issued April 10 ordering the district to stop implementing the policy.
After receiving a complaint filed by district teachers Jamie Goebel and Karen Poznanski March 4, the DOE determined that the policy, BP5020.1, discriminates against transgender youth.
Repeating the March 28 vote, trustees Linda Lunn and Nancy Young voted to revoke th
