Federal Judge Sides With Teachers Who Object to Secretive Gender Transition Policies

A San Diego-area school district must return the teachers to the classroom after placing them on administrative leave.

(L– R) Teacher Lori Ann West, attorney Paul Jonna, and teacher Elizabeth Mirabelli in an undated photo. The teachers’ school district in Escondido, Calif., placed them on administrative leave for refusing to keep students’ gender transitions a secret from their parents. Courtesy of Paul Jonna

A federal judge ordered a California school district to reinstate teachers who were forced to conceal the transgender status of young students from parents.

U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez issued an order on Jan. 10 directing the Escondido Union School District (EUSD) in San Diego County “to return Plaintiffs Elizabeth Mirabelli and Lori Ann West back to the classroom on Tuesday January 16th of 2024 if they so choose.”