Why Four Texas Families Left Prestigious School District

Why Four Texas Families Left Prestigious School District
Nathan and Janey Petty (L), Aimee Urista (C), and Laura Siino (R) pulled their students out of a prominent Texas school over progressive content. Darlene McCormick Sanchez/The Epoch Times
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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DALLAS, Texas—Four families left one of the richest and most prestigious school districts in Texas over a curriculum they say was increasingly focused on sex, gender, and race, instead of classical education.

Parents said in an interview with The Epoch Times that the pandemic exposed problems within the Highland Park Independent School District (ISD) in Dallas, considered one of the most prestigious districts in the Lone Star State.

Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
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