Mom suing school district for ignoring FOIA of gender, ethnic curriculum calls on schools to work with parents

A Michigan mother who’s suing her kids’s college district for failing to supply curriculum for an “Ethnic and Gender Research” class stated colleges shouldn’t be hiding issues from dad and mom, however somewhat working with them to greatest educate college students.  

Carol Beth Litkouhi stated she first grew to become involved when she noticed the e book record for an “Ethnic and Gender Research” class being taught within the Rochester, Michigan college district, and questioned whether or not a number of viewpoints could be taught. 

Litkouhi spoke with college directors, however advised Fox Information Digital they have been “evading” her questions. 

“They assured me that a number of viewpoints could be represented, however weren’t forthcoming in exhibiting me any of the supplies that have been getting used, or readings, or something like that,” she stated. 

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Litkouhi stated the Range, Fairness and Inclusion director finally directed her to submit a Freedom of Info Act (FOIA) request to the college. 

Litkouhi submitted the FOIA request, however stated she didn’t obtain something associated to the topic of the category. Somewhat, the fabric was icebreaker and getting-to-know-you actions. 

“Nothing about ethnic and gender research,” she stated. 

After the preliminary request, Litkouhi stated she was advised “no public information exist” for subsequent FOIAs. 

“It appeared like they have been violating the Freedom of Info Act,” she stated. 

Litkouhi stated she doesn’t know whether or not she’s against the Ethnic and Gender Research class or not, as a result of she has not been capable of see the curriculum. 

“Basically proper now, I’m against the concept curriculum could possibly be stored secret from dad and mom and the neighborhood,” she stated. 

Litkouhi’s kids aren’t within the “Ethnic and Gender Research” class, however are in elementary college in the identical college district. She stated at the back of her thoughts is the potential for alternate training choices for her kids, relying on the route of the college district. 

Litkouhi and her husband each attended Rochester public colleges, and she or he’s hoping her kids can get the identical high quality training she acquired.

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“I’m hoping that as we construct consciousness, because the neighborhood turns into extra conscious of what’s occurring, that we are able to affect the route of the best way issues are going, and hopefully construct up the route of the general public colleges to revive what was there,” she stated. 

“Nothing in class that’s taught needs to be a secret from dad and mom. We needs to be working collectively … for the training of our college students,” she added. 

Rochester Public Colleges spokesperson Lori Grein advised Fox Information Digital in a press release that the district “stays cooperative in sharing info with neighborhood stakeholders throughout the limits of the legislation and district tips,” and that “earlier than the lawsuit was filed, Rochester Group Colleges had offered or made out there the requested supplies which have been knowingly in its possession.”

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“Digital information for responsive paperwork have been out there on a storage drive and supplied to the requesting social gathering since Feb. 11, 2022; nonetheless, to this point these paperwork stay unclaimed by the requesting social gathering,” the assertion continued.

“An invite was additionally prolonged to permit the requesting social gathering a chance to rearrange an in-person overview of any copyrighted works conscious of the FOIA request, per our obligations to the copyright holders below relevant legislation. The requesting social gathering has not scheduled a time to overview the copyrighted supplies. Rochester Group Colleges stays out there, because it has been since Feb. 11, 2022, to schedule and facilitate that overview.”

In accordance with the grievance, filed by the Mackinac Middle Authorized Basis, “the District’s response [to Litkouhi’s FOIA] was styled as a full grant, a variety of unidentified supplies have been withheld on the premise of the very fact they have been copyrighted supplies. Based mostly on that reality, the District refused to provide copies of these supplies, as an alternative requiring Plaintiff to examine them in individual.”