Sonja Shaw’s Disinformation Campaign Continues
Sonja Shaw and Liberty Justice Center continue to peddle disinformation, falsely claiming a court victory in their obsession to forcibly out transgender students.
CVUSD School Board President Sonja Shaw and the Liberty Justice Center continue to peddle disinformation, falsely claiming a court victory in their obsession to forcibly out transgender students. Today (Feb. 19), Liberty Justice Center, which is one of the many law firms representing this litigious school board, posted this: “LJC declares VICTORY for parents’ rights after the State of California failed to appeal a court decision upholding CVUSD’s authority to notify parents when their child requests changes to official or unofficial records.”
Posting this kind of disinformation is misleading, at best – and highly unethical, especially for a law firm. The post failed to state that the original court order last September was AGAINST the school district and LJC and FORCED the district to completely revise its discriminatory policy so that it no longer required teachers and staff to notify parents when a student requested a change in pronouns. Instead, the new policy requires schools to notify parents when any change is requested to ANY student’s records. This was a win for the state, since the judge ruled that the original policy was discriminatory, and that language was removed from the new policy. Now, since deadlines passed for appeals and the court case was closed, somehow, LJC is claiming victory.
The firm also failed to mention the new state law that bans districts from requiring school staff to disclose a student’s gender identity or sexual orientation without the student’s permission. (None of these policies prohibit teachers or administrators from informing parents – they just restrict a school board from forcing school staff to do it.)
Sonja Shaw probably realizes how deceptive the post she shared is, but that’s never stopped her before.