Charter school awaits ruling in suit over ‘Critical Race Theory’ lesson – By Julie Wootton-Greener (Las Vegas Review-Journal) / July 30 2021
A Las Vegas public charter school and the state’s charter school system are awaiting a ruling on their motion to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges a student’s First Amendment rights were violated during class assignments focused on topics such as privilege and oppression.
Gabrielle Clark and her son, William, filed a lawsuit in December in U.S. District Court against Democracy Prep, a national network of campuses that includes Democracy Prep at the Agassi Campus, and the Nevada State Public Charter School Authority.
The Clarks are seeking a jury trial and damages. Democracy Prep and the charter authority each filed a motion to dismiss on June 3.
The lawsuit — which has garnered national attention amid accusations that schools are teaching “critical race theory” to young students — seeks damages for teachers allegedly “repeatedly compelling” William to speak and write about “intimate matters of race, gender, sexuality and religion.”
