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A disagreement between a Portland mother and her children’s elementary school over gender identity, parental involvement and what belongs in the classroom has grown into something much larger.
It is now a federal constitutional fight.
Allison Roberts, a mother of two students in Portland Public Schools, filed a federal lawsuit on August 12 against the district and two administrators, arguing that school officials crossed the line from managing a disagreement to punishing a parent for expressing views they did not like.
At the center of the case is a one-year order barring Roberts from the campus of Meriwether Lewis Elementary School. Her lawsuit also challenges Portland Public
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