A California high school is facing legal pushback from parents for allowing a field trip to a mosque that included students being handed Qurans and encouraged to wear hijabs. A group of parents and some former students have sued Palo Alto High School after a fall 2025 trip organized through the school’s Social Justice Pathway program. The parents alleged the trip presented Islam as aligned with social justice work and that photographs were taken and posted online without parental consent. [snip] The parents are seeking an admission from the district that it failed to properly supervise students and violated the privacy rights of both students and parents. They also allege the students were “exposed” to Zahra Billoo, the executive director of the Bay Area’s office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. [snip] “Public schools and the government have an obligation to remain neutral toward religion, but what neutrality does not mean is shielding students entirely,” Billoo said. “The job of educators is to teach students, and expose them to different worldviews. That’s what happened here.” “One of the most important ways we combat hate is to learn about each other,” Billoo added. “I am concerned that this group of parents not only wants to counteract that for their own children… but is attempting to intimidate schools and school districts from doing necessary work of educating the next generation.” (*) Full article: https://thepostmillennial.com/california-students-given-qurans-encouraged-to-wear-hijabs-on-mosque-field-trip-parents-sue-school-district Post navigation State Department cuts DEI reading list that praised looting, reparations Check Out This Evening’s ‘The Rustbelt Klansman’ show on White Pride Radio!
