School Board Accused of Contempt of Court for Violating Court Order to Reinstate Teachers

Published on December 15, 2023

Attorneys for two California teachers have asked a U.S. district court to hold local school board officials and certain staff in contempt of court for allegedly defying a federal court order allowing the teachers to return to work. The teachers, Elizabeth Mirabelli and Lori Ann West, sued Escondido Union School District and Rincon Middle School in April over a policy regarding secret gender transitions of students they claim violates their constitutional rights to freedom of speech and religion. Three months ago, on Sept. 14, Judge Roger Benitez granted a preliminary injunction in favor of the teachers and issued a federal court order to “restrain any governmental employee or entity from taking any adverse employment actions thereupon against Plaintiffs Mirabelli or West, until further Order of this Court.”...

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