What started out as a school board controversy in Encinitas, a San Diego suburb, ended up in a court of law. In May of 2024, a “Buddy” program at La Costa Heights Elementary School decided to delve into gender ideology, but failed to allow parents to opt their children out of the lesson.
Carlos and Jenny Encinas have two boys who attended La Costa Heights Elementary school in the Encinitas Union School District in the Southern District of California. In May 2024, their fifth-grader’s teacher read his class the book, My Shadow is Pink, which urges children to question their own gender identity. Following the reading, their son was forced to watch a read-aloud video of the book with his kindergartener “buddy” as part of the school’s mentoring program. He was then required to participate in an activity where he drew the kindergartener’s shadow,…
