Portland Public Schools has agreed to lift a campus ban against a local mother and grant curriculum opt-outs for her children as part of a partial settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit, legal advocates announced Tuesday.
The agreement resolves several key claims in a suit filed by Allison Roberts, who was barred from her children’s elementary school earlier this year after protesting its policies regarding gender identity and parental notification.
The dispute began after Roberts objected to a transgender-inclusive Pride flag displayed at the school and raised concerns about gender-identity lessons. Following disagreements with school administrators, Roberts handed out fliers to other parents from a public sidewalk near the school. District officials treated the distribution as harassment, conducted an internal review, and issued a Feb. 6 trespass notice barring her from the property. According to court filings, the ban caused Roberts to miss her son’s fifth-grade graduation ceremony…