DENVER (KDVR) — The Elizabeth School District and some staff are facing a federal lawsuit after a former staff member claimed she was fired for speaking out against the controversial book ban.
On Monday, the law firm Newman | McNulty filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of LeEllen Condry, the former dean of students for Elizabeth Middle School, against the district, Elizabeth Schools superintendent Dan Snowberger, and human resources director John Rogerson.
Judge rules Elizabeth schools cannot remove library books for expressed views
This lawsuit comes after the district tried to remove books with “sensitive topics” from schools in the summer of 2024. The lawsuit said that Condry first heard of this ban when the district “demanded” classroom libraries to get rid of certain books.
According to the lawsuit documents, these topics “overwhelmingly” included books written by Black and LGBTQIA+ authors and discussed race-related and LGBTQIA+ topics. The lawsuit said the ban was “explicitly racist, sexist, homophobic, and transphobic” and “targeted authors and subjects that spoke to the real experiences of Black folks, women, and LGBT individuals, and that accurately told their history of oppression in this country.”…