A high school math teacher in Vista is at the center of controversy because of a diversity, equity and inclusion exercise.
Last week, some Rancho Buena Vista freshmen participating in an elective seminar class were given the following instructions: “Stand in a circle. Each of you is now gay or lesbian, and you are about to begin your coming out process. You cannot talk for the rest of this activity.”
A parent posted the assignment on social media and complained at Tuesday night’s board meeting.
“Very uncomfortable,” parent James Leon said. “She told me right away when she got home. She said, ‘Dad, you have to hear this.”
His daughter told him that she snapped a photo of the instructions and, along with six other kids, walked out of class.
“She wanted to show me what was going on because she knows I am not for teaching any of that stuff in school,“ Leon said.
He says, …