A school district will allow parents to withdraw their children from lessons after six Somali Muslim families threatened to sue when books discussing identity where introduced to their elementary school classroom.St. Louis Park Public Schools granted the opt-out requests in January and February after parents complained at a school board meeting in October there was not a process in place for them to exempt their students from reading LGBTQ material.Several Somali mothers spoke at a school board meeting on October 24 claiming books that are against their religious beliefs were introduced to the children without their knowledge.
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