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Parents ask Beaumont Unified to retract email that barred presenter Cesar Lopez
Summary
At the Oct. 14 Beaumont Unified board meeting, family‑engagement co‑chairs Sonia Colchado and Melissa Huggins said district leadership sought to bar teacher and community presenter Cesar Lopez after his Oct. 2 talk and demanded a formal retraction and apology, citing Education Code section 35147.
Parents and parent‑advisory leaders urged the Beaumont Unified School District Board of Trustees on Oct. 14 to rescind an email they say barred a community presenter from future Family and Community Engagement (FACE) meetings.
"The next morning, we got an email from doctor Grama stating that the presentation that Mister Lopez provided was actually very divisive and offensive, and that he was no longer, welcome or invited to join our parent advisory committees," said Sonia Colchado, who identified herself as a FACE co‑chair and parent in the district. She said the presenter, Cesar Lopez, attended the Oct. 2 meeting…
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