Mahmoud: Sample Email From Parents to School

 A group called Defending Education has written a sample email for parents to send concwerning their opt-out rights. Link

 Here is the sample email:

 

 Sample email. Please copy or edit.

Dear Superintendent X, School Board Members, Principal X, Assistant Principal X, Director of Student Services X, 

Based on our religious beliefs, and the June 27, 2025 Supreme Court ruling Mahmoud v. Taylor, I am hereby immediately opting out my children,____________________________________________________________,from all LGBTQ+ related texts, surveys, and curricula lessons in their public schools, regardless of when that material is to be presented during the school day.

I am further exercising my right to opt out my children from mandatory preferred pronoun usage and shared-sex bathroom and locker room policies at their public schools, which are predicated on the district leadership’s beliefs about gender identity that run contrary to our religion and are a violation of both constitutional and statutory law.

I look forward to receiving communication from the district as to how you will implement the Mahmoud v. Taylor decision. Specifically, I look forward to learning about how and when you intend to be compliant with it and plan to alert parents about related changes to the district’s gender identity policies. I also look forward to learning about your plan to notify us about any upcoming LGBTQ+ lessons, including those on gender identity, before they are taught to our children in their public schools. Finally, I would also like to know what discipline will be applied if a teacher/principal/school does not honor this opt out request.

Please confirm receipt of my request. My expectation is that my request be implemented on the first day of school.

Sincerely,

Parent/Advocate/Guardian