What are my parental rights when attempting to opt my child out of a class where I find the curriculum objectionable?
There is no absolute right to opt out. It is a fact-intensive determination. Your best chances are to briefly, but specifically, articulate the nature and basis of your objections to the teaching materials. You should specifically state that you object on moral and religious grounds because religious objectors are entitled to additional constitutional protection such as the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. In addition, to the extent you are able, you should go to a meeting prepared to offer an alternative to school officials that would teach the same basic ideas contained in the materials to which you are objecting.
