Lexington Public Schools Exposed: Kindergarten Student Taught Forbidden Lesson After Dad Says "No"
The LPS is smuggling sexuality, gender identity, and DEI into their Kindergarten curriculum. Today we show you how.
Last month, an anonymous Lexington Public Schools parent shared the photo above in the Massachusetts Informed Parents Facebook group. Their question was, can I opt opt out of some of the topics in the first grade social studies curriculum? They didn’t go into details about specific concerns, but many group members picked up right away on the red flags in the letter, like its focus on identity and its reference to feeling like “a boy, girl, both, or neither.” Most parents don’t expect to see those topics in any first grade classroom, never mind in social studies!
The Lexington parent who shared the photo and the MIP group members who registered their dismay in the comments weren’t the only ones who saw the warning signs in the LPS’s first grade parent letter. So did Defending Education and the NewBostonPost, both of whom took up the story.
But as it often happens in a case when parents raise concerns in a public Facebook group like MIP about sensitive topics being incorporated into the curriculum, the apologists come out of the woodwork. Inevitably some anonymous member of the self-anointed expert class will pop up to explain why the ideologically-loaded buzzwords don’t actually mean what the parent thinks they mean, or that the school isn’t really teaching about controversial subjects (but if they are, it’s actually good!), or that professional educators know better than parents do, and parents definitely shouldn’t worry about (insert parent’s legitimate concern here). Predictably, that happened in response to this Lexington first grade parent’s post, too. See one example below.
This post, submitted under an anonymous nickname in response to this parent’s concerns, is one example of a phenomenon we’ve seen before: someone who supports inserting a leftist agenda into the curriculum trying to talk wary parents out of trusting their gut. While the identity of the poster is not visible to the public, because Facebook admin can view the profile of someone who wishes to post or comment anonymously, we know who these people are. They are often public school teachers or staff, or progressive activists who do not disclose their affiliations and then proceed to leave disarming comments that mislead parents. For instance, “SincereSeal9590” is a childcare worker whose public profile is full of “Pride”and anti-MAGA posts, alongside recent photos and videos of herself and her spouse at a “No Kings” rally and a drag brunch. She’s hardly the type of person whose “non-political” assurances most conservative (or even moderate) parents would find compelling if they knew who she was, which is probably why she wanted to post anonymously.
But despite the gaslighting from internet randos like SincereSeal9590, Lexington parents are right to be concerned. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and the Lexington Public Schools is an indoctrination inferno.
We’ve reported about the LPS and their progressive anti-parent agenda before. In 2023 we told you about Serious Talks, a mandatory social justice and gender-and-sexuality-infused curriculum the district was pushing on its youngest students against the express wishes of LPS parents. At the time it was the latest example of the district’s wholesale allegiance to critical race and gender theories. You can read more about LPS’s woke history here.
Earlier this year we highlighted the leftist agenda at work in Lexington by amplifying the report one Lexington parent sent to the Department of Education, as well as exposing the LPS’s graphic and disturbing sex ed curriculum. You can read more about those here.
Now, we have new info to share on Lexington’s curriculum for its youngest students. And if you thought that first grade social studies curriculum outline was bad, wait till you see what they do in Kindergarten! But in some ways, equally as important as what the LPS’s kinder curriculum contains, is the reason that we have it.
At the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, a Christian father of a 5 year old LPS student sent an opt out letter to the district for certain sensitive subjects that contradict his family’s religious beliefs. Rather than simply honor his request, the district played games. They claimed his letter lacked sufficient “specificity,” even though they had not provided the curriculum materials in advance for him to review. How could he be more specific about which lessons he objected to if he couldn’t see the curriculum? When the father was finally able to review the materials, he found even more examples of these sensitive topics being brought into other subject areas! If he hadn’t reviewed these materials, he might not have known that topics like gender and sexuality were turning up in more places than he expected.
We did a deep dive into these lesson, too. Here is what we found.
DEI lessons for 5 year olds.
Did you know that not only does the LPS infuse DEI principles into their district HR office, they have a whole K-12 curriculum on it? It’s been in the works for a while, with the plan being to launch it for the 2025-2026 school year. We don’t know if every grade is up and running, but Kindergarten sure is. The letter above gives a sneak peek into what’s in store for these classes, while the full curriculum below tells the rest of the story. Here are a couple of examples of the ways that gender and sexuality pop up.
In a lesson about “getting along with others,” books exposing kids to gender and sexuality are included as “connected read alouds.”
Not Quite Narwhal, while not overtly about gender, is frequently found on LGBTQ book lists due to its non-threatening presentation of the concept of identity being non-binary. And Lovely goes out of its way to include images that defy traditional gender norms such as hairy legs wearing women’s high heels, two men posed as a couple, and the picture below, which depicts a man in a dress.
In another lesson called “Heroes Have a Voice,” students are read to from You Have a Voice, a book that depicts a frightening and somewhat dubious narrative about the dangers of modern racism and then tells little kids that they can fix it if they become good little activists. The lesson draws special attention to the signs depicted in the book.
What are those signs? See below. The accompanying text says, “You know what’s right, you know what’s wrong,” clearly encouraging kids to adopt the positions on the signs in the picture.
These are only two examples of the objectionable material built into these lessons for 5 year olds. To see the full LPS Kindergarten DEI curriculum, download it here.
Health Class that goes far beyond “health.”
The LPS doesn’t teach sex ed to Kindergarten students, but they do teach “health” - and they align their health classes not only with the 2023 DESE Comprehensive Health and Physical Education framework and SHAPE America (both of which, while not good, are fairly common in MA), but also with Social Justice Standards from the radical progressive organization Learning for Justice. Here is just one of these standards, as appears noted on the first Health lesson (emphasis ours).
We have to wonder, what do they mean by group identities? Which ones? Why would children be putting themselves into categories? And what does identity politics and intersectionality have to do with Kindergarten health class?
Social Justice standards are present in every lesson, and parents should ask why.
What else might parents object to in these lessons? Here is another example.
In a lesson called “Families are Special,” the class is read Families, Families, Families, a book that depicts same-sex couples with children and informs kids that “If you love each other, you are a family.”
This book depicts the natural family as just one in a long list of options, and same-sex pairings as normative. This violates the religious rights of many parents in the LPS.
Lessons like this also raise another question - why are families being talked about at all? What about a child who live with foster parents, or their mother just died, or their father abandoned them? Why do they need to talk about a painful subject in health class? Not only is it unnecessary, it’s potentially traumatizing.
The Social Justice Standards pervade these lessons, which means that even a lesson about tooth brushing or eating vegetables could be interpreted through an activist lens. Many of the lessons contain slideshows we have not been able to access. To review all of the information on the LPS Kindergarten Health curriculum currently available to us, download it here. If we obtain additional information we will update this link.
Social Studies for Social Brainwashing
By the time you get to the LPS Kindergarten Social Studies lessons, you begin to see a trend. Students are being taught about identity across multiple subjects, with the same themes recurring over and over. Well-planned curriculum? Sure. But it’s also brainwashing.
Here’s an example from a lesson called “Our Families,” where the students are read Love Makes a Family and asked questions intentionally written to ensure that they take notice of the different family structures depicted.
“What do you notice about these families?” Well for one thing, there are more same-sex adult pairings than male-female pairings! A child reading this book would be led to believe that the majority of kids have same-sex parents, and that there is no functional difference between mothers and fathers. And of course, the lesson is specifically designed to make sure they notice this.
In June, the students are taught about Pride Month using This Day in June. The lesson bring it back to the idea of allyship, which they had also been taught in social studies earlier in the year.
This book, which focuses on a pride parade, introduces kids to BDSM fetishes:
It also depicts the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and includes verbiage highly offensive to Catholic readers, amongst other images that have no business in a kindergarten classroom.
The Kindergarten social studies curriculum also includes an optional 2-lesson series on gender identity, which teachers can choose to implement. How would the parents know if these lessons would be taught? We have no indication that they would be informed in advance.
You can see this full lesson, along with the entire LPS Kindergarten Social Studies curriculum below. There are quite a few things in it that we didn’t highlight here (like the lessons on “allyship” including another gender-related book, the recurring theme of child activism, and the CRT-influenced treatment of holidays) but that parents really need to see.
Remember, this isn’t sex ed, or a senior year sociology class. This is social studies for five year olds.
Would a prospective LPS parent have any warning that their child’s social studies curriculum could include these topics? Not if they were looking at the LPS website. See the topics listed below on the K-5 Social Studies page. A savvy reader may discern that “Families” could be code for teaching kids about diverse coupling arrangements, but it’s not plainly stated, and there’s nothing at all here noting the presence of the gender identity discussions.
Maybe Lexington parents should ask the district why they aren’t more candid about the types of lessons they put in front of vulnerable five year olds. Or better yet, ask them why they think these lessons are appropriate to begin with. The ideological rot in Lexington is nothing new - it is pushed from the top by Superintendent Julie Hackett and the school committee for years - if they have questions about this specific curriculum they could start by contacting Aisha Banda, the LPS’s K-5 Social Studies Curriculum Coordinator. Based on her bio below, Ms. Banda clearly understands her role as a disruptor of classical history education, not someone charged with the weighty responsibility of preserving our rich national heritage in the birthplace of American liberty.
But back to the issue that started this deep-dive into the LPS’s kindergarten indoctrination - one dad, who wanted to opt his young child out.
Well, that dad found out that while the district was busy delaying their responses to his emails, they had taught his child a lesson that contained the very material he had instructed them to avoid. This violated his right to direct the religious upbringing of his child, and he wasn’t going to take that lying down.
He is now being represented by the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) and the Massachusetts Liberty Legal Center, who sent a formal demand letter calling on the district to immediately correct course. Their letter insists that the district honor the parent’s written opt-out request and provide timely, transparent access to classroom materials and curricula. And if the LPS doesn’t act, they are prepared to pursue all available legal remedies - both for this parent, and for other families across Massachusetts who experience similar abuses.
To read the ACLJ’s full press release, click here.
We’ve been following the LPS long enough to know that this dad wasn’t the first parent to have his rights run roughshod over. But with the legal landscape now changed thanks to June’s Mahmoud v. Taylor US Supreme Court decision, he could be the last.
We will keep you updated as this case develops.
If you are a MA public school parent, especially a parent of religious faith, make sure you know your opt out rights. Read our post below to learn more about this important decision, and what it means for your family.
When you’re done, review our Back to School post to get a refresher on your rights to review your child’s curriculum, and other important information.
Finally, pay attention to your child’s curriculum. Learn to look for buzzwords like “identity,” and ask questions when you see them. Don’t let a well-meaning friend, an anonymous Facebook account, or your own fear talk you out of digging deeper or trusting your gut.
The devil isn’t always hiding in your child’s curriculum. But when he is, he’s usually in the details.
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The public schools will continue to push Leftist ideology no matter what parents, Washington, or the Supreme Court say. The best way to educate your children from a Christian viewpoint is via private school, or homeschool. We took our son out of public school after third grade, when we read the "woke" writing on the wall- and in the curriculum. Our daughter's Social Studies book literally defined the purpose of government is to, "tell people what to do, and how to live." Our son went on to speak three languages and become a professional classical and jazz pianist and singer.
This seems like a situation almost identical to that in the Mahmoud v. Taylor case handed down by the US Supreme Court about six months ago. Which means that ACLJ and MLLC are likely to do very well with it, and the school is likely to lose badly. I am all agog.