Portland school district imposes year-long trespass ban on mother protesting gender curriculum

Allison Roberts, whose son graduated from Meriwether Lewis Elementary, was barred from all Portland Public Schools property for a year after she distributed letters and engaged in sidewalk advocacy against the district’s gender-identity curriculum. The school district claimed her speech constituted harassment, yet the lawsuit argues the policy is unconstitutionally vague and that Roberts was never told which specific conduct was prohibited.

A hearing panel composed of two janitors and a basketball coach dismissed her appeal, and the district threatened a permanent trespass order if she continued her activism. Represented by the Liberty Justice Center’s PARENTS Initiative, Roberts is asking a court to block enforcement of the harassment rule and to stop the district’s public vilification of her character. The suit references Supreme Court decisions that require schools to notify parents about LGBTQ materials and to allow opt-out options, suggesting the district’s actions may violate those precedents.