Santa Ana Unified School District board member Brenda Lebsack is facing scrutiny from her colleagues and was recently censured for public remarks about transgender athletes during a discussion about National Arab American Heritage Month.

The comments that drew the ire of the school board were made by Lebsack during a school board meeting on April 22, when board members voted to proclaim April as National Arab American Heritage Month, with Lebsack abstaining and calling for a proclamation focused on Arab Muslims and the “religious rights of all students.”

Lebsack also spoke about a meeting she attended with Assemblyman Avelino Valencia at the Islamic Center of Santa Ana, when she said they discussed “educational and athletic bills that impact their families, cultural and religious values.

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