Mother says her daughter was secretly transitioned to a boy at a California school; federal court reinstates her lawsuit

When a California mother discovered that her 11-year-old daughter had been socially transitioned to a boy by school staff without her knowledge, she turned to the courts for answers. Two years later, a federal appeals court has revived her lawsuit, ruling that the lower court wrongly dismissed her claims. The decision marks a significant moment in the ongoing national debate over parental rights, student privacy, and school gender policies — an issue now drawing attention well beyond California’s borders. The case, Regino v. Staley, was filed by Aurora Regino in January 2023 against the Chico Unified School District (CUSD) and Superintendent Kelly Staley. Regino alleges that school officials at Sierra View Elementary allowed her daughter, identified as A.S. in court documents, to ado