(The Center Square) – Parents with students attending Cheney School District in Spokane, Washington , are raising concerns after a ninth-grade English teacher recently taught a lesson on gender identity without school board approval.

Amy King, a local business owner with a grandchild attending Cheney High School, was confused when her student came home and explained what happened. King said she expected something like this to come up in a health class, not in English, as Jessie Mattingly taught at CHS in September.

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