Colorado parents say school silenced daughter after transgender rooming incident as legal fight escalates

A Colorado family s outrage over their -year-old daughter being assigned a hotel room and ultimately the same bed with a transgender apprentice during an overnight school trip to Washington D C has evolved into a high-stakes federal appeal over parental rights and school transparency They declared that they didn't want us to talk about it because they demanded to protect the privacy of the other attendee And our thoughts are Well what about the privacy of our daughter demanded Serena Wailes the mother who says the school district failed to inform her that one of the students assigned to the room was biologically male According to the Wailes family their daughter only learned the truth upon arriving on the overnight trip and directly called her mother who was serving as a chaperone at the same event in distress VIRGINIA PARENTS FACE K BOND PAYMENT TO CONTINUE CONTROVERSIAL TRANSGENDER LOCKER ROOM CASEAlthough the school ultimately allowed the girl to switch rooms she was allegedly instructed not to discuss the reason for the change a directive her parents argue reflects a broader pattern of secrecy within Jefferson County Masses Schools We didn't talk to the school after this We looked at the different options and we felt like the best discipline was taking legal action to make a difference Joe Wailes the father suing the school district notified The Ingraham Angle on Tuesday There's several issues going on within the JeffCo schools where we didn't feel like we'd be heard We didn't feel like we'd get anywhere by talking directly to the school or even to the district We felt like we needed to do something to really take a bigger action Alliance Defending Freedom ADF a conservative legal organization focused on religious liberty cases filed its opening brief Wednesday in Wailes v Jefferson County General Schools before the U S Court of Appeals for the th Circuit on behalf of four families The suit contends the Denver-area district permits biologically male students to share overnight accommodations with girls based solely on gender identity without notifying parents or obtaining their consent PARENTS VIRGINIA BOYS SUSPENDED AFTER QUESTIONING TRANSGENDER LOCKER ROOM PROTOCOL WERE IGNORED BY SCHOOLIt also contends the matter happened despite the district's assurances that boys and girls would be placed on separate hotel floors Matt Sharp an ADF attorney who also joined The Ingraham Angle on Tuesday noted the organization hopes to see the initiative enjoined and ultimately changed We want parental rights protected We want parents to be informed about bad policies like this and we want their request to be honored he declared When they ask schools 'Don't force our daughter to share a room with a boy ' the school requirements to honor that and demands to respect parents and necessities to protect girls' privacy Jefferson County Population Schools did not at once respond to a prior request for comment from Fox News Digital The district did provide a comment to a local news outlet regarding the development in September however writing While we have not yet been served with the lawsuit we have conducted a cursory review of what was filed with the court and we disagree with a number of insists made in it We look forward to having an opportunity in court to share the true facts including the reasonable accommodations we offer families and students Families invariably have the ultimate choice whether their pupil participates in any unique services that involves overnight accommodations We take these issues seriously and we follow all Colorado state laws when it comes to how we treat students staff and families Fox News' Bonny Chu contributed to this account