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Cortina said her fourth grader told her the teacher went into classrooms and told students he was creating the UBU, pronounced you be you, club as a safe space for LGBTQ students. Davila said it has been causing what she calls confusion for her second grader, and she is concerned about why parents were not notified about the lunchtime club.

She told CBS13 this was not a conversation she was ready to have with her child.

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CBS13 spoke with a legal expert who said the UBU club will need to abide by the same rules as all the other school clubs, and if the district notifies parents about other clubs, it would need to do the same in this case. The district is still reviewing its policies and could not provide more details on what its protocols are when it comes to creating clubs or asking for parent's permission.

Parents said they are aware the club may have been created to address bullying but said their problem is not with the topic but the transparency. Don't keep secrets from parents," said Cortina. Don't take that issue with the students in the school. Parents planned to show up to Elk Grove Unified's School board meeting on March 5 to voice their concerns.

The club controversy is not on the meeting's agenda, but the school board is set to vote on recognizing March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility. Featured Local Savings. More from CBS News. Sacramento has 3rd-worst DUI rate in the nation, new survey shows. Community mourns loss of parole agent with Sacramento ties.

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