Roaring Fork Valley · Garfield County, Colorado
They're Teaching
Your Children
This.
The Roaring Fork School District adopted a K–12 sexuality curriculum over 80% public opposition. Parents were never properly notified. The evidence is documented here.
Policy Violations
Documented
Schools Affected
RFSD RE-1
Students Impacted
K–12
Public Opposition
2023 Adoption Vote
Primary-source overview (autoplay, muted until the viewer adjusts volume in the player).
The Record
How We Got Here
2023 – Present. Every event documented with primary source evidence.
The Roaring Fork School District RE-1 adopted the Three R's sexuality curriculum in 2023 despite overwhelming community opposition — and the same board members who pushed its approval remain in power today. This curriculum replaces foundational health education with age-inappropriate content, broader gender theory, and political indoctrination, targeting children as young as five years old through the "Understanding Our Bodies" lesson plans. The District deliberately buried parental notification — the physical copy was tucked into take-home folders, the electronic notice hyperlinked inside a routine school newsletter, and no presentation slides were provided. This was not an opt-in process. It was a discreet, opt-out-only rollout designed to pass through unchallenged. Teachers and staff who object are silenced by fears of retaliation, job loss, and housing insecurity. The state of Colorado only requires health education beginning at 5th grade. Everything below that must be deemed age-appropriate, and parents must receive substantive curriculum materials in advance. The District has failed on both counts — violating its own IHAM-R policy, federal parental rights protections, and Colorado statute. This is not about a health lesson. This is about a district that is counting on parents not paying attention — and it is time to break that silence.
Dispute Timeline
The Curriculum
What's Actually Being Taught
Grade-by-grade breakdown of the 3Rs curriculum adopted by RFSD RE-1. AI-analyzed. Documented. Downloadable.
Rights, Respect, Responsibility: A K-12 Sexuality Education Curriculum from Advocates for Youth - Elementary School Overview
This is a comprehensive K-12 sexuality education curriculum overview from Advocates for Youth. For Kindergarten specifically, it includes 3 lessons: 'Different Kinds of Families', 'Understanding Our Bodies - The Basics', and 'My Space, Your Space', plus supplemental activities. The curriculum progresses through increasingly mature content across grade levels, with early elementary focusing on family structures and basic body awareness, while later grades cover sexual anatomy, reproduction, gender identity, sexual orientation, and sexual decision-making.
Flagged Content — 6 items
“K Lesson 1 Different Kinds of Families HR.2.CC.1/HR.1.IC.1”
Introduction of family diversity concepts that may include non-traditional family structures and gender role discussions at kindergarten level
“6 Lesson 2 Gender Roles, Gender Expectations ID.8.CC.2”
Explicit focus on gender roles and expectations in 6th grade curriculum, indicating gender ideology instruction
“7 Lesson 6 I Am Who I Am ID.8.CC.1/ID.8.IC.1”
Identity-focused lesson that likely covers gender identity and sexual orientation affirmation
Primary Sources
District Source DocumentThe Violations
Documented Policy Violations
The district violated its own parental rights protocol, Colorado state law, and federal statute.
3 Violations Documented · 2 Confirmed · 1 Under Investigation
Legal framework (quick reference)
Synopses with links to primary legal sources. Full analysis lives in the dispute summary PDF.
Federal & executive
Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA)
20 U.S.C. § 1232h
Grants parents inspection rights for instructional materials, including teacher guides and related content.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
20 U.S.C. § 1232g
Provides parents rights to inspect and review educational records and related school-held documentation.
Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964
42 U.S.C. § 2000d
Prohibits national-origin discrimination in federally funded programs, including language access obligations for LEP families.
Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling
Executive Order 14190
Executive direction to enforce federal education statutes including PPRA, FERPA, and civil rights obligations.
Constitutional case law
Parental Opt-Out Rights / Meaningful Notice
Mahmoud v. Taylor, 606 U.S. 522 (2025)
Supreme Court decision requiring districts to provide meaningful parental notice and opt-out opportunity for curriculum content implicating religious exercise.
Parental Rights / Gender Disclosure
Mirabelli v. Bonta, 607 U.S. ___ (2026)
Constitutional authority expanding parental due process protections when schools withhold or normatively shape gender-related content decisions.
Colorado statutes
Human Sexuality Education
CRS § 22-1-128
Colorado sexuality education statute defining required notice and material review duties, with K-3 exemption carveout.
Comprehensive Health Education Act
CRS § 22-25-106
Requires written notifications and public inspection opportunities for health education programming.
Fundamental Parental Rights
CRS § 13-22-107(1)(a)(III)
Establishes parental rights over care, custody, and control with informed decision-making expectations.
CO Comprehensive Health Education Program
CRS § 22-25-104
Sets statewide health education framework requiring district programs to align with statutory requirements.
Amending CRS 22-1-128 (2019)
HB 19-1032
Legislative update expanding statutory requirements tied to sexuality education offerings.
District policy
Health and Family Life/Sex Education (RFSD RE-1)
IHAM-R
District-level policy controlling parent notice, access, and exemptions for sensitive curriculum materials.
Failure to Provide Adequate Parental Notice
RFSD rolled out the 3Rs K–12 sexuality curriculum without the advance notice and review window IHAM-R requires before instruction.
Opt-Out Default Violates Active Consent Requirement
The district requires opt-in consent for PG films but used passive opt-out for this curriculum — inconsistent with its own consent standard for sensitive material.
Board Adoption Process Circumvented Public Comment Period
The 2023 adoption vote followed overwhelming documented public opposition; questions remain about comment windows and open-meeting compliance.
The Double Standard
The district requires signed permission for the smallest day-to-day activities — yet gender and sexuality instruction was positioned as opt-out, with notice easy to miss.
Sunscreen
Applying sunscreen at school typically requires a signed permission form.
Tylenol
Staff cannot give OTC medication without documented parental authorization.
Field trips
Walking or bus trips require explicit permission slips — active consent, not silence.
PG-Rated Movie
Parents must sign a permission slip before their child can watch a PG movie at school. Active opt-in required. No exceptions.
✓ Active opt-in consent required
K–12 Sexuality Curriculum
Parents were never asked for consent. Participation was assumed. Opt-out was the only option — if you even knew it existed.
✗ Passive assumed consent — opt-out only
Board meetings
Watch the meeting playlist
This is our board-meeting playlist: public comment, deliberation, and votes on curriculum and policy—stream it here, then use the links under the player to open the full list and browse every video.
Sessions leading up to the adoption decision—opposition, board discussion, and testimony as it happened, preserved in the playlist.
Ongoing RFSD board coverage—public comment and follow-up on curriculum and policy. New recordings join the playlist when they are published.
Ways to watch
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Press
Coverage of Roaring Fork School District health curriculum, board discussion, and parental concerns.
Post Independent — Newspaper
KSKE — Radio
Sopris Sun — Newspaper
Aspen Times — Newspaper
RFV Trans — Blog (Substack)
Aspen Public Radio
Facebook — Pitkin County Republicans
Board Meetings
Your Voice. Your Rights.
Join parents working to restore transparency and parental rights in RFSD RE-1. Below: who leads the district, when they meet, and how to get alerts with agenda and public-comment links as soon as they drop.
District leadership directory
Names, roles, and contact information from the district's public board portal and senior leadership pages. Board roster.
Photo / directory source: RFSD official site
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Photo / directory source: RFSD official site
Photo / directory source: RFSD official site
Photo / directory source: RFSD official site
Photo / directory source: RFSD official site
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Board of Education Visit to Glenwood Ops Center - May 12, 2026
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Board Meeting 2026-05-12
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The Evidence
Primary Source Documents
Every claim on this site is backed by a primary source document. Download and verify for yourself.
Tanner Gianinetti - Dispute Summary 04-01-26.pdf
Updated dispute summary
Tanner_Gianinetti_-_Dispute_Summary_04-01-26.pdf
Parental Rights Dispute Foundation (March 18, 2026)
Formal dispute foundation delivered to the district documenting legal and constitutional findings.
TG_-_Parental_Rights_Dispute_Foundation.pdf
IHAM-R Policy & Violations
District parental rights protocol (IHAM-R) with documented violations annotated.
IHAMR_Policy___Violations.pdf
Rescinding Understanding Our Bodies
Formal request to rescind the curriculum from the district.
Rescinding_Under_Standing_Our_Bodies__TG.pdf
Email Correspondence — Anna, Lindsay, Tanner
Full email chain verifying dispute timeline claims.
Email_Correspondance__Anna_Lindsay_Tanner.pdf
Tanner Gianinetti Dispute Summary (04/01/26)
Executive summary and dispute timeline through 03/31/2026. Primary narrative document.
Tanner_Gianinetti__Dispute_Summary_040126.pdf
Parental Rights Violation Notice
Formal parental rights violation notice citing federal, state, and in-district policy.
DRAFT__Parental_Rights_Violation_Notice__TG.pdf
Parent Concern Letter
Parent correspondence describing classroom concerns.
parent-concern-letter.pdf
District Response Memo
District policy response memo tied to timeline escalation.
district-response.pdf
Gender-and-Sexual-Orientation 3Rs May2024
drive_1aGFcfAcVl5tcMNy6q5UPQsv26WBrnqYc.pdf
HighSchoolSup_Sexual Orientation Facts and Info_3Rs2023.pdf
drive_1sEcQnavCPAzr8uNE521OSGZw2loksUJY.pdf