Texas elementary school hosts pride week with ‘confidential’ community circles

Published March 21, 2022 12:00am ET



A Texas elementary school is hosting a pride week for students, complete with planned programs from social-emotional learning to teaching students about social justice.

The planned events for pride week for Doss Elementary School in Austin, Texas, drew attention online after the popular Twitter account Libs of Tik Tok highlighted the agenda for the week that included “community circles” where students were instructed to keep conversations confidential, an arrangement that some interpreted as meant to keep parents in the dark about what was discussed.

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