16971 Imperial Highway, Yorba Linda, CA 92886. //--> [CDATA[> [CDATA[> Only then would she let her parents photograph her. [CDATA[> Parents, Priya Shah and Jaspret Brar, say Heritage Oak Private School in Yorba Linda refused to use female pronouns to refer to their son, denied his request to wear a girl's school uniform, and gave him . It demands further that Heritage Oak write a policy of nondiscrimination toward transgender students, train staff according to that policy and incorporate lessons about transgender identity into its curriculum. 16971 Imperial Highway, Yorba Linda, CA 92886 . Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube! Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. The Heritage Oak orchestra was invited Yorba Linda, Calif. (March 27, 2017) Heritage Oak sent 14 students to the Orange County Science and Engineering Fair the week of March 20th and, for the first time in the schools history, all 14 projects earned medals. A private school in Orange County, California, is being sued by the parents of an 8-year-old biological boy who claim that the school violated a state discrimination law by refusing to change its policies so that their child could be treated like a girl. //--> [CDATA[// > Nikkis parents decided to send her to Heritage Oak in part because it advertised itself as a nondiscriminatory community that valued diversity and focused on childrens individual needs. [CDATA[// > Nikki is the girl right next to her mom in this family picture: The suit also claims the school insisted that Nikki wear a boy's uniform and use the boy's bathroom. Now, her family is suing in hopes of preventing the school from traumatizing other trans kids like Nikki and theyre using a fresh approach. //--> What is Heritage Oak Private School's ranking? But as a young child, she gravitated toward the color pink and rainbow ponies. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Orange County Superior Court by parents Priya Shah and Jaspret Brar against Heritage Oak Private Education and the school's parent company, Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. RELATED: No changes in military transgender policy for now, top US general says. //--> But before she arrived at Heritage Oak, her parents told the schools executive director what was happening and asked that Nikki be treated as a girl if thats what she ended up wanting. And that's what happened at Heritage Oak. [CDATA[> Should the school suffer a defeat in the lawsuit, it could cause concerns for other private schools in California, especially Christian and religious-based ones, which might not want to compromise on religious teachings about gender to accommodate such requests from transgender children. [CDATA[> "When adults at a school think that they can dictate the name that a child goes by and demand she wear a boy's uniform when she knows she's a girl, that's wrong. //-->