Two Jewish parents, three former Jewish students, a Hindu parent and a Zoroastrian parent have sued Palo Alto Unified School District and Palo Alto High School principal Brent Kline after the students were encouraged to wear hijab and were given Qurans during what was supposed to be a field trip to a mosque. The incident took place last fall when the California school's Social Justice Pathway program conducted a field trip. The lawsuit said that the female students were encouraged to wear hijabs and the photos of the students were taken and posted online without taking the consent from the parents.
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