//--> [JURIST] The parents of an eight-year-old transgender student brought a discrimination suit against her private school, Heritage Oak Private School [school website], located in Yorba Linda, California, and the school's parent company, Nobel Learning Communities [corporate website] Wednesday. It also states that the school barred teachers from protecting her from bullying and harassment. [CDATA[// > ", The family eventually pulled Nikki out of the school. All the children at the school have a name they identify with and a uniform and bathroom that accord with their gender identity, the complaint says. [CDATA[> //--> [CDATA[> [CDATA[// > [CDATA[// > (function() { Now, her family is suing in hopes of preventing the school from traumatizing other trans kids like Nikki and theyre using a fresh approach. "We believed it was extremely important to respond, not hastily, but with deliberate care, to decide when and how to inform and educate our entire elementary school community of students, staff and parents about the mid-year change of gender identity expression of a young child," the statement reads. 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. The parents of the child have filed a discrimination lawsuitagainst the Heritage Oak Private School in Yorba Linda after it failed to swiftly change its policies so that their child could wear a girl's uniform and access girls' bathrooms, among other things. According to the complaint, the schools disregard of Nikkis gender preference empowered her peers including Cygans son to bully her and call her a loser. The lawsuit, which was filed last Wednesday, claimed that the private secular school advertised itself as nondiscriminatory but did not treat Shah-Brar in accordance with her gender identity. [CDATA[> ]]>, Daycare Available with Pre-registration for Extended Day Families ONLY. [CDATA[// > [CDATA[// > [CDATA[// > //--> The school said she would have access to a staff bathroom, but she couldnt go to the bathroom used by her female classmates. [CDATA[// > //--> It also asks the school to declare that it violated the state nondiscrimination law and that it advertised fraudulently. //-->