GESD mom wins fight for preliminary injunction, allowed back on school grounds
Mar 20, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A parent who sued Garder Edgerton School District after alleging she was subsequently banned from all school events has won her fight for a preliminary injunction.
Carrie Schmidt is now allowed back on school property and at school events.
A federal court hearing was held
on Thursday. The lawsuit, which spans 70 pages, centers around Schmidt, a mother, who believes this is part of a coordinated effort by the district.
Schmidt told FOX4 that both her children and her constitutional rights were being violated.
The mother of two previously led efforts to ban certain books in the classroom. At one point, she represented more than 90% of the complaints filed to the district regarding books she believed should be removed.
Schmidt volunteers by packing snack packs for the men’s and women’s wrestling teams. One day, while doing so, she decided to walk around the school. She began taking photos of signs that she claims violate an executive order issued by President Donald Trump, called “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schools.”
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She believes the executive order places the teacher-posted signs in direct conflict with the law, not because the signs say, “safe space,” but because of the group GLSEN, which sponsors the sign.
After taking the photos, Schmidt sent them to a popular conservative, anti-LGBTQ Twitter page called “Libs of TikTok.”
One of the photos, which included a teacher’s name, was shared by the page, resulting in online threats directed at the teacher.
According to a letter from the district sent to Schmidt, the harassment became so severe that, at one point, the teacher had to leave work.
That’s when Schmidt’s ban from school events went into effect.
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Following Thursday's hearing, Schmidt released the following statement to FOX4:
“No one pays me to fight for our children. The people that attack me without knowing what is going on is something I guess I have to bear. The judge said the district overreacted, which is an understatement in my opinion. The judge said I had done nothing disruptive and that the school district had too thin of skin. The judge put me back with every other parent who can come on the property or anywhere to support my children. Whatever persecution from others ignorant of what is at stake is a price I am willing to make.” ...read more read less