- After the Parents Bill of Rights (state law) was passed to prohibit teaching about sexuality and gender identity in elementary schools, Ray who is a lesbian said, the board attempted to adhere to the law “in a way that causes the least amount of harm while acknowledging that the purpose, in my opinion, of this law is to create harm.”
- Ray also said, “”I remain personally frustrated and hurt for our families and our educators who are queer or identify as LGBTQ because having the state have a law that is intended to regulate curriculum that relates only to a minority of our students and their families is harmful and I hate, and I will always hate, that we had to do this.”