Some concerned parents and community leaders of Newport-Mesa Unified School District are seeking possible legal action to obtain teacher and student leader “anti-bias” training materials developed by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), after a public records request for the materials was denied. The issue of the materials came to light for some during so-called “task force” meetings for district officials, parents, and community members that began shortly after a student posted on Instagram a Nazi symbol crafted out of cups at a party in the spring of 2019. As a result, the school district hired the ADL to create anti-Sematic activities for its students and to oversee the training of its teachers and student leaders in “implicit bias,” meaning unconscious stereotypes toward races. Former school board member Wendy Leece and other parents requested the training materials, through a public records request. But district officials denied their request saying the materials were …