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At least three people were arrested Tuesday after several hundred protesters gathered outside a California school board meeting discussing a resolution to recognize June as Pride Month, authorities said.

The Glendale Police Department responded to the protest at the Glendale Unified School District headquarter in Glendale, California, to “ensure public safety and facilitate peaceful demonstrations,” the police department said in a news release.

“Several hundred protesters gathered, many waving the American flags and LGBTQ+ Pride flags,” police said in the release.

GUSD Superintendent Dr. Vivian Ekchian recommended the Board of Education to adopt a resolution at Tuesday's meeting to designate June 2023 as LGBTQ+ Pride Month.

Police said some protesters included parents who opposed the GUSD recommendation and others who supported it.

“Both sides took to social media to rally their supporters to convene at GUSD headquarters ahead of the last board meeting of the school year,” police said.