1. A Florida teacher is under STATE INVESTIGATION for showing a Disney movie in class.
The parent who complained, who is also a member of @[email protected] and the school board, SIGNED A PERMISSION SLIP ALLOWING HER CHILD TO WATCH PG MOVIES AT SCHOOL
We have the receipts
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@[email protected] 2. Florida 5th-grade teacher Jenna Barbee showed the PG-rated Disney movie Strange World to students after a day of standardized testing
It has no sexual content
But Shannon Rodriguez complained because the main character has a crush on another boy
https://popular.info/p/florida-teacher-under-state-investigation
After a long day of standardized testing, Florida fifth-grade teacher Jenna Barbee decided the students needed a break. She had the students watch a Disney movie, Strange World. Now, Barbee, a first-year teacher in Hernando County is being subject to a "misconduct" investigation by the Florida Department of Education.
@[email protected] 3. According to documents obtained by Popular Information, Rodriguez did not file a written complaint
She just called up the principal
This has resulted in a state investigation even though Rodriguez SIGNED THIS PERMISSION SLIP ALLOWING HER CHILD TO WATCH PG MOVIES IN SCHOOL
@[email protected] 4. Had Rodriguez not signed this permission slip, her child would not have been shown the movie.
Nevertheless, at a school board meeting, Rodriguez accused Barbee of "showing a PG movie without approval."
She said Barbee had "stripped the innocence of my 10 year old."
@[email protected] 5. At no point during the May 9 school board meeting did Rodriguez acknowledge she signed the permission slip.
Instead, she spend several minute berating Barbee, saying she had VICTIMIZED 5th grade students by showing them strange days
@[email protected] 7. Barbee, meanwhile, received a notice from the Florida Department of Education saying that "an investigation is warranted into allegations that you engaged in inappropriate conduct"
The department will "determine if disciplinary actions should be pursued."
@[email protected] 8. All of this seems to be based around Florida's Don't Say Gay law, which only prohibits instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity
Strange World is not instruction about sexual orientation and these are fifth graders
@[email protected] 9. The Florida Department of Education recently expanded the prohibition on instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity to all grades but the rule doesn't go into effect until May 23.
https://popular.info/p/florida-teacher-under-state-investigation
After a long day of standardized testing, Florida fifth-grade teacher Jenna Barbee decided the students needed a break. She had the students watch a Disney movie, Strange World. Now, Barbee, a first-year teacher in Hernando County is being subject to a "misconduct" investigation by the Florida Department of Education.
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@[email protected] UPDATE: The Florida Department of Education will be visiting this teacher's school on Wednesday, May 17 to interview students about this incident.
This is not a joke.
How f'n embarrassing would it be as a fifth grader to have your mom get the entire state to go after your teacher because the existence of gay people was mentioned.
That's what I was thinking. She's worried about "innocence" being stripped away, but did she give any consideration to the trauma she might be imposing on the child through her actions?
No. This is the same crowd that devastate their families by going down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole. Their kids are tools for their march towards fascism and nothing more.
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