Handbook for right wing youth7/27/2023 ![]() She said the political climate and politically motivated attacks have affected educator morale, "making educators question whether this is the right place for them." Lisa Masserio, president of the Hernando Classroom Teachers' Association, said Tuesday's agenda had 33 resignations of "educators leaving our district, possibly leaving teaching entirely, after what they've experienced this year."Īccording to Masserio, the number of resignations have doubled since May 2022. ![]() Though the school board's meeting agenda did not contain an item directly addressing Barbee's case, public commenters tied it to other agenda items focused on book bans and personnel recommendations. Youth Poet Laureate's poem blocked: Florida school blocks younger students from reading Amanda Gorman's 'The Hill We Climb' poem Public commenters defend Barbee, other teachers "You need to listen to us when we say that the rainbow in our classroom is not indoctrinating us, seeing two girls together in a Disney movie is not brainwashing us, and your policies are not protecting us from anything," another high school student said at the meeting. One high school student said teachers are "scared to say anything that will get them fired." More than 100 people registered to speak during public comment, and many shared their concerns over the school district's high numbers of teacher vacancies. Hundreds of teachers, students and community members crowded the school board's meeting Tuesday night to speak on the controversy and related state education policies, such as the Parental Rights in Education Act or what opponents call the "Don't Say Gay" law. The animated movie follows a family of explorers on an adventure to save a plant that is their society’s source of energy. The school board and state department of education opened an investigation into Barbee, who has argued that the Disney movie related to a class Earth science lesson and did not show sexually inappropriate content. Jenna Barbee, a teacher at Winding Waters K-8, said Hernando County School Board member Shannon Rodriguez reported her to the Florida Department of Education for showing her students the 2022 movie "Strange World" – one of the first Disney films to have an openly LGBTQ character in a central role. Florida teachers and community members packed a Hernando County School Board meeting amid national furor over an investigation into a fifth grade teacher who showed a Disney movie in her classroom.
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