A Florida teacher is under state investigation for showing her class a Disney movie with a gay character. Not knowing this would be a problem, she left many parents upset and worried for their children to be in this class environment.
"I wasn't aware the state's controversial law banning instruction about certain LGBTQ topics had been recently expanded to apply to her grade level," the teacher said.
Teachers who violate the state's policy can be suspended or have their teaching license revoked. Parents have previously signed the petition for their children to watch PG-13 movies, but a parent found out the movie "Strange World" would be shown and called to complain.
The parent had been invited to a board meeting where she could talk to both the teacher and staff.
"It is not a teacher's job to impose their beliefs upon a child: religious, sexual orientation, gender identity, any of the above. But allowing movies such as this assist teachers in opening a door, and please hear me, they assist teachers in opening a door for conversations that have no place in our classrooms," Rodriguez said at a May 9 school board meeting.
The kids in the teacher's classroom then asked why she was in trouble and why it was so inappropriate.
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