Melissa Calhoun, a teacher at Satellite High School in Brevard County, Florida, has been dismissed after the district decided not to renew her contract for the upcoming school year.
Calhoun is reportedly the first teacher to be fired under a state law passed last school year requiring parental approval (as should be the case) for such changes.
Brevard Public Schools ‘supports parents' rights to be the primary decision-makers in their children's lives, and Florida law affirms their right to be informed,' district spokesperson Janet Murnaghan told The Post in a statement.
Unsurprisingly, the situation has sparked a student-led leftist backlash, with a petition now circulating to reinstate Calhoun.
Here's what the petition says:
Ms. Calhoun, a cherished teacher will lose her teaching position in Brevard County. A dedicated educator and respected member of the community where she grew up and now greatly contributes, Ms. Calhoun is being punished merely for showing respect to a student's choices. She was reprimanded for referring to a student by the name they prefer rather than their official name - a direct blow to personal rights and respect.
Ms. Calhoun is an embodiment of what proper education should be: inclusive, understanding, and respectful of individuality. Losing her would be a significant loss to Brevard County's education community.
Her story highlights a fundamental problem in our education system where empathy and understanding are pushed aside for rigid bureaucracy.
"Embodiment of proper education," they say. Activism (and sexual grooming) is NOT 'proper education.'
"Being punished," they say. Well... yeah. That's quite literally what happens when you break the law.
"A direct blow to personal rights and respect," they say. What about the rights of the parents over their own children?
...The sad reality is that our modern Department of Education is churning out leftist activists by the thousands — especially within the education system itself.
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