An assistant principal read the children's book 'I Need a New Butt!' to second graders. He was fired

[Demovictory9]

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An assistant principal read the children's book 'I Need a New Butt!' to second graders. He was fired.

When a guest who was scheduled to read to second graders over Zoom earlier this month didn't show up, Toby Price, the assistant principal at a Mississippi elementary school, improvised.

Price's boss at Gary Road Elementary School suggested Price read to the students, so he reached for one of his favorite children's books: "I Need a New Butt!" written by Dawn McMillan and illustrated by Ross Kinnaird.

"It's a funny, silly book," Price, 46, said in an interview with The Washington Post. "I'm a firm believer that . . . if kids see that books can be funny and silly, they'll hang around long enough to see all the other cool things that books can be."

The students "thought it was hilarious," Price recalled. But the superintendent for the Hinds County School District near Jackson, Miss., did not, and about an hour after the event, Price was placed on administrative leave. Two days later, on March 4, he was fired.

[LastDemocratInSC]

1. Gary Road Elementary School

Home of the Fighting Puritans.

[lindysalsagal]

2. We don't want to protect education staff from crap like this, and we don't want to pay them

what they're worth. So, good luck finding a place to educate your kids in something other than fundamentalist xtian bullcrap.

[stopdiggin]

3. Be a mistake for the kids to be havin' any fun .. -(nt)-

[sop]

4. But when a School Resource Officer (cop) handcuffs a seven-year-old, nothing happens.

[Caliman73]

5. Things like this make me think humanity is doomed.

It is a damned kids book. The kid notices he has a crack in his butt, thinks about getting a new one that doesn't have a crack, then realizes that they all have one. Teaches kids to normalize their bodies in a funny way, and this assistant principal gets fired. The teacher who slammed the kids head against the wall last week, is being defended however.

[Mike Nelson]

6. Hmm...

... it does not sound appropriate, to me, that he was fired. I have not read that book, but I suspect it's fine for lower grades. I have K-12 teaching credentials. At that age, there is nothing funnier... especially coming from an adult! They don't laugh at the word "butt" but it is an acceptable substitute for the "ass" of youth. Probably, that started with The Simpsons... if I use the word "underwear" the kids laugh so loud I think the roof will fall down... I tell them, "When you're old, underwear isn't as funny!" I hope this man finds a better job - one where he can continue to make kids laugh and enjoy reading.