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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTexas School Board Ousts Teacher Over Pro-LGBTQ Rainbow Stickers
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Chad Loder
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A beloved teacher in North Texas received official notice today that shell be out of a job at the end of the school year after she objected to the schools removal of pro-LGBTQ safe space stickers from the school building.
rollingstone.com
Texas School Board Ousts Teacher Over Pro-LGBTQ Rainbow Stickers
Rachel Stonecipher balked when her North Texas high school took down rainbow stickers. Now, shes out of a job
4:29 PM · Apr 22, 2022
Chad Loder
@chadloder
A beloved teacher in North Texas received official notice today that shell be out of a job at the end of the school year after she objected to the schools removal of pro-LGBTQ safe space stickers from the school building.
rollingstone.com
Texas School Board Ousts Teacher Over Pro-LGBTQ Rainbow Stickers
Rachel Stonecipher balked when her North Texas high school took down rainbow stickers. Now, shes out of a job
4:29 PM · Apr 22, 2022
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/texas-school-board-ousts-teacher-over-pro-lgbtq-rainbow-stickers-1342040/
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A teacher in North Texas received official notice Friday that shell be out of a job at the end of the school year after she objected to the schools removal of pro-LGBTQ safe space stickers from the school building.
Rachel Stonecipher, a teacher in the Dallas suburb of Irving, found out Friday that her contract at the school would not be renewed. The Board approved the Administrations recommendation by a vote of 6-0, with one member absent, reads the notice. Based on this action, your probationary Chapter 21 Contract was terminated and your employment with Irving ISD will end on May 27, 2022.
I wish I was surprised that the Irving school board voted to terminate my contract, Stonecipher tells Rolling Stone. But they have shown absolutely zero willingness to collaborate with or even verbally respond to all of the speakers who have spoken out about discrimination since the district first pulled me from the classroom.
Stonecipher, an English and journalism teacher at the Irving Independent School District, has been out of the classroom since the fall of 2021 on administrative leave. Now she and the students counting on her for support are now early casualties in Republican officials attacks on LGBTQ tolerance in schools, spurred in part by panic over so-called grooming thats rooted in delusion and barely concealed bigotry.
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Texas School Board Ousts Teacher Over Pro-LGBTQ Rainbow Stickers (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Apr 2022
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walkingman
(7,619 posts)1. These GOP culture war are endangering people's lives. Just because
you are straight, white, and Christian should not enable you to endanger people just becuase they are not like you.
Personally, I hope she sues the hell out of these disgusting people but in Texas it will be a hard case to win unless the Feds get involved.
Sometimes I wish the US would establish several states for these bigots so they would quit destroying our nation. They could call it "Gilead"
Initech
(100,078 posts)2. All to stroke the egos of a news network that has way too much power.
bluestarone
(16,949 posts)3. Hope some one helps her with a lawsuit
This is 100% BUULSHIT!