‘I don’t know the full details of the situation, but in my three years of having Mrs. Calhoun as a teacher I have never once heard her impose her views on another student or even bring them up in class,’ one student wrote.

Over a month after a Brevard County teacher was told she would lose her job after using a student’s “preferred nickname,” News 6 has obtained the investigative records that show what led up to it.

A Florida high school teacher who lost her job is receiving an outpouring of support — and some criticism — for calling a student by their preferred name, rather than their legal name.

Brevard’s school board has shared little about their reasons for not opting to renew the contract of an AP English Literature teacher who used the chosen name of a high school senior without parental permission. So a political activist and comedian took things into his own hands and imagined what they might say.

Following nearly a month of public outcry in response to a high school teacher’s contract not being renewed because she used a student’s chosen name without parental consent, a protest in her support was held ahead of the May 6 Brevard school board meeting.

A protest in the rain, a person escorted from the room and, to kick off public comments, a warning from the board chair that disruptions could lead to trespasses being issued.

Brevard Public School parents are very vocal about two issues: the former teacher’s guilty verdict in connection with an underage house party and their support for another teacher, whom the school board decided not to rehire after calling a student by their preferred name.

Dozens of people gathered at the Brevard County School Board in support of a teacher whose contract won’t be renewed.

It seems the more things change, the more they remain the same. Our current school board has decided not to renew the contract of a lauded Advanced Placement English teacher for her choice refer to her student by the name that student had been known for five years, the name the student asked to be used.

Satellite High School students walked out of class to rally in support of a teacher who was fired after using a students preferred name without their parents consent, which is a violation of state law.