Florida Today: Brevard Schools talks discipline for kids using chosen names without permission →
A Brevard student writes a name on top of an assignment that is not the one their parents gave them at birth — a nickname, or a name chosen based on a transgender identity. Their parents haven’t signed a permission form saying educators may call them that, and their teachers use the student’s legal name. What, if anything, happens next to the student?
them: A Florida High School Teacher Lost Her Job for Referring to a Trans Student by His Name →
A Florida teacher has lost her job for referring to a 17-year-old transgender high school student by his preferred name, following an investigation prompted by the student’s parent, who accused the school of “grooming” her child.
LGBTQ Nation: Teacher loses job after unhinged mom accuses her of “grooming” her child “to be gay” →
An investigation by a Florida school into charges that a teacher “groomed” a student “to transition and to be gay” resulted in the school district ending her contract, despite a recommendation to only reprimand her.
WFTV: Supporters of Brevard Public School teacher not backing down →
Controversy continues within Brevard Public Schools as parents, students, both current and former, as well as current teachers take their fight for the third time to the school board. It’s over a teacher who won’t be teaching in the district next year.
Florida Today: Brevard school board member asks to reinstate ousted Sat High teacher →
Melissa Calhoun exited an energized room to applause from the crowd about two hours into the three-hour meeting. Her departure came after the first round of public commenters, one in which every speaker except the chair of Brevard’s chapter of Moms for Liberty offered support for the veteran teacher.
Advocate: Florida teacher accused of grooming student by using nickname →
A Florida teacher has lost her job after a parent accused her of grooming a child to “become gay.”
Florida Today: Recap - Ousted teacher attends Brevard school board meeting →
About a month and a half after a Satellite High teacher’s contract wasn’t renewed following her use of a student’s chosen name without parental permission, she attended a Brevard school board meeting for the first time.
ClickOrlando: Brevard teacher at center of controversy attends school board meeting despite nonrenewal →
Melissa Calhoun, whose contract was not renewed after an investigation found she violated a state statute, administrative code, and board policy, attended a board meeting in which members voted to renew the contracts of many of her colleagues.
r/florida: I’m Florida Today reporter Finch Walker, and I’ve covered Brevard education and school policies regarding transgender students. AMA! →
Recently, it was decided that a Satellite High teacher’s contract will not be renewed after she referred to a student by their preferred name. I’ve covered the evolving Florida laws regarding LGBTQ+ students and education, as well as how local schools and communities have responded to the laws and policies that followed, including the policy that led to the teacher being fired.
Florida Today: Public records detail timeline of Satellite High teacher’s dismissal →
The Brevard school district’s 128-page investigation into a parent’s complaint regarding the unauthorized use of her teen’s chosen name among educators concluded with a recommendation to reprimand a Satellite High teacher. But Superintendent Mark Rendell decided instead to not renew Melissa Calhoun’s contract, with the district citing uncertainty about what action the state would take when they opted to report her to the Florida Department of Education.