OPINION: Florida schools need to get their priorities right →
Florida cares more about implementing harmful policies than creating encouraging and comfortable places for all to learn.
Florida Today: Teacher used a student’s chosen name and lost her job. Brevard fought back →
Brevard has seen a flurry of protests since the start of April, with community members rallying outside Satellite High, packing a school board meeting and amassing nearly 55,000 signatures on a petition — all in an effort to reinstate a high school teacher whose contract wasn’t renewed after she called a 17-year-old student by their chosen name without parental consent.
Florida Today: Brevard student’s suspension over weekend email repealed amid backlash →
A Brevard County student, Savanna Pollitt, was suspended for sending a profanity-laced email to a school board member criticizing the school district’s handling of a teacher’s non-renewal.
Florida Today: Harsh punishment for Brevard teacher over naming issue →
Just when I had lost all faith in the Brevard County School Board, its newest member rose above the chaos to be the only voice of reason.
ClickOrlando: ‘Second chance:’ Brevard school board member calls for reinstating teacher losing job over student’s ‘preferred’ name →
A teacher not having her contract renewed over the use of student’s “preferred” name has one member of the Brevard County school board calling for her to be able to keep her job.
Central Florida Public Media: Community rallies around fired Brevard teacher Melissa Calhoun →
More than 50 students, parents and advocates gathered at the Brevard County School Board meeting Tuesday to call for the renewal of teacher Melissa Calhoun’s contract.
Florida Today: Brevard school board won’t retain Satellite High teacher over name issue →
Supporters gathered outside the Brevard Public Schools district office for a rally ahead of the meeting, then packed the board room and spoke multiple times in favor of keeping the teacher, with only one person commenting negatively on her in a meeting that stretched five hours.
Florida Today: Brevard Schools opts not to retrain Satellite High teacher over name issue →
In the wake of Brevard Public Schools opting not to renew a high school teacher’s contract after she used a student’s chosen name without parental consent, a protest was held ahead of the April 22 school board meeting.
WFTV: BPS school board meeting Melissa Calhoun teacher preferred name →
Board members with Brevard Public Schools stood by their decision to not renew a high school teacher’s contract after she called a student by their preferred name without parents’ permission.
FOX 35 Orlando: Brevard school board recesses twice during meeting amid disruptions over teacher’s contract →
It was a chaotic school board meeting at the Brevard Public Schools district office on Tuesday night as supporters of a teacher rallied in front of the district office prior to the meeting.