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Updates on Brevard County, FL Teacher Melissa Calhoun's Firing

A teacher in Brevard County, FL was fired for addressing a student by their preferred name. Learn what's happened since, and what you can do.

Florida Today: What does Florida law say on teachers calling students by chosen names? →

In the wake of a Brevard teacher losing her job as a result of using a student’s preferred name without parental consent, questions have arisen about what the Florida law actually says.

April 14, 2025

The Independent: Florida teacher fired after calling student their ‘preferred name’ without parents’ permission →

A Florida teacher was fired by a school district after she called a pupil by their preferred name without getting permission from their parents.

April 13, 2025

Truthout: Florida Teacher Loses Job for Using Student’s Chosen Name →

Melissa Calhoun, a public school teacher in Florida, has been informed that her contract will not be renewed after she used a student’s chosen name without parental consent.

April 13, 2025

Daily Mail: Florida teacher is fired after calling student by their preferred name →

A Florida teacher has been fired after calling a student by their preferred name instead of their legal one

April 13, 2025

Florida Teacher Loses Job Over Trans Student’s Name, But Community Fights Back →

Brevard County Public Schools quietly dismissed Melissa Calhoun, an AP Literature teacher at Satellite High School in Satellite Beach, Florida, largely behind closed doors. Her crime: calling a supposedly trans student by their name.

April 12, 2025

People: First Florida Teacher Fired for Using Student’s Preferred Name Without Parental Consent →

Melissa Calhoun was fired after calling a student a preferred name and did not follow Florida’s “Parental Authorization for Deviation from Student’s Legal Name Form” law

April 12, 2025

Unilad: Teacher fired from school after calling student by different name ‘without permission’ →

After more than a decade working for a school district, a ‘cherished’ teacher has been sacked following a complaint that she had been illegally referring to her student by a name that was not on the register.

April 11, 2025

NBC: Florida district won’t renew teacher’s contract for using student’s preferred name →

Dozens of students held a walkout to protest the school district’s decision not to renew the teacher’s contract after she used a student’s preferred name.

April 11, 2025

USA Today: When fallout comes from teachers using (or refusing to use) students’ preferred names →

Officials at Brevard Public Schools said the Florida district would not renew a high school teacher’s contract after she referred to a student by a chosen name without parental permission.

April 11, 2025

WESH: Brevard County teacher’s contract not renewed for not using student’s legal name →

A teacher in Brevard County won’t be returning next school year after the district says she was accused of using a student’s preferred name without a parent’s permission.

April 11, 2025
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