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.
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
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.
People: First Florida Teacher Fired for Using Student’s Preferred Name Without Parental Consent →
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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Florida Today: Brevard teens decry decision not to renew teacher for calling student by preferred name →
Satellite High students rallied on Thursday in support of Melissa Calhoun, a teacher whose contract was not renewed after she used a student’s chosen name without parental consent.
Advocate: Florida high school teacher loses job for using student’s preferred name →
Melissa Calhoun, a teacher at Satellite High School in Brevard County, was denied a contract renewal for the 2025-2026 school year after allegedly calling a student by their preferred name without their parent’s permission. She is believed to be the first fired for refusing to comply with the state’s forced outing policy.