Shelly Fitzgerald, who was fired from her teaching job at a Christian school in 2018 for being a lesbian, believes her firing was a sign of what was to come, and what people are experiencing now. The increased scrutiny has come amid growing fears of teacher shortages, and empty positions plaguing school districts nationwide. Gregory and Bonner say their experiences represent a growing hostility towards public education and its inclusion of marginalized identities. You're accusing people like me of felonies."
"You're saying things that are not true, and making people paranoid and making people angry. In my life," Gregory said she told a representative from a conservative group backing book bans. Once Gregory's tweet was spread online by conservative extremists, she told ABC News she began receiving threatening messages and had her personal information shared online. I did that through bringing in books that not only the students can see themselves in, but also to see others as outdoor windows into spaces that they had never seen before," Bonner said. When Bonner spoke with her husband regarding the report, "we both looked at each other and just said I had to resign, there was no way I was going to be able to go back and be the teacher that I want to be or could be with my students having this now be put in place."Īlthough she believes the police report would not have gone anywhere, she said she worked with administrators to draw up settlement agreements for her resignation following the accusation.Īs a teacher, Bonner said she has fought to include a diverse set of reading materials so students who grew up in her predominantly white, rural town can learn about different perspectives and experiences. None of the parents wanted to pursue this criminally by the end of the police investigation, the report states. The report states that the police were "not aware of any student that had actually been affected by the book being in the classroom" except for one student who was instructed to take pictures by their parent.
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