PITTSBURG, Calif. (KGO) — A gaggle of oldsters within the East Bay are offended with an elementary college in Pittsburg.
That first grade trainer at Heights Elementary Faculty posted a video on social media displaying her placing up a Satisfaction flag in her room, then displaying off the variety, fairness, and inclusion books in her classroom.
The video was posted after President Trump signed quite a few govt orders impacting the trans neighborhood and DEI materials.
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Members of the family of children at this college reached out to us about this story. The video that the trainer recorded did greater than 10 million views when it was reposted by a political account on X, however that wasn’t why we regarded into this. Members of the family have been upset about the opportunity of sexual orientation being taught to their first graders.
Within the clip, you may see a still-image from the 12-second video that was posted by trainer Melanie Ramirez. She’s lip-syncing the phrases “converse out” within the video. To start with, she exhibits off her Satisfaction flag in school, then among the books in her classroom, and this poster saying, “We want various books.”
Dad and mom advised ABC7 Information, they questioned whether or not these things – the Satisfaction flag particularly – ought to be within the classroom of first graders. Concerning that, Pittsburg Unified Faculty District Superintendent Janet Schulze says the district has solely acquired one e-mail about this from a father or mother, saying they’ve acquired quite a few emails, telephone calls, and messages from folks that they’ve decided, do not need any kids within the college district.
Some mother and father we spoke with say they did not attain out to the district, relatively the varsity.
Schulze says the trainer, Ramirez, “is educating the adopted, state and district permitted, standards-based curriculum.” Happening to say, “the trainer will not be violating any board coverage and there’s nothing within the trainer’s classroom that violates any coverage.”
The Satisfaction flag has lengthy symbolized unity, love and acceptance. Current research have discovered that faculty environments that are inclusive to LGBTQ+ historical past, tradition, and persons are safer studying environments for LGBTQ+ youth and have higher instructional outcomes.
The mother and father we spoke with needed to know if sexual orientation is being taught to first graders at Heights Elementary. We requested the superintendent by means of e-mail however didn’t hear again. We did additionally briefly converse with Ramirez who stated she has been severely bullied since her submit, her account is now personal. As for members of the family we spoke with, they did not wish to present their faces out of fears of retaliation.
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