UPDATE:
Cherokee County School District has released a statement about the t-shirt ‘incident’:
UPDATE – https://t.co/fsR3paXINk
— Sandy 〽️ (@RightGlockMom) September 3, 2017
Via the school district:
Dear Parents,
On behalf of the Superintendent, this message is to provide you with more information about a story currently circulating in the media and on social media regarding an incident at one of our high schools.
In this regard, a River Ridge High School math teacher on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 erroneously told two students their shirts with campaign slogans were not permitted in class. Her actions were wrong, as the “Make America Great Again” shirts worn by the students are not a violation of our School District dress code. The teacher additionally — and inappropriately — shared her personal opinion about the campaign slogan during class.
The school’s Principal immediately met with and apologized to these students and their families. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brian V. Hightower is deeply sorry that this incident happened in one of our schools; it does not reflect his expectation that all students be treated equally and respectfully by our employees.
While we cannot discuss disciplinary action against a teacher, we can assure you that the students face no disciplinary action. The Superintendent also is instructing all Principals to meet with their teachers and staff to review the dress code and remind them that their political opinions should not be shared with students.
As people across the country are being encouraged by some social media sites to contact the school, we anticipate a potentially high call volume over the next week. If possible, please avoid calling the front office during this time, and instead email the person you are trying to reach; emails are published on the school website at http://cherokeek12.net/riverridgehs/. A plan is in place to ensure staff will continue to be able to make outgoing calls without issues.
Thank you for entrusting us with your children each day. We care about them and their future success!
Barbara P. Jacoby
Chief Communications Officer
Cherokee County School District
UPDATE END
Awww yes, our public school system is such a BEACON of individual thought, differing ideas and learning.
Take a look for yourself:
INSANE!!
High school teacher calls Trump shirt a "swastika" and makes him take it off in class!
How is this ok!?!
RT!!! pic.twitter.com/i9281Hegxg
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) September 2, 2017
INSANE indeed, and sadly all too typical these days.
Imagine being a teacher and being absolutely triggered by a t-shirt in front of your ENTIRE CLASS; she compares the slogan, ‘Make America Great Again,’ to the neo-Nazis?
For real?
As a teacher, this is absolutely unacceptable!
— Christy (@VBLova) September 2, 2017
Gonna guess she wouldn’t be opposed to someone wearing an Obama or Hillary t-shirt in her classroom.
From Turning Point News:
The media has drawn too many comparisons between President Trump and Nazis to the point that a teacher at a high school feels compelled to order her students to not wear their Trump shirts.
The Nazis were a brutal regime that killed millions of Jews. To compare Trump to the Nazis is horrible. They orchestrated one of the largest and most horrifying genocides in human history. The holocaust was one of humanity’s lowest points.
No responsible authority figure should liken a Trump shirt to a swastika. The difference is as vast as that of great good and extreme evil.
Wonder if she realizes she just convinced those young men to vote for Republicans for the rest of their lives? Hey, thanks teach!
https://twitter.com/JudgeJanna/status/904162974956494848
Public education at its finest, folks.
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