Thousands are signing a petition to try to help a teacher get her job back at Satellite High School.
Brevard Public Schools said it isn’t renewing Melissa Calhoun’s contract for next year because she called a student by the name they wanted to be called by, not their legal name.
This entire parents rights as primary decision makers in education really blew up (all over, but especially in Florida) since Devo’s. It has very successfully removed resources from classrooms and eroded a lot of supports for children in public schools. This is relatively new and we will be seeing the fallout for a generation at least.