is attempting to save her job in a termination hearing that concluded Friday after she was fired earlier this year for reading her students a book on gender identity the district says is prohibited in class instruction under state law.Katie Rinderle, who has been on leave for more than a month after teaching for 10 years, was fired in March for reading the book"My Shadow Is Purple," which features a nonbinary character and challenges the concept that there are only two genders.
"This termination is unrelated to education," Rinderle's lawyer Craig Goodmark argued during the hearing."It exists to create political scapegoats for the elected leadership of this district. Reading a children’s book to children is not against the law."says Rinderle broke the school district's rules and Georgia's new Divisive Concepts Law, both of which prohibit teachers from using controversial topics in their instruction.
"The Cobb County School District is very serious about the classroom being a neutral place for students to learn," Culves said."One-sided instruction on political, religious or social beliefs does not belong in our classrooms." "Can you understand why a family might want the chance to discuss the topic of gender identity, gender fluidity or gender beyond binary with their children at home first, before it is introduced by a public school teacher?" Culves asked in her questioning.
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