Teacher Fired by Georgia School Board Over Children’s Book

A fifth-grade elementary teacher was fired effective immediately Thursday by an Atlanta school board in what is another example of classrooms and libraries across the country being influenced by conservative retaliation to diversity in schools.

The vote reverses a tribunal panel’s recommendation earlier this week that ruled Rinderle keep her job after reading the book,to her class. She was removed after a parent complained in March. Ragsdale raged at the time that the book violated a state classroom censorship law introduced last year that bans and restricts teachers from introducing divisive concepts–including race and sexual identity–into the classroom.

. “The board’s decision is reflective of that mission.” The outlet notes Rinderle is believed to be the first public school teacher in Georgia to be affected by the laws.

“I am disappointed in the district’s decision to terminate me for reading an inclusive and affirming book — one that is representative of diverse student identities,” Rinderle said in a written statement provided by the Southern Poverty Law Centre, who along with lawyers for the Goodmark Law Firm, represented Rinderle in the case.

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