Let the students read and learn, let the teachers teach. "Right now as a collective, I will tell you we are failing, the system is broken, the Earth is wailing. She read a poem she wrote based on another animated movie, "The Lorax." 'The system is broken'īarbee was one of the more than 120 people who spoke during the second, lengthy public comment. The animated movie, which focuses on a family of explorers and their relationship to the environment, also contains a character who has a crush on another boy.
"We want to keep our schools traditional, the way that they were, we don't want any of the woke or the indoctrination."Įarlier this month, the board made national headlines when Rodriguez reported a fifth grade teacher, Jenna Barbee, to the Florida Department of Education for showing the Disney movie “Strange World” to her class. "We do not want to have equity and inclusion in our schools," Rodriguez said.
"We're not going to stop until all these books are removed and our schools are safe for our children to go to the libraries again."īoard member: Teachers 'repackaging' critical race theoryĭuring discussion of agenda items, Rodriguez, who was backed by the conservative group Moms for Liberty during last year's election, said it's the "adults propagating the racism." She also accused teachers of "repackaging (Critical Race Theory)" and "just renaming it." "It shouldn't be content, and it shouldn't be material that is not age-appropriate," Rodriguez said. "The content the (reviewing) committee felt was appropriate."īoard member Shannon Rodriguez, who's currently under fire for her role in the Disney movie dispute, said it's the parent's choice for what children get to see. It was only about the images (in the book)," Duval added. "Please keep in mind, it's not about the content.
Vice chair Susan Duval said the content of the poetry in the book is "appropriate, objective, and could have value" - but that's not what drew the complaints. WUSF Public Media More than 600 community members, students, and teachers filled the campus theatre after passing through increased security.īefore the second public comment period, the board voted unanimously to remove the book “The Sun and Her Flowers” by Rupi Kaur from school libraries.
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