'We are going to make sure that parents specifically know what we are going to show their kids, what we are going to talk to their kids about and any keywords that might be a triggering event,' school board Chair Barney Bishop III said
A charter school principal in Tallahassee, Florida, did not follow procedure before a lesson on Michelangelo's statue of David was given to sixth graders, school board Chair Barney Bishop III told CNN.Due to this and other issues, she was asked earlier this week to either resign or be terminated from her position, Bishop said. She chose to resign.
Hope Carrasquilla, the former principal at Tallahassee Classical School, told CNN that things had been escalating over the past year. "My board chair has not been happy with me," she told CNN, adding that she did not always follow every policy and procedure. Agreeing with Carrasquilla's assessment, Bishop told CNN that over time it had become evident the school needed to go in a different direction and with different leadership, and he had expressed that to her on many occasions.School Board Chair Barney Bishop III"Our school is two and a half years old. Every year we show that picture in the Renaissance Art class taught to our sixth graders," he added.
"We aren't trying to ban the picture," he said, referring to the statue of David."We think it's beautiful, but we are going to make sure the concept of parental rights is supreme in Florida and at our charter school," he added.
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