A Florida teacher is under investigation for showing a PG-rated Disney film featuring a gay character to her class of 5th graders …
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00:00You showed a movie that wasn't sanctioned school material, thus stripping the innocence of my 10-year-old.
00:06I was showing a movie to my students about Earth because that's our current lesson in science.
00:10Now all the students had to be interviewed about the kind of teacher I am, and what exactly does that show them?
00:14A Florida teacher is under investigation for showing her 5th grade class Strange World, a PG-rated Disney film that features a gay character.
00:22Teacher Jenna Barbie claims she wasn't aware that the state's law prohibiting lessons on certain LGBTQ plus topics applied to her grade level.
00:30And initially, it didn't.
00:32When the Don't Say Gay Bill passed in May 2022, it only applied to kindergartners through 3rd graders.
00:38The law's scope expanded last month, however, to apply to all grades through high school.
00:43The parent who reported her happens to be a member of the school board and complained to the principal and the state's department of education, which is now investigating the matter.
00:52A school board member, an elected official of power who is supposed to be nonpartisan, is allowed to present to the public that she is Christian and that God appointed her to the board.
01:01And yet it is indoctrination that I showed a Disney movie.
01:05Barbie claimed parents signed permission forms at the beginning of the school year allowing their children to watch PG-rated movies in class.
01:12Barbie had reportedly submitted her resignation before the incident even occurred, citing politics and the fear of not being able to be who you are in the state's public schools.