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At this point, @JBeanDesign and her yearbook staff have informed Mr Hunter that they will not be a party to censoring and defacing their yearbooks. The sheer logistics of unboxing and applying multiple stickers to 600 yearbooks seems to have escaped the notice of SCPS admin. 12/?
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What is conspicuously different about the Lyman High School coverage is that the Lyman spread shows students waving Pride flags. All the books document the violations of policy that are supposedly getting Lyman censored, but the censorship is only being applied to one book. 11/?
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Third, other school yearbooks in the county documented the walk-out and have been told that their coverage is fine and will not be censored. Here is the coverage from Oviedo and Hagerty High Schools. 10/?
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Second, while this may not have been a “school sanctioned” event, the admin was clearly aware that the event was happening and explicitly told the faculty to facilitate the walk-out. Teachers and staff monitored the event as it was happening. 9/?
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Let me unpack all of the reasons why the official statement about this action are disingenuous. First, there was no “review process”. While admin had ample opportunity to review content throughout the year, they did not do so. 8/?
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Long story short, the SCPS administration are purchasing “crack and peel” white-out stickers to cover the offending material. These are not your average Office Depot stickers and, once applied, cannot be removed without damaging the books.
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By 5/3, however, Mr Hunter informed @JBeanDesign that there were “questions” regarding yearbook coverage of the event. Apparently allowing the students to walk out without disciplinary action violates county policy, and documenting the walkout draws attention to this lapse. 6/?
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The yearbooks went to press and arrived two weeks ago. On Friday 4/29, @JBeanDesign her students proudly delivered a copy to Mr Hunter, the school principal, so that he could share in their excitement.
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This was a school wide event and as such deserved to be documented in the school yearbook. My wife @JBeanDesign is the school yearbook advisor and our daughter is Coeditor In Chief. Here is the spread the yearbook staff produced. 4/?
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In response to the bill’s passage, students all over Florida walked out in protest on March 3. In response to the planned walkout, Seminole County Public Schools made a policy choice not to enforce disciplinary action against students walking out. 3/n
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As was doubtless intended by the bill’s proponents, the chilling effects of the bill extend well beyond 3rd grade. I have previously tweeted about a student at Winter Park High School who was disciplined for a school history report on the Stonewall Riots. metroweekly.com/2022/04/flor…
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Buckle up, friends. This is going to be a long thread.
Earlier this year, the state of Florida passed the ‘Parental Rights in Education Bill’, aka the ‘Don’t Say “Gay” Bill’. The bill bans classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity for K-3.
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Great con. Great to catch up with my people.
Stay classy San Diego. Thanks to the @WWHackinFest team for another fantastic conference.
I would also be remiss not to thank some people who really helped me this week, including @strandjs, @VeldaLempka, @hal_pomeranz, and especially @brysonbort. You're my people.
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Too late to find them at WWHF, but check out spyderbat.com and run their product on five machines for free. You will thank me.
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Hey @strandjs we need to organize a “Mightiest Beard” contest for @WWHackinFest
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