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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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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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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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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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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Furthermore, the books were pre-purchased by parents of Lyman High School students and do not belong to SCPS. There is a lawsuit waiting to happen if SCPS begins defacing other people’s property. 13/?
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At this point, the original content is already going viral and all SCPS admin is doing at this point are just drawing attention to the situation. Had the yearbooks simply gone out quietly and without comment, none of this blowback would have happened. 14/?
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But now SCPS is further silencing a community protest regarding a bill that was aimed at silencing that community. And the fact that the censorship is being applied unevenly is even more problematic. 15/?
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As a parent, as a husband, and as a human being, I protest the actions being taken by SCPS to cover up their mistakes and to silence the LGBTQ+ community. I am protest the ‘Don’t Say “Gay” Bill’ and other similarly racist, homophobic laws being enacted by the GOP minority. 16/?
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Unfortunately, with @GovRonDeSantis polishing his conservative resume for an inevitable Presidential run, it seems like censorship is the central focus of Florida schooling washingtonpost.com/education… universitybusiness.com/woke-…
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There is nobody coming to save your rights. If free speech matters, if social justice matters, if our children’s future matters, we must fight this battle again and again. We must bring out the vote and not allow an arch conservative minority to enforce their bigoted agenda. 19/?
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