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Portland-area teacher who opposes her
district’s vote to ban Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ Pride symbols in schools told local media that she removed the
American flag from her classroom because it represents "violence and menace and intolerance."
Gail Grobey, an English teacher at Newberg High School and former president of the Newberg Education Association, said her union is mobilizing against a newly approved resolution by Newberg Public Schools that bans overtly "
political" imagery on campus, including the Black Lives Matter and Pride symbols.
OREGON SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO BAN BLM, PRIDE FLAGS
"We are certainly going to become very active in terms of supporting the community coalition that has formed against these actions by the board,"
Grobey told The Newberg Graphic in a story published Tuesday.
The teacher said the resolution adds more distractions for students and staff at the start of an in-person school year already bogged down with COVID-19 concerns.
"We want to be really excited about the kids coming in and there is already this ubiquitous apprehension around the risks of COVID," she told The Graphic. "You throw in this other thing where Big Brother wants to control what we support or what we talk about. Are we going to cancel government classes? That is deeply political. What does civics mean? We can't have civil discourse on anything under this policy language, and it's frankly ridiculous."
Grobey appeared to question why the American flag isn’t also banned, claiming it is the "most political symbol there is."
"I'll say this personally: I've spent 23 years in this district and you can't tell me what to do," she said. "I know my kids, and I know what's best for them and what to do to help them feel comfortable. I took the American flag down in my classroom because that's the most political symbol there is. When I see [board member] Trevor DeHart sitting there at those board meetings with that giant American flag behind him, it's terrifying.
"That symbol doesn't stand for freedom or justice or equality anymore," she added. "It stands for violence and menace and intolerance, and I will not fly that in my room."
Newberg Public Schools held public comment on the issue concerning political symbols Tuesday evening. It came the same day Newberg High School Principal Tami Erion sent a letter to the school community saying some students had taken part in a mock "slave trade" in a Snapchat group chat, and that they used photos of students along with racist and homophobic slurs.
"As a community, we continue to grapple with issues of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging," Erion wrote, KGW
reported. "Newberg High School is committed to ensuring that ALL students are afforded a safe learning environment by prohibiting harassment based upon gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion or disability."
Representatives of the district and high school did not respond to Fox News’ requests for comments.
typical Racist CRT/1619 indoctrinated Teachers Union idiots
'you cannot tell me what to do"
GUess what - teach - the school district taxpayers pay your salary - and they can tell you what to do
What the district needs to have you do - Is get lost or Be Fired for indoctrinating students with your racist Propaganda
if the idiots in socialist /Communist Portland have the sense to do so.
DPSTs universally and criminally attribute their own agenda - to Others they oppose.
It is typical DPST hypocrisy , and groupthink and double speak.
The DPST party is teh epitome of intolerance, Racism, idotology, and marxist violent revolution Against teh Constitution and representative Democracy
DPSTs revel in their Hypocirsy - and ingrained conditioning to speak and receive Lies, Lies, and more lies form Xinn and the DPST communist LSM!
Fire the Bitch - and send her to venezuela to teach for maduro. a fitting place to end her days in her chosen 'marxist Paradise'!
Or - China or russia.
She will fit right in in those countries
For the DPSTs who plan a Venezuela -type revolution in America :
Buck Fiden
Buck teh DPST party
From my cold dead hands.
Turned me in the Homeland Security yet -DPSTs???????????????????
Time is awastin'!
you have the number to report to the new Bureau of Truth, rectitude, and Right thinking and conduct in America.
And when they come for you DPST minions - I will have long since had my weapons pried from my cold dead hands - ! And spent the end of my life Constructively!
Threre will be no one to speak for any of you indoctrinated DPSTs
Oregon teacher removes American flag from classroom, says it 'stands for violence and menace and intolerance'
