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Florida school district will pay $300,000 to teacher who was removed from classroom after displaying Black Lives Matter flag
Insider ^ | Aug 18, 2021 | Katie Balevic

Posted on 08/19/2021 4:51:48 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

Amy Donofrio was reassigned after she hanged a Black Lives Matter flag over her class doorway.

Donofrio sued, claiming the school district retaliated against her and violated her free speech.

The school district settled for $300,000 while insisting "we haven't done anything wrong."

A Jacksonville, Florida school district settled a lawsuit with a high school teacher who claimed the district retaliated against her when she refused to remove a Black Lives Matter flag from her classroom doorway.....

"Teaching is not just my career, it's my life, my heart," Donofrio said told USA Today in early August when the case was settled. "Being unable to return to my classroom this fall devastates me beyond what I can fully articulate."

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blm; education; flag; freespeech
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Does this mean teachers can display this flag?:

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1 posted on 08/19/2021 4:51:48 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Park this in a teachers parking spot


2 posted on 08/19/2021 4:55:44 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

How much are they going to pay teacher who supported Trump, who were fired?


3 posted on 08/19/2021 4:56:31 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

No,but you can be certain this women will have the blm flag flying high.


4 posted on 08/19/2021 5:06:39 AM PDT by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

This is selective freedom.
Which is sort of like not really having freedom at all.


5 posted on 08/19/2021 5:10:12 AM PDT by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!)
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To: Leep

What about a White Lives Matter or All Lives Matter flag?


6 posted on 08/19/2021 5:10:37 AM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

The national public school SYSTEM is a commie organization and it doesn’t surprise me that they awarded big bucks to an apparatchik.


7 posted on 08/19/2021 5:14:50 AM PDT by knarf (qa)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

You do not have freedom of speech at work…

You can say it, but you can be fired or socialized for it.

There is more to this story because there is no chance the school district would have lost in court had it proceeded if that is all that happened.

Flew flag and fired for it…. Something else here if they feared they would lose.


8 posted on 08/19/2021 5:19:00 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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....”Amy Donofrio was reassigned after she hanged a Black Lives Matter flag over her class doorway.”

...”HANGED”....?? this author must be a product of the public schools, no doubt...


9 posted on 08/19/2021 5:19:14 AM PDT by TokarevM57
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

he school district settled for $300,000 while insisting “we haven’t done anything wrong.”


Think about it


10 posted on 08/19/2021 5:19:33 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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Exactly...


11 posted on 08/19/2021 5:20:00 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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Even though you are “theoretically” free to hate whoever you like. The perception of racism..partially if the perceived (could be imaginary) target is other than white..cancels out your freedoms.
In their world the “victim” should be allowed to chop off your head.


12 posted on 08/19/2021 5:20:55 AM PDT by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!)
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Does this mean teachers can display this flag?:

That was my first question too.

13 posted on 08/19/2021 5:28:36 AM PDT by Mark17 (Air Traffic Controller, retired. Father of US Air Force 1st Lieutenant, and trained combat pilot )
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Life goes on whether we like it or not.

14 posted on 08/19/2021 5:34:37 AM PDT by deport ( )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Sweetheart lawsuit.


15 posted on 08/19/2021 5:57:28 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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“...”HANGED”....??”

Sure, good idea.


16 posted on 08/19/2021 6:01:47 AM PDT by Beagle8U ("Jim Acosta pissed in the press pool.")
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

$300K? Their lawyers couldn’t help them avoid this huge payout? Was this decided by a WOKE Jury? I can just see a group of the brainwashed getting carried away with other people’s money.


17 posted on 08/19/2021 6:02:31 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

The “District” will pay? No, taxpayers pay whether it’s the “District” or Insurance. Writers are good at obfuscation.


18 posted on 08/19/2021 6:03:45 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

How ‘bout the 10 Commandments, can I display them ??!!


19 posted on 08/19/2021 6:10:05 AM PDT by nevermorelenore ( If My people will pray ....)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Some animal are more equal then others.

Where does it stop?


20 posted on 08/19/2021 6:10:46 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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