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Quit or be fired: Tallahassee principal out amid parent complaints over renaissance statue lesson
WCTV ^ | 23 March 2023 | Mike rogers

Posted on 03/27/2023 5:37:31 AM PDT by napscoordinator

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - The former principal for a Tallahassee charter school resigned after what she called a “series of miscommunications” regarding a 6th grade art class lesson that included an image of Michelanglo’s ‘David.’ The situation drew several complaints from parents, and has launched debate over the school’s policies.

Tallahassee Classical School confirmed to WCTV the art lesson took place last Friday, and several parents reached out to express concerns that same day.

Board Chair Barney Bishop confirmed that as part of an emergency meeting on Monday, a few days after the lesson, former principal Hope Carrasquilla was given an ultimatum to either resign or be terminated.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: art; barneybishop; cancelculture; david; education; florida; godsgravesglyphs; hopecarrasquilla; michelangelo; michelanglo; middleages; mikerogers; renaissance; rondesantis; schools; snowflakes; tallahassee; wctv; woke
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To: napscoordinator

21 posted on 03/27/2023 6:04:06 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: napscoordinator

I think my oldest child was in 6th grade and youngest in 3rd when we went to Florence and saw the real David. They were not traumatized. What did these parents not get about “classical” education. They ought to be grateful their kids are on the receiving end of Hillsdale curriculum.


22 posted on 03/27/2023 6:04:39 AM PDT by Cheesehead in Texas
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To: Ex-Episcopalian

https://americanwirenews.com/mayor-in-italy-buys-into-talking-points-that-florida-principal-was-forced-out-over-david-statue/


23 posted on 03/27/2023 6:05:16 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: napscoordinator

Were you in 6th grade when you were studying that subject?


24 posted on 03/27/2023 6:05:42 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Cheesehead in Texas

True. My kids saw him too. I was lucky to be stationed in Italy for five years. We saw everything in Italy. Italians must be laughing at how weird Americans have gotten.


25 posted on 03/27/2023 6:06:58 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: hinckley buzzard

Yes it does. Michaelangelo was a great artist and the David is such great art. It’s real Beavis and Butthead to concentrate on his tiny member.


26 posted on 03/27/2023 6:07:31 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Gov't declaring misinformation is tyranny: “Who determines what false information is?” )
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To: Robert DeLong

No. But one of my kids was when we saw it in person in Italy. He’s married with two kids so the experience wasn’t troubling.


27 posted on 03/27/2023 6:08:21 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: napscoordinator

Hard to know where to stand on this. 6th grade is 12 years old. Right before its about time for “the talk” with kids. By that time they’ve seen animals “do it” etc and they got a good idea whats up. Would I want my kids seeing someone else ‘splain a naked statue to them? I supposed if I were doing my job as a parent, this would be no shock to them. As a parent I’d like to know ahead of time what my kids are being exposed to (no pun intended...ok maybe sum pun).


28 posted on 03/27/2023 6:11:59 AM PDT by know.your.why (Be not eager to be offended. The narcissism of small differences leads to THE most boring conformity)
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To: napscoordinator
EDDE92-AB-A5-A4-4-FF5-9-B4-C-80-F3-B858-D0-EA

David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture, created in marble between 1501 and 1504 by the Italian artist Michelangelo.
David is a 5.17-metre (17 ft 0 in)marble statue of the Biblical figure David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence.

David was originally commissioned as one of a series of statues of prophets to be positioned along the roofline of the east end of Florence Cathedral, but was instead placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo Vecchio, the seat of civic government in Florence, in the Piazza della Signoria, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, in 1873, and later replaced at the original location by a replica.

Because of the nature of the figure it represented, the statue soon came to symbolize the defence of civil liberties embodied in the Republic of Florence, an independent city-state threatened on all sides by more powerful rival states and by the hegemony of the Medici family. The eyes of David, with a warning glare, were turned towards Rome.


The David is one of the finest sculptures you’ll ever see, It’s not naughty, or obscene, it’s a magnificent work of art, inspired by God.

Some of you here need to grow up.

29 posted on 03/27/2023 6:12:51 AM PDT by The Louiswu
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To: napscoordinator

Florida continues to lead the nation in idiots.


30 posted on 03/27/2023 6:17:24 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: babble-on

Putting the “duh” in Flori-duh.


31 posted on 03/27/2023 6:18:50 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: napscoordinator

Good thing the only controversy was over the statue of David. They’d really go crazy if they included the statue of the naked little boy peeing.


32 posted on 03/27/2023 6:20:21 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: AppyPappy

“ My understanding was that this lesson was not the real issue”

Yes. I need to know more about this. Was this about Michelangelo maybe being a homosexual and rainbow flags in the classroom? Is there some kind of scandal surrounding the principal?


33 posted on 03/27/2023 6:20:23 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: napscoordinator

Maybe Hope is a closet pervert.


34 posted on 03/27/2023 6:20:31 AM PDT by chopperk ( )
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To: napscoordinator

These 6th Grade Parents might want to see what’s on junior’s cell phones before getting so worked up over a statue.


35 posted on 03/27/2023 6:20:41 AM PDT by BobL
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To: tired&retired; MadMax, the Grinning Reaper; Phinneous; SJackson; yelostar; Keflavik76; InkStone; ...
I’m sure there was more to this story. They just used this as a reason...

Amazing what will appear in the news for the oddest reasons. It's always analog time because the whole world is Hebrew school.

He noted the curriculum covers human reproduction and anatomy and anatomy in fifth grade, and that the studies do cover "Michelangelo's "David" sculpture and other works of art that depict the human form."

Indeed, the most famous statue in the world, depicting "Gentile" David. 🤫😂😂

Michelangelo's David is also famous for his oversized hands, and head! Kind of like...

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And his origin is even more rough and tumble. The stone that became David had been rejected by the first two sculptors for being...

...flawed and difficult to work with.

Yet as for Michelangelo -- Can DO!

And the rest is history.

The school says it received complaints after a 6th grade art class was shown a photo of Michelangelo's "David."

How a Rejected Block of Marble Became the World's Most Famous Statue

Psalms 118
22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
23 This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.

"One parent, she was so upset, she was the one who said it was pornographic and shouldn't happen," Carrasquilla said.

Well, you know it's like what God has been saying over and over and over:

"Observe my statues!"

There's just not enough 🍿 for how this is all gonna roll..

36 posted on 03/27/2023 6:21:54 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
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To: napscoordinator

There’s nothing immoral about the human body, it what is sometimes done with it.


37 posted on 03/27/2023 6:21:54 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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To: napscoordinator
Most art at the Vatican would be considered porn I suppose.

Only by conservative rubes. Of which there are plenty.

38 posted on 03/27/2023 6:23:44 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: napscoordinator
Yes, but teachers were not grooming kids sexually back then either, or at least we weren't aware if they were.

The behavior that has been going on recently, has struck a raw nerve. Therefore, overreaction is to be expected.

I also suspect that there may be more to this story, then we are currently receiving.

The press itself has been complicit in trying to paint a different picture regarding this topic as well.

They are pushing the narrative that teachers know what's best for the children, and that parents should have no say in the matter whatsoever.

39 posted on 03/27/2023 6:25:16 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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why is any time or money wasted on art lessons? It is all subjective ...


40 posted on 03/27/2023 6:26:00 AM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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