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Posted on 09/26/2006 9:33:20 AM PDT by Abathar
Children Were On School-Approved Field Trip
FRISCO, Texas -- A award-winning Texas art teacher who was reprimanded after one of her fifth-grade students saw a nude sculpture during a trip to a museum has lost her job.
The school board in Frisco has voted not to renew Sydney McGee's contract after 28 years. She has been on administrative leave.
The teacher took her students on an approved field trip to a Dallas museum, and now some parents are upset.
The Fisher Elementary school art teacher came under fire last April when she took 89 fifth graders on a field trip to the Dallas Museum of Art. Parents raised concerns over the field trip after their children reported seeing a nude sculpture at the art museum.
The parents had signed permission slips allowing their children to take part in the field trip.
McGee's lawyer said the principal at Fisher Elementary School admonished her after a parent complained that a student had seen nude art.
McGee said the principal had urged her to take the students to the museum.
Now, McGee, who was honored with a Star Teacher Award two years ago, is on paid administrative leave until her contract with the school district expires in March.
Other parents are worried about the future of the art program at the school, which they cite as a reason for moving into the neighborhood.
"Our main concern right now is what's going to happen to the children and what's going to happen to the art program at Fisher Elementary. It is the best art program. That's the reason we moved to this neighborhood. It's because of the teachers," said Shannon Allen, parent. "It was a principal approved trip. What's the big deal?"
Officials with the Frisco school district declined to comment on the matter.
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***There is most likely more to this story. As reported, it fits the trope of "evil Bowdlerizing Southern Christians" much too neatly.***
Exactly! Bad reporting. Would they fire this teacher for showing her students Michelangelo's David? I'd like to hear the "rest of the story."
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ping. You aint going to believe this one. I know I say that a lot when I ping you but really you are not going to believe this one
LOL This is just plain crazy!
That teacher will get the new car she's always wanted!
It it beyond sanity to expect a museum to remove all evidence of nudity, yet the school gave the teacher permission to take the kids. If there were any liability in this case, it would be the school's.
Dumb-de-dumb-dumb . . . school!!
Yet, I find the writing in Song of Songs to be quite erotic, far more than today's bodice-ripper (I remind you again, this is found in the Holy Bible):
Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my lover among the young men.
I delight to sit in his shade,
and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
He has taken me to the banquet hall,
and his banner over me is love.
Strengthen me with raisins,
refresh me with apples,
for I am faint with love.
His left arm is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.
As in artsy...well, you know...LOL. I noticed that after I posted and nearly fell over thinking I'd committed some pejorative Freudian slip.
Maybe they're thinking "Allahu Akbar."
OT - Whatever happened to Terri Garr ? She played heavily on my adolescent mind!
Dallas Morning News Aug 24 article
It seems, yes, there W E R E other issues. It wasn't just some convenient mob of sterotypically hick-redneck taliban-in-training Frisco, Tx parents, but it seems other teachers had complained about her performance as well.
The fired teach's reps are cherry- picking an incident to manipilate opinion in her favor (which is their right, of course) & are spoon feeding it to a gullible reporter (&FReepers!) - to prep the way for a $$$ lawsuit, no doubt.
Your skepticism about this story is justified. ((sigh)) I suppose we'll have to wait for the Texas Monthly article to get the full details of this, though - the Dallas print press just doesn't seem to be able to do reporting any other way than shallow.
How do you know she is in the NEA? I am a public school teacher and have never been a member. For that matter, at our school of about 60 teachers, there are only about 20 in the NEA or VEA as it is called in VA.
Don't hurt yourself jumping to conclusions
You know you have a point. After what happened in Germany when a German opera company canceled Mozart because it was offensive to Muslims.
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I heard this story on the radio....hard to believe
What about this case shows that they aren't Muslim?
I wonder what all those holier-than-thou-self-righteous prudes think we'll ALL be wearing when we all stand before the throne on Judgement Day?.............
Terri Garr ? She played heavily...........
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