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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at wctv.tv ...


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: mairdie

With all the grooming going on these days, you can’t blame the parents for being suspicious. Who knows, maybe the next thing the teacher does is send her son a naked picture of herself.


41 posted on 03/27/2023 6:26:23 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul (s should go to Mexico and sneak over the border. )
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To: Ezekiel

“One parent, she was so upset, she was the one ...”

ONE is all it takes nowadays.

Pornography is in the eye of the beholder. Michelangelo’s ‘DAVID’ is not it.......................


42 posted on 03/27/2023 6:30:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: napscoordinator

There is way more to this story than what’s here. This David statue thing is just a distraction.

This “school” has had multiple admin changes in the last few years. That’s the first hint.

The principal wasn’t some woke person either - she supports charter schools, school choice etc. This is NOT the agenda that the left in Tallahassee want to see propagated.


43 posted on 03/27/2023 6:32:58 AM PDT by Nifty
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To: The Louiswu

There’s a good analogy/metaphor for people getting rid of personal, often debilitating inner mental problems (resentments, behaviors, etc...) that keep them from having a happier life: >>>Michelangelo was asked “how did you create David?” He said “I didn’t create David! All I did was chip away everything that wasn’t David and there he was!”. ...always liked that one.


44 posted on 03/27/2023 6:35:52 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: tired&retired

Very wise comment. Must be more to it and maybe parents should have the choice. I took my kids to Florence to see the original. They were high school aged and artists.


45 posted on 03/27/2023 6:44:06 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan
Around where I was raised, most boys knew how boys and girls look look naked from changing the diapers of their younger brothers and sisters while they took care of them while the parents were working making a living. They also learned how to cook a meal so that when mama and daddy came in all they had to do was sit down and eat.
46 posted on 03/27/2023 6:49:03 AM PDT by sport
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To: Vigilanteman

Yeah.


47 posted on 03/27/2023 6:51:41 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: cnsmom

I was absolutely astonished when I first saw the original. The beauty leaves one speechless.


48 posted on 03/27/2023 7:00:48 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: napscoordinator

There are either some really stupid parents in Florida or they complained with the intent to make national news and embarrass Florida.


49 posted on 03/27/2023 7:06:51 AM PDT by Round Earther
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To: napscoordinator

“According to a rule passed in February, the school’s teachers are required to give parents a two-week, and one-week advanced notice of specific pictures, words and topics that would be discussed in a class. The school says this allows parents to decide whether to let their children participate or be given an alternative assignment. Carrasquilla said a letter should have been sent out, but also told WCTV she believed only three parents complained.”

The article emphasizes that multiple issue led to her forced resignation. The section quoted above makes it obvious that she violated a policy and thus a promise to parents. Had the parents who think their children are too immature to understand the difference in porn and art been notified, they could have exempted their kids from the lesson. Sounds like she was not fired because of the artwork itself, but for violating the notification policy.


50 posted on 03/27/2023 7:35:41 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: napscoordinator

Back in the day, scandalized Germans thought so about the Vatican’s art and became Protestants.


51 posted on 03/27/2023 8:01:59 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: hinckley buzzard

“This gives liberals a huge example of the mouth breathing right wing red neck stereotype.”

Yep. Sadly we have more than our share of them.


52 posted on 03/27/2023 8:25:59 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how thery control you. )
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To: Rockingham
Back in the day, scandalized Germans thought so about the Vatican’s art and became Protestants.

And then next thing you know, they're marching into Poland.

53 posted on 03/27/2023 8:27:37 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: tired&retired

“I’m sure there was more to this story.”

Historians have speculated for years that Michelangelo might have been gay. Perhaps the teacher was fired for using a lesson on Michelangelo’s David as an opportunity to teach 6th graders about the of the LBGQT+ lifestyle.


54 posted on 03/27/2023 8:33:38 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: napscoordinator
"I guess. Just keep them out of Italy. Lol."

At least Florence...which I consider to be the Center of Civilization.

55 posted on 03/27/2023 8:43:26 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: napscoordinator

It’s school that emphasizes the classics. The Renaissance would be considered Greek or Roman Revival and David is a prime example of Renaissance art. However, at this age, the sculpture of David is inappropriate. Michelangelo produced many important works, like the Pieta, that would be appropriate to teach at that grade level.


56 posted on 03/27/2023 8:46:30 AM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: bankwalker

“why is any time or money wasted on art lessons? It is all subjective ...”

Because art can be incredibly beautiful?


57 posted on 03/27/2023 8:49:31 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: moovova

yes - like I said ... subjective ...


58 posted on 03/27/2023 9:03:40 AM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: tired&retired

There are at least three statues of David in Florence, if my memory holds. One outside the Palazzo Vecchio, one up on a hill across the river and, of course, the original in the museum (as beautiful as you describe). There’s more art in that city than you can shake a paintbrush at...


59 posted on 03/27/2023 9:09:13 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: moovova
I think the original statue by Michelangelo used to be outdoors where anyone could see it, before it was moved inside the museum.

In ancient Athens there were statues called herms which usually had phalluses...out in public for anyone to see them. On the island of Delos there were gigantic statues of phalluses (now damaged). But of course the ancient Greeks were not like us.

60 posted on 03/27/2023 9:17:50 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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