Atascadero community packs meeting to support teacher flying Pride flag in her classroom

 

Atascadero community packs meeting to support teacher flying Pride flag in her classroom

Dozens of community members turned out at Atascadero’s school board meeting on Tuesday to show their support for a teacher flying the LGBTQ+ Pride flag in her classroom.

The Atascadero Unified School District has fought misinformation in recent days regarding an incident involving an Atascadero Middle School teacher displaying the rainbow flag in her classroom.

During the first two days of school Monday and Tuesday, a flurry of social media posts claimed that the middle school principal required the teacher to take down the Pride flag and that the district was planning to discipline her for showing support to the LGBTQ+ community. The posts claimed that some students were reportedly concerned about the flag.

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