Florida school deems Michelangelo's David statute pornographic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids are familiar with the statue of David. My youngest is in 5th grade. They didn’t hear about it in school. They first saw it on a tv program. I think the statue is famous enough that it is a pop culture reference as the “naked statue.” Shrug.

Relatedly: if everyone is fine with showing it and discussing it with middle schoolers—perhaps the biggest silly knucklehead phase of kids—then are we similarly fine with kids drawing doodles of penises (whether in a drawing of a person or a stand-alone work of art focused exclusively on that appendage) at school? Just curious.

Some of you are really difficult to take seriously.

How so?

[…]

Well, equating learning about Renaissance art with the immature doodles of middle school boys (and more than once I have seen this used as a tool a jerk kid’s sexual harassment) is difficult to take seriously, for one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Principal was told to resign or get fired for allowing the showing a picture of the statute of David. Apparently the class was classical art taught to middle schoolers. It's Tallahassee which is a blue section of the state.
https://thespacecoastrocket.com/principal-out-after-6th-grade-parent-complains-michelangelos-david-is-porn-in-school/

This is yet another story where it is best to wait a few days before getting outraged. Seems as if there were other instances that played into the principal's firing.
And, the issue wasn't that she showed the Statue of David. It was about parent notification.

"My board chair has not been happy with me," she told CNN, adding that she did not always follow every policy and procedure.
Agreeing with Carrasquilla's assessment, Bishop told CNN that over time it had become evident the school needed to go in a different direction and with different leadership, and he had expressed that to her on many occasions.
"She was not let go because of Michelangelo's David lesson," he said.

"Our school is two and a half years old. Every year we show that picture in the Renaissance Art class taught to our sixth graders," he added. The problem that arose in this instance was that the procedure for notifying parents of the upcoming lesson was not followed, according to Bishop.
"We aren't trying to ban the picture," he said, referring to the statue of David. "We think it's beautiful, but we are going to make sure the concept of parental rights is supreme in Florida and at our charter school," he added.

"It does not mean that parents are telling us what we are going to teach their children. We are going to make sure that parents specifically know what we are going to show their kids, what we are going to talk to their kids about and any keywords that might be a triggering event. This gives parents the opportunity to say, 'Wait a minute. My child isn't old enough to hear that,'" he added.
Bishop and Carrasquilla agree this was the step that was missed regarding the lesson on the 500-year-old sculpture.
Bishop said about 97% of the sixth-grade parents were fine with the lesson, but the school did receive complaints from others.

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/florida-principal-fired-david-statue/index.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Principal was told to resign or get fired for allowing the showing a picture of the statute of David. Apparently the class was classical art taught to middle schoolers. It's Tallahassee which is a blue section of the state.
https://thespacecoastrocket.com/principal-out-after-6th-grade-parent-complains-michelangelos-david-is-porn-in-school/

This is yet another story where it is best to wait a few days before getting outraged. Seems as if there were other instances that played into the principal's firing.
And, the issue wasn't that she showed the Statue of David. It was about parent notification.

"My board chair has not been happy with me," she told CNN, adding that she did not always follow every policy and procedure.
Agreeing with Carrasquilla's assessment, Bishop told CNN that over time it had become evident the school needed to go in a different direction and with different leadership, and he had expressed that to her on many occasions.
"She was not let go because of Michelangelo's David lesson," he said.

"Our school is two and a half years old. Every year we show that picture in the Renaissance Art class taught to our sixth graders," he added. The problem that arose in this instance was that the procedure for notifying parents of the upcoming lesson was not followed, according to Bishop.
"We aren't trying to ban the picture," he said, referring to the statue of David. "We think it's beautiful, but we are going to make sure the concept of parental rights is supreme in Florida and at our charter school," he added.

"It does not mean that parents are telling us what we are going to teach their children. We are going to make sure that parents specifically know what we are going to show their kids, what we are going to talk to their kids about and any keywords that might be a triggering event. This gives parents the opportunity to say, 'Wait a minute. My child isn't old enough to hear that,'" he added.
Bishop and Carrasquilla agree this was the step that was missed regarding the lesson on the 500-year-old sculpture.
Bishop said about 97% of the sixth-grade parents were fine with the lesson, but the school did receive complaints from others.

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/florida-principal-fired-david-statue/index.html

Yep.

And the school board relied on guidance from their attorney on how to handle the breach in protocol…particularly given the wacky state laws and current political climate.

While I don’t think anyone should have been outraged, a variety of factors fueled this decision.

And ICYMI: most school districts—including liberal ones like mcps—have similar protocols regarding parent notification.

[Anonymous]

You think Republicans could not look more stupid. Then they do!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You think Republicans could not look more stupid. Then they do!

Appears that it was a liberal who started this thread and raised the outrage level for no reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You think Republicans could not look more stupid. Then they do!

Appears that it was a liberal who started this thread and raised the outrage level for no reason.

You think this is just something funny that should be ignored? Is this the kind of culture you want to live in, where a couple pf parents demand 19th century standards of smut so the school system bows down to them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Principal was told to resign or get fired for allowing the showing a picture of the statute of David. Apparently the class was classical art taught to middle schoolers. It's Tallahassee which is a blue section of the state.
https://thespacecoastrocket.com/principal-out-after-6th-grade-parent-complains-michelangelos-david-is-porn-in-school/

This is yet another story where it is best to wait a few days before getting outraged. Seems as if there were other instances that played into the principal's firing.
And, the issue wasn't that she showed the Statue of David. It was about parent notification.

"My board chair has not been happy with me," she told CNN, adding that she did not always follow every policy and procedure.
Agreeing with Carrasquilla's assessment, Bishop told CNN that over time it had become evident the school needed to go in a different direction and with different leadership, and he had expressed that to her on many occasions.
"She was not let go because of Michelangelo's David lesson," he said.

"Our school is two and a half years old. Every year we show that picture in the Renaissance Art class taught to our sixth graders," he added. The problem that arose in this instance was that the procedure for notifying parents of the upcoming lesson was not followed, according to Bishop.
"We aren't trying to ban the picture," he said, referring to the statue of David. "We think it's beautiful, but we are going to make sure the concept of parental rights is supreme in Florida and at our charter school," he added.

"It does not mean that parents are telling us what we are going to teach their children. We are going to make sure that parents specifically know what we are going to show their kids, what we are going to talk to their kids about and any keywords that might be a triggering event. This gives parents the opportunity to say, 'Wait a minute. My child isn't old enough to hear that,'" he added.
Bishop and Carrasquilla agree this was the step that was missed regarding the lesson on the 500-year-old sculpture.
Bishop said about 97% of the sixth-grade parents were fine with the lesson, but the school did receive complaints from others.

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/florida-principal-fired-david-statue/index.html

Sorry but the notion that you have to notify parents of 6th graders that their child is going to see a picture of Michelangelo’s David is insane.

There is nothing inherently wrong or dirty about the human body.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Principal was told to resign or get fired for allowing the showing a picture of the statute of David. Apparently the class was classical art taught to middle schoolers. It's Tallahassee which is a blue section of the state.
https://thespacecoastrocket.com/principal-out-after-6th-grade-parent-complains-michelangelos-david-is-porn-in-school/

This is yet another story where it is best to wait a few days before getting outraged. Seems as if there were other instances that played into the principal's firing.
And, the issue wasn't that she showed the Statue of David. It was about parent notification.

"My board chair has not been happy with me," she told CNN, adding that she did not always follow every policy and procedure.
Agreeing with Carrasquilla's assessment, Bishop told CNN that over time it had become evident the school needed to go in a different direction and with different leadership, and he had expressed that to her on many occasions.
"She was not let go because of Michelangelo's David lesson," he said.

"Our school is two and a half years old. Every year we show that picture in the Renaissance Art class taught to our sixth graders," he added. The problem that arose in this instance was that the procedure for notifying parents of the upcoming lesson was not followed, according to Bishop.
"We aren't trying to ban the picture," he said, referring to the statue of David. "We think it's beautiful, but we are going to make sure the concept of parental rights is supreme in Florida and at our charter school," he added.

"It does not mean that parents are telling us what we are going to teach their children. We are going to make sure that parents specifically know what we are going to show their kids, what we are going to talk to their kids about and any keywords that might be a triggering event. This gives parents the opportunity to say, 'Wait a minute. My child isn't old enough to hear that,'" he added.
Bishop and Carrasquilla agree this was the step that was missed regarding the lesson on the 500-year-old sculpture.
Bishop said about 97% of the sixth-grade parents were fine with the lesson, but the school did receive complaints from others.

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/florida-principal-fired-david-statue/index.html

Sorry but the notion that you have to notify parents of 6th graders that their child is going to see a picture of Michelangelo’s David is insane.

There is nothing inherently wrong or dirty about the human body.

+1

The spin from the right on this is BS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Principal was told to resign or get fired for allowing the showing a picture of the statute of David. Apparently the class was classical art taught to middle schoolers. It's Tallahassee which is a blue section of the state.
https://thespacecoastrocket.com/principal-out-after-6th-grade-parent-complains-michelangelos-david-is-porn-in-school/

This is yet another story where it is best to wait a few days before getting outraged. Seems as if there were other instances that played into the principal's firing.
And, the issue wasn't that she showed the Statue of David. It was about parent notification.

"My board chair has not been happy with me," she told CNN, adding that she did not always follow every policy and procedure.
Agreeing with Carrasquilla's assessment, Bishop told CNN that over time it had become evident the school needed to go in a different direction and with different leadership, and he had expressed that to her on many occasions.
"She was not let go because of Michelangelo's David lesson," he said.

"Our school is two and a half years old. Every year we show that picture in the Renaissance Art class taught to our sixth graders," he added. The problem that arose in this instance was that the procedure for notifying parents of the upcoming lesson was not followed, according to Bishop.
"We aren't trying to ban the picture," he said, referring to the statue of David. "We think it's beautiful, but we are going to make sure the concept of parental rights is supreme in Florida and at our charter school," he added.

"It does not mean that parents are telling us what we are going to teach their children. We are going to make sure that parents specifically know what we are going to show their kids, what we are going to talk to their kids about and any keywords that might be a triggering event. This gives parents the opportunity to say, 'Wait a minute. My child isn't old enough to hear that,'" he added.
Bishop and Carrasquilla agree this was the step that was missed regarding the lesson on the 500-year-old sculpture.
Bishop said about 97% of the sixth-grade parents were fine with the lesson, but the school did receive complaints from others.

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/florida-principal-fired-david-statue/index.html

Sorry but the notion that you have to notify parents of 6th graders that their child is going to see a picture of Michelangelo’s David is insane.

There is nothing inherently wrong or dirty about the human body.

Agreed.

But even the most liberal school districts like Montgomery County, MD have a parental notification policy for all sorts of books, videos, etc.

Did you know that? Are you similarly upset about the mcps notification protocol?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Principal was told to resign or get fired for allowing the showing a picture of the statute of David. Apparently the class was classical art taught to middle schoolers. It's Tallahassee which is a blue section of the state.
https://thespacecoastrocket.com/principal-out-after-6th-grade-parent-complains-michelangelos-david-is-porn-in-school/

This is yet another story where it is best to wait a few days before getting outraged. Seems as if there were other instances that played into the principal's firing.
And, the issue wasn't that she showed the Statue of David. It was about parent notification.

"My board chair has not been happy with me," she told CNN, adding that she did not always follow every policy and procedure.
Agreeing with Carrasquilla's assessment, Bishop told CNN that over time it had become evident the school needed to go in a different direction and with different leadership, and he had expressed that to her on many occasions.
"She was not let go because of Michelangelo's David lesson," he said.

"Our school is two and a half years old. Every year we show that picture in the Renaissance Art class taught to our sixth graders," he added. The problem that arose in this instance was that the procedure for notifying parents of the upcoming lesson was not followed, according to Bishop.
"We aren't trying to ban the picture," he said, referring to the statue of David. "We think it's beautiful, but we are going to make sure the concept of parental rights is supreme in Florida and at our charter school," he added.

"It does not mean that parents are telling us what we are going to teach their children. We are going to make sure that parents specifically know what we are going to show their kids, what we are going to talk to their kids about and any keywords that might be a triggering event. This gives parents the opportunity to say, 'Wait a minute. My child isn't old enough to hear that,'" he added.
Bishop and Carrasquilla agree this was the step that was missed regarding the lesson on the 500-year-old sculpture.
Bishop said about 97% of the sixth-grade parents were fine with the lesson, but the school did receive complaints from others.

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/florida-principal-fired-david-statue/index.html

Sorry but the notion that you have to notify parents of 6th graders that their child is going to see a picture of Michelangelo’s David is insane.

There is nothing inherently wrong or dirty about the human body.

Agreed.

But even the most liberal school districts like Montgomery County, MD have a parental notification policy for all sorts of books, videos, etc.

Did you know that? Are you similarly upset about the mcps notification protocol?

Because of the hysterical RWNJ whiners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids are familiar with the statue of David. My youngest is in 5th grade. They didn’t hear about it in school. They first saw it on a tv program. I think the statue is famous enough that it is a pop culture reference as the “naked statue.” Shrug.

Relatedly: if everyone is fine with showing it and discussing it with middle schoolers—perhaps the biggest silly knucklehead phase of kids—then are we similarly fine with kids drawing doodles of penises (whether in a drawing of a person or a stand-alone work of art focused exclusively on that appendage) at school? Just curious.

Some of you are really difficult to take seriously.

How so?

[…]

Well, equating learning about Renaissance art with the immature doodles of middle school boys (and more than once I have seen this used as a tool a jerk kid’s sexual harassment) is difficult to take seriously, for one.

Obviously. PP is being deliberately obtuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Principal was told to resign or get fired for allowing the showing a picture of the statute of David. Apparently the class was classical art taught to middle schoolers. It's Tallahassee which is a blue section of the state.
https://thespacecoastrocket.com/principal-out-after-6th-grade-parent-complains-michelangelos-david-is-porn-in-school/

This is yet another story where it is best to wait a few days before getting outraged. Seems as if there were other instances that played into the principal's firing.
And, the issue wasn't that she showed the Statue of David. It was about parent notification.

"My board chair has not been happy with me," she told CNN, adding that she did not always follow every policy and procedure.
Agreeing with Carrasquilla's assessment, Bishop told CNN that over time it had become evident the school needed to go in a different direction and with different leadership, and he had expressed that to her on many occasions.
"She was not let go because of Michelangelo's David lesson," he said.

"Our school is two and a half years old. Every year we show that picture in the Renaissance Art class taught to our sixth graders," he added. The problem that arose in this instance was that the procedure for notifying parents of the upcoming lesson was not followed, according to Bishop.
"We aren't trying to ban the picture," he said, referring to the statue of David. "We think it's beautiful, but we are going to make sure the concept of parental rights is supreme in Florida and at our charter school," he added.

"It does not mean that parents are telling us what we are going to teach their children. We are going to make sure that parents specifically know what we are going to show their kids, what we are going to talk to their kids about and any keywords that might be a triggering event. This gives parents the opportunity to say, 'Wait a minute. My child isn't old enough to hear that,'" he added.
Bishop and Carrasquilla agree this was the step that was missed regarding the lesson on the 500-year-old sculpture.
Bishop said about 97% of the sixth-grade parents were fine with the lesson, but the school did receive complaints from others.

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/florida-principal-fired-david-statue/index.html

Sorry but the notion that you have to notify parents of 6th graders that their child is going to see a picture of Michelangelo’s David is insane.

There is nothing inherently wrong or dirty about the human body.

THIS.

And I went to MCPS. The only thing my parents needed to sign a permission slip for was the trampoline.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You think Republicans could not look more stupid. Then they do!

Appears that it was a liberal who started this thread and raised the outrage level for no reason.

Sorry Sweetie, I started this thread. You people are pitifully stuck in your two lanes of thought. As if the world exist only with liberals and conservatives. Get over yourself. There are a lot more free-thinking, non-cult followers than there are you freakish alt-right and alt-left followers. Free your mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Principal was told to resign or get fired for allowing the showing a picture of the statute of David. Apparently the class was classical art taught to middle schoolers. It's Tallahassee which is a blue section of the state.
https://thespacecoastrocket.com/principal-out-after-6th-grade-parent-complains-michelangelos-david-is-porn-in-school/

This is yet another story where it is best to wait a few days before getting outraged. Seems as if there were other instances that played into the principal's firing.
And, the issue wasn't that she showed the Statue of David. It was about parent notification.

"My board chair has not been happy with me," she told CNN, adding that she did not always follow every policy and procedure.
Agreeing with Carrasquilla's assessment, Bishop told CNN that over time it had become evident the school needed to go in a different direction and with different leadership, and he had expressed that to her on many occasions.
"She was not let go because of Michelangelo's David lesson," he said.

"Our school is two and a half years old. Every year we show that picture in the Renaissance Art class taught to our sixth graders," he added. The problem that arose in this instance was that the procedure for notifying parents of the upcoming lesson was not followed, according to Bishop.
"We aren't trying to ban the picture," he said, referring to the statue of David. "We think it's beautiful, but we are going to make sure the concept of parental rights is supreme in Florida and at our charter school," he added.

"It does not mean that parents are telling us what we are going to teach their children. We are going to make sure that parents specifically know what we are going to show their kids, what we are going to talk to their kids about and any keywords that might be a triggering event. This gives parents the opportunity to say, 'Wait a minute. My child isn't old enough to hear that,'" he added.
Bishop and Carrasquilla agree this was the step that was missed regarding the lesson on the 500-year-old sculpture.
Bishop said about 97% of the sixth-grade parents were fine with the lesson, but the school did receive complaints from others.

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/florida-principal-fired-david-statue/index.html

Sorry but the notion that you have to notify parents of 6th graders that their child is going to see a picture of Michelangelo’s David is insane.

There is nothing inherently wrong or dirty about the human body.

THIS.

And I went to MCPS. The only thing my parents needed to sign a permission slip for was the trampoline.

Our family growing up had a small replica on the bookcase. I would not even think about whether it was an issue if someone saw it or any of the nudes in a museum. So, so strange.

[Anonymous]

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/mcps-revises-policy-on-lgbtq-friendly-books.amp

When I googled, this came up first.

As a mcps parent for 10+ years, I’ve received all kinds of silly notifications as well as permission slips for certain content.

FTR, nothing bothers me.

Decisions seem to be driven by religious beliefs of certain families. In mcps, the most religious families tend to be newcomers. As one example, Halloween celebrations have been banned by mcps to respect the religious beliefs of black and brown families.

ICYMI: there was a lot of notification re: books this year and last year.