{"id":2391,"date":"2024-03-24T12:21:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T12:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=2391"},"modified":"2024-03-24T12:21:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T12:21:40","slug":"sobbing-teacher-breaks-down-and-quits-over-critical-race-theory-lessons-in-school-board-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=2391","title":{"rendered":"Sobbing teacher breaks down and quits over Critical Race Theory lessons in school board meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Laura Morris, a former fifth-grade teacher at Lucketts Elementary School in Leesburg, Virginia, left her position due to her refusal to teach critical race theory (CRT).<\/p><div class=\"311fe198f191a864c1efcdfa9efedfdf\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1782571\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<p>During a Loudoun County School Board meeting, Morris emotionally expressed her opposition to the board\u2019s \u201chighly-politicized agendas\u201d and resigned. She criticized the equity training and curriculum changes related to CRT, which explores how racism is embedded in societal structures.<\/p>\n<p>Morris explained, \u201cI quit being a cog in a machine that tells me to push highly-politicized agendas on our most vulnerable constituents \u2013 the children.\u201d She shared that her Christian beliefs clashed with the district\u2019s ideologies.<\/p>\n<p>She also raised concerns about her personal life being affected by the school district\u2019s political agenda. Morris received emails cautioning against dissenting opinions even in her personal life.<\/p>\n<p>Frustrated by the lack of consideration for concerned citizens and what she perceived as the district\u2019s bias against certain demographics, Morris chose to resign.<\/p>\n<p>In her passionate speech, Morris encouraged parents and staff to explore alternative educational options.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laura Morris, a former fifth-grade teacher at Lucketts Elementary School in Leesburg, Virginia, left her position due to her refusal to teach critical race theory (CRT). During&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2392,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391\/revisions\/2392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}