Respecting our flag is a value we instill in students and is an expectation of our staff. Skyler LaMotte, a senior at the school, says it's about a quarter the size of an American flag also. Pitzen recently posted a video on TikTok, where she revealed that she removed the American flag from her classroom in Orange County because it made her feel 'uncomfortable. An LGBTQ pride flag hangs in a classroom at Banks High School. Kristin Pitzen, the California schoolteacher who posted a video to social media of herself instructing students to pledge allegiance to the gay pride flag, has been removed from the classroom. The Newport-Mesa Unified School District said in a statement that it was investigating the video: "A personal post by a teacher about the American flag is causing alarm/concern. Teacher who told students to pledge allegiance to gay pride flag has been removed from the classroom. Richard Grenell, acting director of national intelligence in the Trump administration, tweeted: "What kind of parent would allow their child to be taught by this wacko?" One Twitter user said, "Nothing against the pride flag, but we lost 13 service men and women a few days ago for that flag (in Afghanistan)… respect it!"ġ3 beers, an empty table: A quiet but powerful way restaurants honor those killed in Kabul Pitzen has faced backlash, mainly over social media, with people taking issue less with her suggestion for the LGBTQ flag and more with her tone toward the American flag. "And he like looks around and goes, 'Oh, that one?'" Pitzen imitated her student pointing to the rainbow Pride flag.
In the meantime, I tell this kid, 'We do have a flag in the class that you can pledge your allegiance to.' "My (student) today goes, 'Hey, it's kind of weird that we just stand and we say it to nothing.
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Watch Video: How to prepare for back-to-school with these tips Pitzen noted that she took her American flag down in her classroom "because it made me uncomfortable" during the COVID-19 pandemic but hasn't located the flag. Except for the fact that my room does not have a flag." A sign, American flags and a few LGBTQ pride flags are placed around the sign for Back Bay High School and Monte Vista High School in Newport Beach, CA on Monday, August 30, 2021. You don't have to say the words.' So my class decided to stand but not say the words. I always tell my class: 'Stand if you feel like it, don't stand if you feel like it, say the words if you want. In the video, Pitzen begins: "OK, so during third period, we do announcements and they do the Pledge of Allegiance. A school district in California is investigating a teacher who posted a video urging her students to pledge allegiance to the gay pride flag, Fox News reported Saturday. Pitzen, a teacher at the Newport-Mesa Unified School District, posted the video on her own TikTok account, It has since been deleted. Watch Video: Teacher removed after her students pledge allegiance to the Pride flagĮnglish teacher Kristin Pitzen is being investigated by her California school district after a TikTok video went viral of her joking with a student about pledging allegiance to the Pride flag rather than to the American flag.