ORLANDO, Fla. — A short educational cartoon on civil rights upset a Seminole County mother, who complained it was “racially divisive” and its drawing of a gay pride flag wrongly introduced sex education to her son.
District administrators determined the video, used in a fifth-grade class, met Florida’s academic standards and did not violate any state rules. Nevertheless, students can now only view it with parent permission.
In Osceola County, the school district canceled a workshop for social studies teachers, worried — incorrectly, according to the history professor scheduled to present the workshop — it would offer lessons on “critical race theory,” which the state banned in June.
