A Wisconsin school board has terminated an elementary school teacher who tweeted in March about her disappointment that administrators had banned students from singing the Dolly Parton and Miley Cryus duet "Rainbowland." The song was deemed potentially "controversial," with WISN reporting that some "parents in the district said the decision was made because the song encourages LGBTQ+ acceptance and references rainbows."
Melissa Tempel wrote earlier this year: "My first graders were so excited to sing 'Rainbowland' for our spring concert but it has been vetoed by our administration. When will it end?" Tempel tagged Parton, Cyrus, the Waukesha School District, the federal civil rights page and GSafe, a statewide organization working to create "just schools for LGBTQ+ youth in Wisconsin."
