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Schools in Florida's Orange County target classics, popular novels to keep sex out of class

ORLANDO, Fla. — The classic novels “A Room With a View” and “Madame Bovary” and the epic poem “Paradise Lost” — published in England more than 350 years ago — have been at least temporarily rejected by Orange County Public Schools for sexual content that educators fear runs afoul of…

Orlando Sentinel · Jul 3, 2023

Brickbat: Kids Do the Darndest Things

In Florida, Orange County Public Schools has placed Howard Middle School teacher Ethan Hooper on leave while it looks into politically oriented videos he posted to TikTok that were shot in school and involved school students. One video indicated the school system was banning books including the dictionary. In another,…

Reason · Mar 3, 2023

Mom sues Florida school district over ban on volunteering linked to her OnlyFans pages

ORLANDO, Fla. — Lawyers for the mother who was banned from volunteering at Sand Lake Elementary School after an anonymous email pointed officials to her OnlyFans page filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Orange County Public Schools.

Orlando Sentinel · Jan 26, 2023

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Crump threatens to sue DeSantis over African American Studies course

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Wednesday he would sue Gov. Ron DeSantis if he doesn’t allow Florida high school students to take a new AP African American Studies course that the governor contends promotes woke ideology and critical race theory.

Orlando Sentinel · Jan 25, 2023

Florida orders Orange County schools to reveal who bought ‘Gender Queer’ book for libraries

ORLANDO, Fla. — A state investigator who looks into teacher misconduct demanded to know who in Orange County Public Schools authorized the purchase of the book “Gender Queer,” a controversial memoir the district pulled from several high school libraries in late October, according to emails between the employee and the…

Orlando Sentinel · May 27, 2022

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