The Latest Breaking News from Tallahassee Classical School

Florida principal who lost job over ‘pornographic’ David statue visits Italy

Hope Carrasquilla, forced to resign after parents condemned Michelangelo’s statue as pornography, invited to Florence

The Guardian - US · Apr 30, 2023

US principal forced to resign for showing Michelangelo’s David to pupils travels to Florence to see sculpture

Hope Carrasquilla was forced to resign as principal of Tallahassee Classical School after parents objected that they had not been informed that images of the naked biblical figure would be shown to their 11 and 12-year-old children

Evening Standard · Apr 29, 2023

Editorial: If nude ‘David’ makes us blush, then shame on us

It was news everywhere, from CNN to “Saturday Night Live.”

Orlando Sentinel · Apr 8, 2023

A principal is fired, invited to Italy after students are shown Michelangelo's 'David'

A picture of the Renaissance statue is shown each year to sixth-grade art students at Tallahassee Classical School in Florida, but this month it drew fury. Italians, though, are praising the educator.

WEKU · Mar 27, 2023

Museum invites Florida parents to view Michelangelo’s David after statue branded ‘pornographic’

Tallahassee Classical School has roughly 400 students from kindergarten through the 12th grade and has had three principals in three years

Evening Standard · Mar 27, 2023

Florida principal resigns after parents decry Michelangelo’s David as pornography

Tallahassee Classical school’s governing board heard complaints after sixth-graders were shown classical sculpture

The Guardian - US · Mar 25, 2023

Principal axed over "pornographic" David

The Florida public charter school that forced former principal to resign has far-right connections

Salon · Mar 24, 2023

Teacher resigns over parent's complaints kids were taught about Michelangelo's 'David'

Hope Carrasquilla was told to resign as principal of the Tallahassee Classical School in Florida after parents found Michelangelo’s "David" and other landmark pieces of art offensive

Daily Mirror · Mar 23, 2023