Wisconsin teacher Melissa Temple has been fired after she publicly criticized her school district's decision to ban her first graders from performing the song 'Rainbowland' by Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton.
, after she voiced her opposition to the Waukesha School District's decision to ban her elementary school students from performing the Miley Cyrus-Dolly Parton duet.
“It’s just a really good song about peace, love, appreciating diversity and getting along, and my students liked it so much,” Tempel told TODAY.com at the time. "When I told them, they were just so sad,” she added. “They kept asking: ‘Why? Why?’ It was really hard — I had to say I didn’t know.”in March confirmed that the song was reviewed by a central office administrator.
“They determined that the song could be deemed controversial in accordance with the policy,” the statement said, adding that the decision was “fully supported by the Superintendent” but that “at no time was the Board of Education involved.” After Tempel publicly disagreed with the decision, Superintendent James Sebert asked for an investigation into the educator, citing the"hundreds" of phone messages and emails he received as a result of her social media posts, as reported byDuring the July 12 meeting, WTMJ reported, Sebert said the way Tempel publicly disagreed with the decision “was in direct violation of multiple board policies.
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