Teacher fired for reading LGBTQ+ children’s book takes fight to Georgia Supreme Court

A teacher who was fired for reading a book about tolerance to children has appealed her case to the Georgia Supreme Court.

Cobb County school officials fired Katie Rinderle in 2023 after she read _My Shadow Is Purple,_ a picture book for children, to her fifth-grade students at Due West Elementary School. While she fought the termination, the Georgia Court of Appeals upheld a decision by the…

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Georgia court upholds firing of teacher who read LGBTQ+ book to class

An appeals court has upheld a decision by a Georgia school district to fire a teacher for reading a book promoting LGBTQ+ tolerance.

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The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that the Cobb County Superior Court properly ruled that a school district was within its rights when it voted 4-3 to…

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