Another article from the previous hearing:
Georgia teacher grilled over book illustrating gender roles in test of ‘divisive concepts’ law
BY: ROSS WILLIAMS - AUGUST 11, 2023
Excerpts:
“The district also said Rinderle admonished students for referring to the protagonist with he/him pronouns and said they should use they/them pronouns. Rinderle denied that she admonished students, saying she suggested using those pronouns during a discussion before reading the book.”
“The district found Miss Rinderle to be adversarial, deceptive, disingenuous,” he said. “It was very difficult for us to believe that she would continue to insist the book wasn’t about the topic and about gender identity or gender fluidity. (She) did not once take any personal accountability. It was the students selecting the book, they selected the book, so it’s not my fault. It was the school’s fault for having the book fair and it being part of the book fair. There was not a point where she accepted that as the teacher, she would be responsible for anything that entered that classroom.”
So the students run the classes. Silly me: I thought the teachers decided the curriculum.