A high school English teacher in Maine appears to still have her job after she called for the assassination of President Donald Trump and his supporters and close advisors.
Waterville Senior High School teacher JoAnna St. Germain posted to her Facebook late last month that the Secret Service and U.S. military need to step in to murder Trump and his supporters, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/f-fascism-maine-teacher-calls-for-murder-of-trump-supporters-top-officials-in-unhinged-rants?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=10&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=‘F***+Fascism’%3A+Maine+Teacher+Calls+For+Murder+Of+Trump+Supporters%2C+Top+Officials+In+Unhinged+Rants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire chronicled here</a>. The teacher&#8217;s threatening comments sparked an investigation by law enforcement, according to local reports.
St. Germain&#8217;s posts have since been wiped from her Facebook page, but her name still appears on the Waterville Senior High School staff directory, listing her as an English teacher.
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The Daily Wire reached out to Principal Dr. Brian Laramee for clarification on St. Germain&#8217;s current employment status, but has not received a response.
Additionally, a parent of a student at Waterville reportedly recorded a conversation with staff at the school who allegedly said St. Germain had not been fired and is welcome to teach, though she has not been back to the school since calling for the murders. The Maine Wire <a href="https://www.themainewire.com/2025/05/waterville-teacher-who-drew-intl-attention-for-calling-for-assassinations-apologizes-blames-trauma-and-insomnia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on the recorded conversation but has been unable to independently verify it, nor has The Daily Wire.
Before wiping her social media, St. Germain published a lengthy Facebook post addressing her comments. She said she made them mostly because she wasn&#8217;t sleeping and was not in the right headspace. St. Germain also blamed past trauma.
“I had a mental breakdown due to severe insomnia and the stress of trying to cope with trauma inflicted on me by a domestic abuser and rapist, but I have sought the help I needed and my brain is mine again,&#8221; the teacher said.
&#8220;I’ve been under the care of an incredible psychiatric team. They saw what was happening, and worked with me to help me get fully back to myself. Mostly what I needed was sleep,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I hope you have no idea the psychosis lack of sleep brings.&#8221;
“I regret my words of violence towards the current administration,&#8221; St. Germain added. &#8220;That is not in my heart when my brain is well. I have never received so much as a speeding ticket, and I loathe guns and violence. I meet every individual with respect and an open mind when I am well. I have the most genuine remorse for making people feel unsafe.&#8221;
She also doubled down on her opposition to the Trump administration, writing, &#8220;I meant every word I said about the rise of fascism and the horror of trafficking humans to foreign prisons.&#8221;
“My heart breaks every day for the vulnerable populations being targeted and irreparably harmed,&#8221; St. Germain wrote. &#8220;I love you. If you hate me? I still love you.&#8221;
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Update on Waterville, Maine teacher who threatened to kill her students and the president. She was a victim. She just needed some rest and she promises she won’t kill any students who support Trump. <a href="https://t.co/Ovc0j19lGx">pic.twitter.com/Ovc0j19lGx</a>
— Better Maine (@MaineLogic) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaineLogic/status/1921163080853061723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
As reported by The Daily Wire, St. Germain&#8217;s past posts said that the U.S. Secret Service &#8220;has the perfect opportunity&#8221; to assassinate Trump.
&#8220;You are the ones with power. Coordinate,” she instructed. “Take out every single person who supports Trump’s illegal, immoral, unconstitutional acts. Look at the sycophants and give them what they’re asking for.”
“Secret Service, you are Americans. My beloved military, you are Americans. We, the people, are counting on you,” St. Germain added. “If I had the skill set required, I would take them out myself.”
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A high school English teacher in Maine has allegedly called for the Secret Service and U.S. military to assassinate President Donald Trump, his supporters, and top Trump advisors.
JoAnna St. Germain, who teaches at Waterville Senior High School, appears to have made the concerning remarks on her Facebook page, prompting <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/30/social-media-post-about-trump-draws-reaction-from-waterville-police-school-superintendent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigations</a> by police and the school district where she is employed.
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&#8220;The Secret Service has the perfect opportunity, if they choose to step up and take it. You are the ones with power. Coordinate,&#8221; she reportedly wrote in a post published Tuesday. &#8220;Take out every single person who supports Trump’s illegal, immoral, unconstitutional acts. Look at the sycophants and give them what they’re asking for.&#8221;
&#8220;I’m not talking about assassinating a president,&#8221; St. Germain appeared to rationalize. &#8220;A president is a person duly elected by the American people. Tr*mp has shamelessly bragged openly about stealing the election. He is making plans to give himself a third term.&#8221;
&#8220;Secret Service, you are Americans. My beloved military, you are Americans. We, the people, are counting on you,&#8221; the post continued. &#8220;If I had the skill set required, I would take them out myself.&#8221;
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After immense backlash, St. Germain doubled down on her alleged calls for assassination, but narrowed down the number of Trump supporters she wants murdered to Trump&#8217;s top advisors.
&#8220;I am so sorry you took that post to mean that all Republicans should die,&#8221; she reportedly posted Wednesday. &#8220;I have no beef with Republicans. I have no beef with MAGA. I meant that those in the room with Trump, who are permitting and approving his egregious actions, need to be held accountable.&#8221;
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The teacher further said that she&#8217;s aware she might lose her job, but is &#8220;not backtracking a single thing.&#8221;
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&#8220;I believe Trump and every sycophant he has surrounded himself with (this is not you &#8211; if you’re reading this, this doesn’t apply to you. You are beneath his notice and mine) needs to die,&#8221; St. Germain&#8217;s post read. &#8220;I believe this with the same forceful belief that Hitler and his sycophants needed to die, before they murdered 6 million innocent Jewish persons.&#8221;
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&#8220;People are quite angry with me for stating openly that Trump and his cronies need to die,&#8221; St. Germain said in another post published Wednesday. &#8220;Gosh, I fear I may have &#8216;Trump Derangement Syndrome&#8217;!&#8221;
&#8220;I’m going to hold your hand when I say this, and I say it with my full chest: F*** fascism. F*** a country that suppresses the media. F*** a country that moves to weaken the education system in order to produce weak-minded people who will follow orders,&#8221; she said. &#8220;F*** a country that sends innocent women and men to die thinking they’re defending democracy when they’re really defending the rights of corporations to f*** over the very people lining their pockets.&#8221;
&#8220;If you’re mad at this post, knowing that I just threw away a decade of experience teaching the truth, fully knowing that my superintendent will have to fire me? If you’re mad that I’m speaking truth to power? F*** you,&#8221; St. Germain posted. &#8220;I’ll still take a bullet to keep your child safe.&#8221;
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Again clarifying her position, the high school teacher posted, &#8220;To be clear, publicly: I knew what I was doing when I did it. I’m not the least f***ing sorry.&#8221;
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An email was sent to Waterville parents by the superintendent on Wednesday, saying that an investigation has been opened into the posts presumably made by St. Germain, according to The Maine Wire.
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Seemingly acknowledging that the email was about her, St. Germain captioned The Maine Wire&#8217;s post, &#8220;I chose to speak as publicly as I could. I am not afraid of you. My superintendent is Peter Hallen. My principal is Brian Laramee.&#8221;
Police have also opened an investigation into St. Germain&#8217;s posts, <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/30/social-media-post-about-trump-draws-reaction-from-waterville-police-school-superintendent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Portland Post Herald.

‘F*** Fascism’: Maine Teacher Calls For Murder Of Trump Supporters, Top Officials In Unhinged Rants

On Thursday, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a high school teacher who was fired for refusing to use pronouns that didn’t match a student’s biological sex could have his lawsuit against the local school board reinstated.
Peter Vlaming taught French in the West Point School District for seven years. A female student claiming to be male had a new preferred name. Vlaming used the new preferred name but simply avoided using the student’s preferred pronouns. The school demanded he use the student’s preferred pronouns, even when the student was not present.
“Peter went out of his way to accommodate this student as he does all his students; his school fired him because he wouldn’t contradict his core beliefs,” Caleb Dalton of the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) <a href="https://adfmedia.org/press-release/va-teacher-fired-declining-refer-female-student-male-pronouns-files-suit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">had noted</a>. “The school board didn’t care how well Peter treated this student. It was on a crusade to compel conformity. He works hard to make his students feel welcomed. In his French class, he always calls his students by the name they choose. He even used the student’s preferred masculine name and was willing to avoid using pronouns in the student’s presence. He just didn’t want to be forced to use a pronoun that offends his conscience. That’s entirely reasonable, and it’s his constitutionally protected right. Tolerance, after all, is a two-way street.”
“Peter wasn’t fired for something he said; he was fired for something he couldn’t say,” Chris Schandevel of ADF <a href="https://adfmedia.org/case/vlaming-v-west-point-school-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> after the lawsuit was reinstated. “The Virginia Supreme Court rightly agreed that Peter’s case against the school board for violating his rights under the Virginia Constitution and state law should proceed. As a teacher, Peter was passionate about the subject he taught, was well-liked by his students, and did his best to accommodate their needs and requests. But he couldn’t in good conscience speak messages that he doesn’t believe to be true, and no school board or government official can punish someone for that reason.”
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The Virginia Supreme Court agreed that the Virginia Constitution “seeks to protect diversity of thought, diversity of speech, diversity of religion, and diversity of opinion,” adding, “Absent a truly compelling reason for doing so, no government committed to these principles can lawfully coerce its citizens into pledging verbal allegiance to ideological views that violate their sincerely held religious beliefs.”
“The West Point School Board violated that constitutional command when it tried to force Vlaming to endorse the school’s ideological viewpoints on gender identity,” Schandevel stated. “And the Virginia Supreme Court rightly vindicated Vlaming’s right to stand by his convictions in its decision.”

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A teacher in Flint, Michigan, was hospitalized Thursday after a student hurled a chair at her in a classroom attack caught on video. 
The attack took place at Flint Southwestern Academy, and video of the incident showed a female student on one side of the classroom arguing and yelling expletives at a student on the opposite side of the room. As the teacher stood between the students, appearing to try to calm the situation, one of the teenagers picked up a chair and threw it, nailing the teacher in the head and knocking her to the ground. 
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A teacher in Flint, Michigan is knocked to the floor when a student hurls at a chair at her head. <a href="https://t.co/KBOLM7KOwH">pic.twitter.com/KBOLM7KOwH</a>
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Flint Community School Superintendent Kevelin Jones addressed the “deeply concerning incident” in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=813401800788038&amp;set=a.522406376554250">statement</a> Friday, saying the teacher who was attacked had been released from the hospital, is “doing well,” and will return to the classroom. Jones added that the student who was involved “will be held accountable according to the law.” 
“We are committed to ensuring that such incidents are thoroughly investigated, and appropriate measures are taken to prevent their recurrence,” Jones added. 
The Flint Police Department issued a <a href="https://midmichigannow.com/news/local/district-says-teacher-released-from-hospital-after-attack-by-flint-student">statement</a> saying it “made an arrest related to an assault at Flint Southwestern Academy” and “An investigation is ongoing.” 
Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig, who is <a href="https://apnews.com/article/james-craig-michigan-senate-run-trump-f90308a4fb4c8cca6aa74b3208654a7b">expected</a> to jump into the Michigan Senate race as a Republican, commented on the video, saying it “captures the sad state of Education in Michigan.”
“[N]o sense of order or direction, no respect for teachers, and worst of all, NO LEARNING. Failure to educate young Michiganders is a recipe for increased CRIME, upticks in UNEMPLOYMENT, and SOCIETAL DISORDER,” Craig said. “Michiganders deserve better.”
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Flint schools have the lowest graduation <a href="https://detroit.chalkbeat.org/2023/2/24/23613804/michigan-graduation-dropout-rate-high-school-increase">rate</a> (43.8%) and the highest dropout rate (33.3%) in the state. The city of 80,000 that is plagued by gang violence and drug use is also one of the most violent in the country, <a href="https://247wallst.com/city/flint-mi-reported-one-of-the-highest-murder-rates-in-the-us/">posting</a> the 10th highest murder rate in the U.S., according to data from 2020.

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The Canadian biological male shop teacher who insisted on wearing giant prosthetic breasts to school to teach children is headed back to the classroom at a new school — after being put on paid leave when parents revolted at his old one.
The biologically male teacher, who goes by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-shop-teacher-with-enormous-fake-breasts-rarely-wears-them-outside-of-school-neighbor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kayla Lemieux</a> and wears massive Z-cup prosthetic breasts with giant protruding nipples to class, will now <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/08/28/controversial-z-cup-breasted-teacher-kayla-lemieux-returns-to-the-classroom-at-new-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">teach</a> at a different school under the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board — prompting school officials at Nora Frances Henderson Secondary School in Ontario to send a letter home to parents alerting them to new security measures.
In the memo obtained by <a href="https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/warmington-trans-teacher-lemieux-returning-to-classroom-this-time-in-hamilton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Toronto Sun</a>, Principal Tom Fisher does not name Lemieux specifically and only referred to its new shop teacher as &#8220;an experienced educator&#8221; who was &#8220;recently the subject of public attention, pertaining to their gender expression while teaching at a school in a different community,&#8221; the <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/08/28/controversial-z-cup-breasted-teacher-kayla-lemieux-returns-to-the-classroom-at-new-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a> noted.
&#8220;We are writing to you today because we anticipate the school your child is attending this year, Nora Frances Henderson, may receive some level of public attention, and we want to communicate what this means for you, your children, and our school,&#8221; Fisher wrote about the board&#8217;s &#8220;obligation to uphold individual rights and treat everyone with dignity and respect&#8221; over the new teacher.
&#8220;Should the school be subject to any disruptions or protests; we are committed to communicating with you as openly and as frequently as possible to ensure student safety — and to share any operational plans,&#8221; the memo added.
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Remember her? Kayla Lemieux, the Canadian high school wood shop teacher who went viral for her Z-cup breasts, has landed a new teaching job at a neighboring high school. <a href="https://t.co/61H4svzehK">https://t.co/61H4svzehK</a> <a href="https://t.co/TBI18vYXK4">pic.twitter.com/TBI18vYXK4</a>
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Fisher then provided parents with details of how the children must &#8220;enter and exit the building using assigned doors at entry and dismissal,&#8221; the outlet noted. &#8220;And locking exterior doors during school hours, only using the front main doors during school hours.&#8221;
&#8220;All students and visitors will be required to use an intercom system to enter and exit the building,&#8221; it added, calling parents &#8220;to email or call before coming to the school if they wish to visit or speak to an employee.&#8221;
The biologically male teacher was put on put on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/canadian-teacher-with-giant-prosthetic-breasts-put-on-paid-leave-after-parents-revolt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">paid leave in March</a> after numerous photos surfaced of the Oakville Trafalgar High School shop teacher instructing children while wearing the massive prosthetic breasts and a blonde wig.
The images prompted protests from parents and media scrutiny eventually led to a piece by the <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/02/17/kayla-lemieux-ditches-her-z-size-breasts-outside-the-classroom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Post</a> showing Lemieux dressed as a man and not wearing the prosthetic breasts, which the Lemieux had claimed in an earlier interview were real. The male teacher also maintained that the Post photos were of someone else.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-students-threatened-with-suspension-if-they-take-photos-of-trans-shop-teacher-with-enormous-fake-breasts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Report: Students &#8216;Threatened With Suspension&#8217; If They Take Photos Of Trans Shop Teacher With Enormous Fake Breasts</a>

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Democrats in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/colorado">Colorado</a> chose a Marxist teacher who has called for a “FORCEFUL Cultural revolution” to fill an open seat in the state’s House of Representatives. 
Tim Hernández was selected by a committee of Democrats Saturday to represent the Denver area after state Rep. Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez was elected to the Denver city council, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/marxist-who-called-for-forceful-cultural-revolution-lands-seat-on-state-legislature" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The teacher, who worked at Aurora West Preparatory Academy last year, openly advocated for Marxism while calling for “White systems” to be dismantled. 
&#8220;Your [communist] theory will not save you. The revolution… will happen in the hood. It will not be led by who understand Lenin best, it will not be led by the deepest Marxists,” Hernández said while speaking at a union protest. “The revolution will be led by the people…. And I say all of this because I&#8217;m a teacher.&#8221; 
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Hernández joined the staff at Aurora West Preparatory Academy after he said he was fired from another Denver public school for being “aggressive, divisive, and attacking,” according to an administrator. The teacher’s contract was not renewed by Denver Public Schools following the spring semester, sparking a walkout from students demanding his reinstatement, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/former-denver-teacher-tim-hernandez-colorado-house-representatives/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
&#8220;The people of Denver&#8217;s Northside and Westside deserve a representative who has lived experiences with our community&#8217;s struggles. I am happy to say today that the people of HD4 elected a teacher, a Chicano and a Northsider,&#8221; said Hernández after being chosen to fill the seat. &#8220;I am hopeful and excited that we will work to dismantle oppressive policies in Colorado and in the communities I have the privilege of representing.&#8221; 
The teacher’s social media revealed that he regularly shared communist talking points and displayed flags supporting leftist causes in his classroom, such as Black Lives Matter and Palestine. 
&#8220;Am I denying the freedom to uphold White supremacy? If so, I am in favor of that denial. And, White supremacy is CURRENTLY upheld by force. So yes, I&#8217;m advocating a FORCEFUL cultural revolution wherein we assert the dignity of life for all at the expense of White supremacy,” Hernández wrote on Twitter in 2021. 
&#8220;We&#8217;re talking about Whiteness and White supremacy. And I&#8217;m willing to advocate for any form of disruption to it and every manifestation it has,&#8221; he added. 
The communist teacher also wants young children to be exposed to Marxist thought by showing them the movie “A Bug’s Life” and then teaching them about the “proletariat revolution,” Fox News reported. 
&#8220;A lot of people call me a &#8216;unicorn.&#8217; I am not an anomaly,” Hernández said, according to notes for a rally in Memphis in 2021. “I am a testament to the work we still have to do; this is sacred; this is powerful; this is necessary. I tell my students the truth.”
Both the Colorado House of Representatives and the state Senate are controlled by Democrats. In 2022, the party’s majority increased by eight seats in the state <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_House_of_Representatives">House</a> and four seats in the state <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_State_Senate">Senate</a>.

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The six-year-old student who allegedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-school-official-aware-that-6-year-old-may-have-been-armed-before-was-teacher-shot-superintendent-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot teacher</a> Abigail Zwerner, 25, allegedly bragged about it to another school official. &#8220;I shot that b**** dead,&#8221; he said, according to a search warrant that was recently unsealed.
The shooting took place on Jan. 6, 2023, at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, and Zwerner — who had reportedly been one of several staff members to warn administrators that they had concerns about this particular student — sustained gunshot wounds to her left hand and upper torso.
CBS News affiliate WTKR <a href="https://www.wtkr.com/news/shot-that-b-dead-unsealed-search-warrants-reveal-new-details-on-day-richneck-teacher-shot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on the unsealed document, which revealed what the student allegedly said to reading specialist Amy Kovac — who assisted in restraining the boy until authorities arrived on the scene.
The student made several comments to Kovac after the shooting, according to the warrant, admitting that he had been the one to shoot the teacher. &#8220;&#8216;I shot that b**** dead,&#8217; &#8216;I did it&#8217; and &#8216;I got my mom’s gun last night,'&#8221; he allegedly told her.
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The student has not been charged pursuant to the shooting, but <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/teacher-shot-by-6-year-old-reportedly-texted-warning-to-loved-one-that-child-was-armed-no-school-officials-came" target="_blank" rel="noopener">his mother</a>, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/08/09/boy-6-who-wounded-teacher-boasted-i-shot-that-bitch-dead/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deja Taylor</a>, faces one felony charge of child neglect and one misdemeanor charge for leaving a firearm where a child could access it and cause harm. She has already pleaded guilty to a federal charge related to the use of marijuana while in possession of a firearm.
Zwerner has filed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-teacher-shot-by-first-grader-files-40-million-lawsuit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$40 million lawsuit</a> against the local school board, the superintendent of schools, and her school’s assistant principal — alleging that they all knew the child was potentially dangerous and did nothing about it when they had the chance.
&#8220;All Defendants knew that John Doe attacked students and teachers alike, and his motivation to injure was directed toward anyone in his path, both in and out of school,&#8221; the suit reads in part.
The lawsuit also claims that the boy had been placed on a modified schedule by the school due to previous behavior issues, such as threatening and cursing at teachers and &#8220;chasing students around the playground with a belt in an effort to whip them.&#8221;

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Six-Year-Old Who Allegedly Shot Teacher Bragged About It: ‘I Shot That B**** Dead’

Six-Year-Old Who Shot Teacher Bragged About It: 'I Shot That B**** Dead'

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A transgender teacher in Florida has been removed from the classroom in the Hernando School District (HSD) and law enforcement officials have seized the individual&#8217;s firearms after they allegedly made a comment about wanting to shoot students.
WEAR ABC 3 <a href="https://weartv.com/news/local/teacher-in-florida-investigated-after-allegedly-saying-she-had-bad-thoughts-and-wanted-to-shoot-students-hernando-school-district-fox-chapel-middle-school">reported</a> that the teacher, who uses &#8220;she/her&#8221; pronouns, had recently learned of a social media post in which their &#8220;sexual orientation was being discussed negatively.&#8221;
The teacher was sent to the school guidance counselor&#8217;s office on March 24 after reportedly claiming to be having &#8220;bad thoughts.&#8221;
The teacher allegedly made &#8220;concerning comments about self-harm&#8221; and said they were having &#8220;suicidal thoughts&#8221; and that they owned firearms and &#8220;wanted to shoot some students due to them not performing to their ability.&#8221;
Officials have not released the name of the teacher.
The Hernando County Sheriff&#8217;s Office (HCSO) <a href="https://www.fox13news.com/news/gun-confiscated-from-hernando-county-teachers-home-after-making-concerning-comments">quickly</a> responded to the incident by removing three firearms and ammunition from the teacher&#8217;s home that same day.
The Florida Department of Education released a statement Friday indicating that the teacher has been removed from the classroom.
&#8220;Earlier this week, the Department was informed of a situation regarding student safety at a school in Hernando County,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;Upon the Department bringing the concern to the Superintendent Wednesday evening, only then did the district remove the teacher from the school, effective yesterday, Thursday, April 13. Therefore, the teacher is no longer at the school.&#8221;
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Parents have accused the school district of withholding information from them due to alleged discrepancies in what allegedly happened.
The school district said in a letter to parents on Thursday that the investigation from the Hernando County Sheriff&#8217;s Office revealed details &#8220;not previously known by the school district&#8221; that &#8220;appear to conflict with information gathered at the time of the incident.&#8221;
&#8220;In light of this additional information, the school district will continue to investigate the incident and require further involvement by mental health experts,&#8221; the letter said. &#8220;As part of our investigation, we will take a hard look at all the actions that were taken on that day, and in the days following the incident, and determine if any steps were missed.&#8221;
The school district said that the conclusions from the pending investigation may lead &#8220;to consideration of additional safeguards.&#8221;
A small number of parents said at last week&#8217;s school board meeting that they thought the teacher was being targeted because they were transgender, but &#8220;the majority of parents&#8221; did not agree with that sentiment, according to local media.
&#8220;Doesn&#8217;t matter whether they&#8217;re white, black, purple, green or a rhinoceros,&#8221; one father said. &#8220;I&#8217;m glad she&#8217;s a great teacher. She made a threat.&#8221;
Another parent responded, &#8220;Anybody that makes a comment like that should not be working in a school. If a student made that comment there would be charges pressed. The child would be expelled.&#8221;

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A New York male-to-female transgender teacher manipulated a fifth-grade girl to adopt a male name and pronouns, which caused the child to have suicidal thoughts, a new lawsuit alleges.
According to a <a href="https://trellis.law/doc/155146253/summons-complaint" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> filed in Suffolk County Court by the girl&#8217;s parents, a fifth-grade teacher at Terryville Road Elementary School in Port Jefferson Station, Debra Rosenquist, allegedly &#8220;forced&#8221; the child to use a male name and pronouns. The parents learned of the social transition months later when their daughter drew a picture that said, &#8220;I wanna kill myself.&#8221;
The family’s lawyer, Debra Wabnik, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/02/28/ny-teacher-forced-5th-grader-to-go-by-male-pronouns-suit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the New York Post that Rosenquist “manipulated a pre-teen female into changing her gender identity when the child did not feel any inclination to do so.” 
According to the suit, Rosenquist began calling the 9-year-old &#8220;Leo&#8221; and using opposite-sex pronouns at the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, continuing to refer to the student as such for months before the parents were notified by the school principal in January 2022. The student reportedly met with a school psychologist and said she &#8220;was confused about her gender identity,&#8221; the court documents state.
The parents were supportive of the name change if it was requested by their child but were doubtful that their daughter actually wished to identify as a boy. They are concerned that the teacher had significantly deviated from the district&#8217;s curriculum and taught material on &#8220;gender identity&#8221; ideology to young students.
The lawsuit states that Rosenquist &#8220;pursued her own agenda outside the curriculum, which included persuading her 5th-grade students to try ‘being gay’ or being another gender even when they were not.&#8221; 
&#8220;To further her agenda, Rosenquist read and provided her students graphic books about gender and sexuality which were not on the curriculum,&#8221; the suit alleged.
Rosenquist authored an LGBT-themed book entitled &#8220;I am Neither&#8221; and reportedly kept it in the classroom. Additionally, Rosenquist allegedly read &#8220;When Aidan Became a Brother,&#8221; a book about chemical and surgical child sex change procedures, even though it was not part of the official curriculum. After an investigation was launched, it was discovered that at least one of the non-curricular books was present in Rosenquist&#8217;s classroom.
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The parents learned that Rosenquist had allegedly been reported for abuse, but nothing had been done because of Rosenquist&#8217;s position as a tenured teacher. 
According to the suit, the parents met with the school&#8217;s principal, superintendent, and assistant superintendent in February 2022. The administrators admitted that the issue was not handled properly and that they had not known about the off-curriculum materials used by Rosenquist. 
The parents are accusing the school of negligence in failing to properly monitor the classroom and train and supervise staff. The lawsuit alleges that the student in question was placed in a different classroom but is now being bullied and ostracized by her classmates. The family is suing for unspecified damages after having to pay for lawyers&#8217; fees and psychological treatment for their daughter, claiming that the ordeal has caused the child to suffer from humiliation, anxiety, emotional pain, and trauma.
According to the family&#8217;s lawyer, their daughter continues to identify as female. 
&#8220;At no point did she identify as male,” Wabnik said. “The notion that she identified as male was foisted upon her by Rosenquist.&#8221;
“The psychological and social damage Rosenquist caused this child and her family was immense,” she added. Rosenquist was reportedly removed from the classroom but is now teaching younger students. 
“Incredibly, the district still has Rosenquist in the classroom where she can similarly harm other innocent children,” said Wabnik.
Comsewogue School District Superintendent Jennifer Quinn said in a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-teacher-forced-manipulated-5th-grader-become-transgender-causing-suicidal-ideation-suit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> to Fox News, &#8220;After a thorough investigation and consultation with our attorney, action is [being] taken in accordance with applicable laws and collective bargaining agreements. Please be assured that this has been done.&#8221;

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Lawsuit Alleges New York Trans Teacher ‘Forced’ 5th-Grader To Change Name, Pronouns

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A Florida sixth-grade teacher is under fire after posting TikTok videos of white students bowing to their black peers and of himself mocking the state&#8217;s “Stop Woke Act,” which bars Critical Race Theory and other discriminatory lessons in public schools.
Ethan Hooper, a teacher at Howard Middle School in Orlando, was slammed by parents and critics who accused him of using children as political props. In addition, Orange County Public Schools, his employer, issued a statement condemning the videos.
“I’m about to run up on these kids and start banning books right away,” Hooper states in the video, subtitled “problematic books,” before seizing a book from a boy and yelling, “Hey, hey, hey, what&#8217;cha all reading? You reading Harry Potter? Oh, witchcraft? Gotta go. Gotta go.”
He then grabs a book titled “Crossover,” yelling, “A black boy? No. Absolutely not.”
Next he grabs a book titled, “The Hate You Give,” snapping, “I’m gonna give you something to hate. This book’s gone.”
Reaction to the TikTok videos was swift and angry.
“If one of the teachers was using my kid for political gain, that would upset me,” one father <a href="https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/02/21/orange-county-teacher-receives-support-backlash-over-controversial-tiktok-videos/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “What if I don’t believe in that, and, you know, that’s not what I’m teaching my kid?”
“He needs to lose his job now,” another critic <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11786709/Orlando-teacher-slammed-posting-video-showing-white-students-bowing-black-students.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared.</a> “He can take his issues to adults in the system. Instead, he used children he’s supposed to be caring for on a personal social media account,” one critic of the video said, while another critic chimed in, “What is a teacher doing on social media during school hours, much less posting his students’identities?”
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“Orange County Public Schools will not tolerate the use of our children as political pawns by anyone, including a classroom teacher,” the Orange County Public Schools said in a statement. “Any employee of who creates videos or other content with students in an effort to exploit them for political purposes will be immediately removed from the classroom, placed on administrative leave and swift action will be taken to terminate employment.”
Orange County Public Schools Superintendent Maria Vazquez said the videos crossed the line.
“I am appalled at the behavior and judgment of the teacher who posted the inappropriate videos using his students as political props,” Vazquez said. “This is not free speech — it is the exploitation of our students for political purposes, and it will not be tolerated in our school district.”
A spokesperson for the school district suggested Hooper would be disciplined, and local reports confirmed he was put on administrative leave.
“Any employee of who creates videos or other content with students in an effort to exploit them for political purposes will be immediately removed from the classroom, placed on administrative leave and swift action will be taken to terminate employment,” Orange County Public Schools&#8217; Media Manager Michael Ollendorf <a href="https://www.express.co.uk/news/us/1738625/Florida-news-teacher-white-black-classmates-disgusting-video-latest-news-dxus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>.

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Florida Teacher Suspended Over TikTok Video Of White Kids Bowing To Black Children

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Abigail Zwerner, the Virginia first-grade teacher who was shot by her six-year-old student, reportedly texted a loved one before the shooting that the child had a gun and school officials were not responding to her pleas for help.
A source told <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teacher-shot-6-year-old-texted-dire-warning-loved-one-was-wounded-sour-rcna67290" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a> that the text from Zwerner stated the boy’s backpack carried a gun and administrators at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News weren’t coming to her aid.
“She was frustrated because she was trying to get help with this child, for this child, and then when she needed help, no one was coming,” the source stated.
On Wednesday, Diane Toscano, Zwerner&#8217;s attorney, announced she will file a lawsuit against the Newport News School Division.
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Prior to the shooting, the boy allegedly <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/21/boy-who-shot-abigail-zwerner-told-another-he-wanted-to-set-her-on-fire/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told another educator</a> he wanted to light Zwerner on fire and watch her die.
“Anything that has been reported to our school leadership team in regards to concerns at Richneck from teachers and staff members is part of the investigation. It’s being thoroughly investigated,” Newport News Public Schools spokesperson Michelle Price said.
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The Newport News School Division Superintendent, George Parker III, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-wonder-6-year-old-virginia-boy-shot-teacher-backpack-was-searc-rcna65914" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> at a virtual townhall after the January 6 shooting virtual town hall that the boy had come to school late and his book bag inspected when he was signed in, adding, “At least one administrator was notified of a possible weapon.”
A Newport News police spokeswoman claimed that police confirmed “a school employee was notified of a possible firearm at Richneck Elementary before the shooting occurred,” adding, “The Newport News Police Department was not notified of this information prior to the incident.”
Zwerner suffered injuries described as life-threatening at the time of the shooting.
“She was going to confiscate it, and that’s when he shot,” the mother of one child in the class told <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/08/richneck-elementary-school-shooting-newport-news-virginia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post</a>.
The former director of the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice cited what he called the “infancy defense” to dismiss the idea that the child, placed in police custody, could be prosecuted.
“As a practical matter, it would be next to impossible to prosecute a 6-year-old, no matter how serious,” Andrew Block told the Post. “The bigger barrier, presuming the prosecution could overcome that, is all defendants have to be competent to stand trial. That means you have to understand the nature of legal proceedings against you and assist in your own defense. There’s no way a 6-year-old would meet that criteria.”
A parent of one of the first-grade students told <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11613793/Teacher-25-deliberately-shot-chest-six-year-old-boy.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a> that Zwerner “screamed at her kids to run away” after she was shot. Sebastian Gonzalez-Hernandez continued, “Even after she&#8217;d been shot she was thinking about the safety of her children. My son didn&#8217;t see what happened; he heard the gunshot go off, and turned around to see Miss Zwerner on the floor.”
“She is an amazing teacher, so dedicated,” he added. “My son absolutely loves her, and we&#8217;re devastated about what&#8217;s happened. We are all thinking of her and hoping that she gets better soon.”
Related: <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/screamed-at-her-kids-to-run-away-6-year-old-shoots-his-1st-grade-teacher/">‘Screamed At Her Kids To Run Away’: 6-Year-Old Shoots His 1st Grade Teacher</a>

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Teacher Shot By 6-Year-Old Reportedly Texted Warning To Loved One That Child Was Armed. No School Officials Came.

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Two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/teenagers">teenagers</a> from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iowa">Iowa</a> stand accused of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/murder">killing</a> their Spanish teacher last year after she gave one of the teens a bad grade.
Prosecutors allege that Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale, who were both 16 at the time of the murder, followed Fairfield High School Spanish teacher Nohema Graber to a park where she was known to take daily walks after school and killed her, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/02/iowa-students-willard-miller-jeremy-goodale-killed-teacher-nohema-graber-over-bad-grade/">reported</a>.
Earlier in the day on November 2, 2021, Miller met with Graber to discuss the low grade she had given him, court documents reviewed by the Post show.
“The poor grade is believed to be the motive behind the murder of Graber which directly connects Miller,” said the court documents, which were filed by Jefferson County Attorney Chauncey Moulding and Assistant Iowa Attorney General Scott Brown.
The next day, Graber’s body was found hidden under a tarp, wheelbarrow, and railroad ties in the park where she had been walking.
Witnesses reportedly told police they saw two males driving Graber’s van away from the park less than an hour after she had arrived for her daily walk. The vehicle was later found abandoned on a rural road. A witness said they picked Miller and Goodale up from that same road, according to court documents.
Miller allegedly told police he was angry about the low grade Graber gave him, which was dragging down his grade point average. The teenager denied killing Graber but “later stated he had knowledge of everything but did not participate,” claiming a “roving group of masked kids” killed his teacher and forced him to hide the body, court documents said.
Meanwhile, Goodale was allegedly bragging about the murder over Snapchat. Police were given photos of a Snapchat conversation where Goodale allegedly indicated he and Miller were involved in Graber’s murder.
Christine Branstad, attorney for Miller, reportedly claimed in the documents that the search warrants were issued illegally, claiming &#8220;law enforcement failed to provide information to the issuing magistrate to show the informant is reliable or that the information from the informant should be considered reliable.”
The teens, who are now both 17, will be tried as adults, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nohema-graber-murder-willard-miller-jeremy-goodale-killed-spanish-teacher-over-bad-grade-iowa-prosecutor-says/">reported</a>. Miller’s trial is scheduled to begin on March 20 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, while Goodale’s trial will start on December 5 in Davenport. If convicted, the teens face life in prison.
Graber’s family released a statement after her death describing their loss.
&#8220;To know Nohema was to love her — she was the kind of person every community longs to have in its midst and we were blessed to have her in our lives,&#8221; the family said, according to CBS. &#8220;She lived for her children, her family and her faith. Her next priorities were her job as an educator and the children she taught, her local Parish, and the Spanish-speaking community in Fairfield.&#8221;

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