VIERA, Fla. -- School district officials on Florida's Space Coast aren't renewing the contract of a teacher who used a student's chosen name without getting permission from the student's parents ...

THE DISTRICT SAYS THAT THE TEACHER ADMITTED TO USING A STUDENT’S PREFERRED NAME WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM A PARENT, AND AS WESH 2’S PAOLA TRISTAN ARUDA EXPLAINS, THE DISTRICT IS HOLDING OFF ON ...

VIERA, Fla. — School district officials on Florida's Space Coast aren't renewing the contract of a teacher who used a student's chosen name without getting permission from the student's parents ...

A Florida teacher, Melissa Calhoun, was fired for using a student's preferred name instead of their legal name, violating state law HB 1069. The law, which requires parental consent for any ...

Board members with Brevard Public Schools stood by their decision to not renew a high school teacher’s contract after she called a student by their preferred name without parents’ permission.

Multiple Satellite High teachers were investigated in relation to a high school student who asked to go by another name without written parental consent, though only one received a letter of ...

Brevard Public Schools has opted not to renew a Satellite High School teacher's contract after she referred to a student by a name other than their legal name without parental permission.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. VIERA, Fla. (AP) — School district officials on ...

a teacher at Satellite High School in Brevard County, Fla., was informed her contract for the 2025-2026 school year would not be renewed because she called a student an alternative name to their ...

A Florida high school teacher's decision to use a student's preferred name, in a state with strict anti-LGBTQ+ laws applying to K-12 classrooms, has led to her contract not being renewed and a ...

A Florida high school teacher’s community is rallying behind her after the school district chose not to renew her teaching contract because she called a student by their preferred name without ...