“We take this matter with extreme seriousness and are investigating and addressing it.” “Respecting our flag is a value we instill in students and is an expectation of our staff. “A personal post by a teacher about the American flag is causing alarm/concern,” the school district wrote on Twitter. Except for the fact, my room does not have a flag.”Īccording to Pitzen’s now-deleted LinkedIn profile, she teaches 11th grade English at Back Bay High School in Costa Mesa, Orange County, though is currently awaiting the outcome of an ongoing investigation by the Newport Mesa Unified School District on whether or not she can return. “So my class decided to stand but not say the words. “I always tell my class stand if you feel like, don’t stand if you feel like it, say the words if you want, don’t say the words if they don’t want to,” Pitzen said in the video, referring to the American pledge of allegiance.
She claimed to have previously removed the latter as it made her feel uncomfortable, resulting in fierce backlash from conservative critics. Kristin Pitzen, a schoolteacher in California, recently shared a TikTok video of herself telling students to pledge allegiance to a Progress Pride flag instead of the American flag.
A teacher who asked students to pledge allegiance to a Progress Pride flag has been removed from the classroom pending further investigation.