Oregon educators are fighting for their jobs after starting a campaign to keep biological males and females in their own school restrooms and locker rooms and make it optional for school employees to use their students' preferred gender pronouns.
Assistant principal Rachel Damiano and science teacher Katie Medart of North Middle School face a pre-termination hearing before the school board Thursday. They are seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) and preliminary injunction as they continue suing the Grants Pass School District for violating their speech rights under the U.S. and Oregon constitutions.
A court hearing on their motion is scheduled for Friday afternoon, Ray Hacke, the educators' lawyer at the Pacific Justice Institute, told Just the News. "This means that if Rachel and Katie do have their employment terminated, that could conceivably get reversed one day later." The district argues the federal court can't reinstate Damiano and Medart to their positions, from which they've been on paid leave for three months for "inappropriate behavior," unless the school board accepts the superintendent's recommendation to fire them.
The educators argue they "spoke as private citizens about gender identity education policy, a matter of public concern," using their own resources over spring break.
The two claim they are challenging a district speech policy that not only regulates their speech on "any political or controversial civil issue" while acting as educators, but also requires them to "issue a disclaimer" when sharing their views off campus.
They have stopped sharing social media posts about the "I Resolve" campaign because of the disclaimer requirement, an unconstitutional chilling effect, the motion for a TRO said. The superintendent suspended them after they refused to take down the website, which also prevented Medart from finishing a district-paid "certification training course."
schools need to get their ass kicked for attempting such censorship, they are private citizens with freedom of speech. This nazi leftist speech control shit is way out of hand.
Assistant principal Rachel Damiano and science teacher Katie Medart of North Middle School face a pre-termination hearing before the school board Thursday. They are seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) and preliminary injunction as they continue suing the Grants Pass School District for violating their speech rights under the U.S. and Oregon constitutions.
A court hearing on their motion is scheduled for Friday afternoon, Ray Hacke, the educators' lawyer at the Pacific Justice Institute, told Just the News. "This means that if Rachel and Katie do have their employment terminated, that could conceivably get reversed one day later."
The district argues the federal court can't reinstate Damiano and Medart to their positions, from which they've been on paid leave for three months for "inappropriate behavior," unless the school board accepts the superintendent's recommendation to fire them.
The educators argue they "spoke as private citizens about gender identity education policy, a matter of public concern," using their own resources over spring break.
The two claim they are challenging a district speech policy that not only regulates their speech on "any political or controversial civil issue" while acting as educators, but also requires them to "issue a disclaimer" when sharing their views off campus.
They have stopped sharing social media posts about the "I Resolve" campaign because of the disclaimer requirement, an unconstitutional chilling effect, the motion for a TRO said. The superintendent suspended them after they refused to take down the website, which also prevented Medart from finishing a district-paid "certification training course."
https://justthenews.com/nation/free-speech/educators-face-termination-proposing-male-only-female-only-bathrooms-schools