{"id":24201,"date":"2024-10-15T13:49:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T13:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=24201"},"modified":"2025-02-11T00:40:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T00:40:27","slug":"teacher-sobs-as-she-quits-during-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=24201","title":{"rendered":"Teacher sobs as she>>>>>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teacher sobs as she quits during school<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/463007094_122105168906562432_7901261970075184280_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/463007094_122105168906562432_7901261970075184280_n.jpg 526w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/463007094_122105168906562432_7901261970075184280_n-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Laura Morris, a former fifth-grade teacher at Lucketts Elementary School in Leesburg, Virginia, left her position due to her refusal to teach critical race theory (CRT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a Loudoun County School Board meeting, Morris emotionally expressed her opposition to the board\u2019s \u201chighly-politicized agendas\u201d and resigned. She criticized the equity training and curriculum changes related to CRT, which explores how racism is embedded in societal structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morris explained, \u201cI quit being a cog in a machine that tells me to push highly-politicized agendas on our most vulnerable constituents \u2013 the children.\u201d She shared that her Christian beliefs clashed with the district\u2019s ideologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also raised concerns about her personal life being affected by the school district\u2019s political agenda. Morris received emails cautioning against dissenting opinions even in her personal life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frustrated by the lack of consideration for concerned citizens and what she perceived as the district\u2019s bias against certain demographics, Morris chose to resign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her passionate speech, Morris encouraged parents and staff to explore alternative educational options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teacher sobs as she quits during school Laura Morris, a former fifth-grade teacher at Lucketts Elementary School in Leesburg, Virginia, left her position due to her refusal&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24201"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44966,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24201\/revisions\/44966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}