FUQUAY-VARINA, North Carolina (LifeSiteNews) — A North Carolina preschool teacher has resigned after being caught using LGBTQ+ “flash cards” in the classroom.
The special needs Pre-K teacher at Ballentine Elementary School in North Carolina’s Wake County tendered her resignation following backlash from a parent who objected to the introduction of radical gender ideology in the classroom, a local ABC affiliate reported.
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The unnamed educator allegedly used LGBTQ+ flashcards to teach colors to the young children in her classroom.
The cards, which were designed by now-defunct woke company ByUs Box which focused on marketing pro-LGBTQ+ products, including flashcards of “non-binary” and “transgender” animals, depicted an image of a “pregnant man” as well as children in “families” with same sex “parents.”
North Carolina preschool teacher resigns over flash cards depicting pregnant man – https://t.co/XR6aqbP4OS – @washtimes #NCleg #LGBTQ
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After a parent reached out to Republican North Carolina state representative Erin Paré to express concern about the cards, the Wake County School District put out a statement saying it was “concerned to learn of the inappropriate instructional resource found in a preschool classroom,” adding that the cards were not part of the school’s curriculum and that the offensive materials had been removed.
“Schools should only be using age-appropriate materials, and these flashcards clearly do not meet that standard for a pre-school classroom,” said Paré in a statement released May 27 by North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore.
“I am grateful that a concerned constituent reached out and that this issue is being addressed in a swift and professional manner by Ballentine Elementary School,” she said.
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LifeSiteNews previously reported that Paré responded to the complaint by contacting school principal Lutashia Dove, who was reportedly unaware that the flashcards were being used.
Upon discovering that the cards were indeed being used to teach young children, Dove immediately removed them from the classroom, contacted the WCPSS area superintendent, and engaged human resources to investigate the matter.
The unnamed teacher resigned amid the controversy.
Parents who spoke to ABC 11 said they were disappointed the teacher had left her position, adding they weren’t concerned about LGBTQ content in the classroom.
However, Paré argued that “age-appropriateness of some education tools” is important to consider, adding that images depicting pregnant “men” could be “confusing” to kids.
“That’s a sentiment shared not just by folks in southern Wake County but by parents across the state,” she said. “This educational tool was age-inappropriate for these pre-schoolers, and that’s just not me telling you that — that’s the school district telling you that, that’s the principal telling you, and that’s a shared conclusion among all reasonable people in this.”
A recent North Carolina poll has found that 57% of voters support legislation to affirm “parental access to curriculum and classroom materials” and give parents the option to opt out of “controversial surveys or age-inappropriate classroom materials.”