A sixth-grade teacher is suing her school district after she was ordered to remove two specific posters.
Sarah Inama is refusing to abide by the order, claiming the poster that reads “Everyone is welcome here” is a key factor in providing a “positive learning environment” for students, NBC News reported.
Inama, who’s been teaching at the school for five years, says the posters have been up the whole time but didn’t spark controversy until January when the principal and vice principal said they needed to be removed.
An Idaho teacher is refusing to back down after school district officials ordered her to remove classroom signs like, “Everyone is welcome here.”
“There are only two opinions on this sign: Everyone is welcome here, or not everyone is welcome here,” said the sixth-grade history… pic.twitter.com/5j2NXyeOLG
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“I was just so confused,” she recalled to NBC. “I still can’t even wrap my head around what they’re referring to as far as why it’s controversial.”
The “Everyone is welcome here” sign features raised hands of various skin tones, and the other poster question states that everyone in the classroom is “welcome, important, accepted, respected, encouraged, valued, and equal.”
“There are only two opinions on this sign: Everyone is welcome here or not everyone is welcome here,” she told NBC. “Since the sign is emphasizing that everyone, in regards to race or skin tone, is welcome here no matter what, immediately, I was like, the only other view of this is racist. And I said, ‘That sounds like racism to me.’”
Inama had originally complied with the order to remove the posters, but reconsidered after talking it over with her husband.
“I told my husband, ‘I have to put that sign back up,’” she said. “I just was not interested in taking it down. I didn’t agree with why they were asking me to take it down. And for that reason, it was back up.”
West Ada School District arranged a meeting between school administrators and Inama to “provide further clarification and support,” but things got heated when the district’s chief academic officer, Marcus Myers, attempted to justify the removal of the posters.
“The political environment ebbs and flows, and what might be controversial now might not have been controversial three, six, nine months ago, and we have to follow that,” Myers reportedly argued, presumably referring to the deportations of illegal aliens currently underway across America.
For now, it seems both sides are doubling down.
“The more that we talked about it, the more it just solidified,” Inama said. “It seems so gross what they’re asking me to compromise about. I mean, there’s no way you’ll convince me that the differing view they’re trying to protect of that sign is not racist.”
According to a statement from West Ada School District Inama’s posters violate what’s allowed under the district policy.
“Approved classroom displays include the Idaho state flag, instructional materials like the periodic table or U.S. Constitution, student artwork, approved club information and school-sponsored achievements. Other permitted items include temporary displays of world flags for educational purposes, personal family photos of employees and promotional materials from colleges or professional sports teams,” NBC reported.
“This policy is designed to maintain consistency across all classrooms while ensuring that no one group is targeted or offended by the display of certain items,” a district statement read.
“West Ada School District has been and always will be committed to fostering a welcoming and supportive learning environment for all students while upholding district policies.”
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