A Christian public school teacher resigned in front of her school board last week to protest its embrace of what she calls “highly politicized agendas” that contradict her beliefs.
Laura Morris, a teacher in Loudoun County Virginia Public Schools, told the school board that she struggled with the idea of returning to school knowing that she would be asked to promote political ideologies that do not square with who she is as a believer in Jesus Christ.
The teacher alleged that in one of her “so-called equity trainings,” she was informed that “white, Christian, able-bodied females currently have the power in our schools and that ‘this has to change.’”
She added — “Clearly, you’ve made your point. You no longer value me or many other teachers you’ve employed in this county. Since my contract outlines the power that you have over my employment in Loudoun County Public Schools, I thought it necessary to resign in front of you.”
Morris began to tear up as she declared: “School board, I quit. I quit your policies, I quit your trainings and I quit being a cog in a machine that tells me to push highly politicized agendas on our most vulnerable constituents: the children.”
The teacher expressed confidence about her ability to find employment elsewhere and encouraged “all parents and staff in this county to flood the private schools.”
Noting that the school board “shut the doors to the public” who gathered to share opposition to proposed policies, Morris lamented the school district’s “lack of consideration for the growing population of concerned citizens in this division.”