A photo of an anti-Trump T-shirt displayed in a New Jersey classroom last week created a stir among students and parents.
A Roxbury High School history teacher posted a blue and red T-shirt featuring President Donald Trump’s face with the word “NOPE” and “Vive la Rêsistance” — which means “Long Live the Resistance” — underneath, according to Laurel Whitney, a parent of a former student at the school.
Whitney said a child of a family friend sent her the photo. She would not name the teacher who posted it in his Morris County classroom. Whitney, a Succasunna resident, took to social media to complain.
“Even people that don’t like Trump took issue with this in classroom,” she told NJ Advance Media, adding that by displaying the shirt, the teacher was attempting to sway his students toward his political opinion.
After a closed-door Board of Education meeting on March 4, Roxbury Schools Superintendent Loretta Radulic said the shirt was given to the teacher by a student, according to TapInto Roxbury. She said it was taken down that same day.
NJ Advance Media reached out to Radulic and the two social studies teachers listed on the high school’s website on Saturday. They have not yet responded.
Cassidy Grom may be reached at [email protected].
People aren’t happy with Trump hats . Now people have a problem with anti Trump. I’m over here not giving 2 shits about this crap. No one is happy!!!
Kara Ann I think you’re freakin missing the BIG point . The teachers personal opinions don’t belong in the classroom
Laura Schneider Lange I don’t give a shit
Kara Ann that’s just it. Kids are being banned for MAGA hats, tees etc, but a teacher can post this in their classroom.
Annette Crawford Hall she didn’t post it. Someone in the class took a picture. The shirt was a gift from a student. We have know idea what lesson she was giving about the shirt. They didn’t say in the article.
I believe all this pro and anti stuff is all bullshit and just want to stir up trouble. It’s just better to not give a shit.
My kid would have worn a MAGA shirt every day for the rest of the school year or until that teachers sensitive mushy head exploded.
Wish I were the student president……..I’d have “MAGA” hat day.
Teaching freedom of speech I like it
Justine Rose Gargano it’s called “indoctrination” at that point.
Justine Rose Gargano lmfao. She’s paid by taxpayers . She needs to keep her fcking opinions out of the classroom. She’s a freakin public servant.
Justine Rose Gargano it voicing their opinion to children. Not the place for it. How about the teach what they
Are hired to teach!
this woman is a paid troll
The teacher’s personal opinion (either way) shouldn’t be on display in the classroom.
She should be fired
Joseph John Segreto II why this isn’t a communist country
Our children can hear that their teach doesn’t like the president that’s the beauty of America
Justine Rose Gargano you are correct this isn’t a communist country yet. There are teachers shutting down free speech all over the country so if conservatives can’t wear political hats into school neither can the teacher “resist” by putting up this t shirt. Fair is fair.
Julie Gurney a student and a teacher are 2 different things. If a student wears a maga hat and another student wears that shirt that is ok it is there right. But teachers are suppose to teach it not their opinions on students. It is the parents job to teach there opinions on their kids. Secondly he is the president no matter if you agree or not you should be teaching children to respect their elders and should respect people. This is the main problem I see with this. People wonder why children showing respect is gone.
Has she been suspended yet
I’m allowed to wear my MAGA hat, and shes allowed to dissent.
Fire her ass! Screw the union!
Ellen Fass screw you
Jonathan Adams her opinion does not belong in the classroom. Ditto to you.
I really wish teachers kept their personal politics to themselves,instead of trying to push them down the students throats
Suspend asap, no opinions needed from any educator, useless idiots
Hopefully the parents beat the crap out of the teacher
Oh, yes, calling for violence is an excellent way to solve an issue like this. ::eyeroll::
Unions ain’t that tuff any more
He is the president, and he should be respected as such. Yet there’d be outcry if someone wore an anti Obama or Hillary shirt from some left wing nut
Ryan Anthony they’re always anti stuff for ever president. This is nothing new.
Yes. But the teacher would have gotten reprimanded had it been anyone else on that shirt. The school let it happen with no administrative action against the teacher.
Ryan Anthony in the article it says that one of the students gave it to her. We don’t know anything else. Someone took a picture of it and now Mom is flipping out.
Kara Ann it’s still inappropriate in a classroom setting. Should have never accepted it from the student.
Ryan Anthony so if it’s pro Trump it’s ok?
Kara Ann he’s the president of the United States and should be respected as such. Schools should not be allowing bashing of a sitting US president. It’s unamerican and disrespectful. It’s called having some respect for the country you live in.
Ryan Anthony so freedom of speech is Un American ? Oh , we are supposed to be like we love our dear leader . We aren’t communist.
Kara Ann not saying that. I’m saying it has no place in the classroom.
Ryan Anthony how old are you? Just curious.
Kara Ann 4 1/2 next week.
Ryan Anthony you are absolutely correct. They need to spend more time teaching respect. For the sitting President, Vice President and our services members.
Annette Crawford Hall thank you! Finally someone with some common sense and sense of right and wrong lol
Ryan Anthony not
Much of that
Going around today.
Kara Ann another troll
Annette Crawford Hall you are very right. It’s sad
Authority figures aren’t supposed to apply their opinions to their teaching. A good instructor remains neutral.
Kara Ann this has nothing to do with free speech this has to do with pushing someones agenda on innoncent children. A teacher is supposed to be a totally neutral person when it comes to teaching. Otherwise they would should be called dictators..
Kara Ann we are not bashing freedom of speech, it does not belong in the classroom where they are supposed to be teaching children.
I do have to add, we do not know why it was there. Maybe the teacher was giving a lesson on disrespect to the sitting President.
Keep politics out of schools. The adults in our state are already morally messed up because of politics. Don’t put it on the poor kids.
This is nothing new, been going on for years. You are not going to stop it and the only way your kids will be “indoctrinated “ is if you don’t talk to them at home and listen to them and have open discussions to help them learn to form their own opinions. Teaching with no opinions or discussion is dry and boring. How do you engage them in free thought if free speech is not allowed?
this is not teaching, that teacher has no right to inflict those kids with her opinion of the president. That is not her job.
I don’t like that
I don’t like that
A portion of America once fervently supported Richard Nixon. Just a reminder.
Me either unless it was part of a lesson on political advertising containing other items
David Rinear helluva way to promote thinking for yourself.
https://youtu.be/lIxoVJHj5f4
No room for politics in a classroom! If that was Barack Obama none of this would be even been discussed
Pamela Pete I was thinking the same.
This is part of the problem. Teachers are there to teach not voice their political
opinion or otherwise. I would be pissed
Keep your personal beliefs out of your employment simple rule to live by ,than when you are unemployed you will know why
Jeff Fedak ?
Timothy Figlo
But then they wonder why we have such hate and violence the teachers are teaching it Emagine that and then take it to the college level
But dont talk or ware shirts with guns omg
Funny… so many posts are saying.. “Teachers should keep personal opinions to themselves” If u read thru comments….you get BASHED if u dont agree w someone else. Is Troll the only vocabulary u know????? Hypocritical
If this thread has proven anything, it’s that Trump supporters paid zero attention to their English teachers.
Ocean County Trump supporters paid zero attention to their English teachers and it shows.
NJ teachers are allowed to vote for their own boss.That’s why they’re so arrogant.
who cares
Politics does not belong in the schools. Just do your job!
NO teacher should use their job to display their political opinions.
Fire this stupid liberal teacher.
Dont bring personal beliefs to school with you.