Wake County teacher resigns amid LGBTQ flash card controversy

TIMELINE FOR A POSSIBLE IMPACT

TO NORTH CAROLINA.

A TEACHER RESIGNED TODAY AMID A

CONTROVERSY AT AN ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL OVER THE USE OF THESE

FLASH CARDS THAT INCLUDED.

>> LGBTQ FAMILIES. HELLO,

EVERYONE. I'M DEBRA MORGAN AND

I'M GERALD OWENS. THANK YOU FOR

JOINING US. DOUBLES AMANDA LAMB

HAS BEEN TALKING TO PARENTS

ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT AND SHE

JOINS US LIVE FROM VALENTINE

ELEMENTARY IN FUQUAY-VARINA

WITH WHAT SHE HAS LEARNED THEM

AND US.

>> CAROL, THAT WE LEARNED

TODAY, THIS WAS A BELOVED

SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER HERE

AT VALENTINE ELEMENTARY AND A

LOT OF THE PARENTS WE TALKED TO

SAY THIS IS A VERY BIG LOSS FOR

THE SCHOOL BECAUSE SHE CREATED

A WARM AND NURTURING

ENVIRONMENT FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

>> WHEN THE MOTHER OF A 3

YEAR-OLD PRESCHOOLER WITH

SPECIAL NEEDS LEARNED ABOUT

INAPPROPRIATE MATERIAL BEING

USED AND HER SON'S CLASSROOM.

SHE WAS CONCERNED

>> FROM.

WELL, WE'RE TOLD THESE ARE NOT

FLASH CARD THAT THE ARE BEING

DRILLED INTO OUR CHILDREN.

YOU KNOW, THEY WERE PART

LIKE A COLLAGE DECORATING THE

ART CENTER WHEN SHE DISCOVERED

THE ISSUE INVOLVED, LGBTQ FLASH

CARDS FROM A COMPANY CALLED

BIASED BOX.

>> SHE WAS RELIEVED

IMMEDIATELY. I FELT REALLY.

>> THIS THIS IS WHAT WE'RE

MAKING. A BIG PULLED OUT.

JAKEEM ALONZO WAS SAD TO HEAR

THAT AFTER AN INVESTIGATION.

>> AND WHICH THE SCHOOL DECIDED

THE MATERIAL WAS NOT PROPER FOR

THE CLASSROOM. THE TEACHER

RESIGNED.

>> IT'S DEVASTATING.

>> SHE?

>> IS. ONE OF THEM WERE MOST

MOST REMARKABLE TEACHER I HAVE

EVER MET THE CARDS WERE BROUGHT

TO THE SCHOOL'S ATTENTION BY A

PARENT WHO IN TURN REACHED OUT

TO WAKE COUNTY STATE

REPRESENTATIVE ERIN

>> TODAY, PERRY SAID, ALTHOUGH

I BELIEVE THE VAST MAJORITY

OF TEACHERS WOULD NOT USE AN

APPROVED AGENT APPROPRIATE

TOOLS IN THE CLASSROOM. THIS

INCIDENT BRINGS AWARENESS TO

THE FACT THAT IT CAN HAPPEN

AND PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN A

CHILD'S EDUCATION IS OF THE

UPMOST IMPORTANCE. WE

APPROACHED PARENTS IN 20 CARS

IN THE CARPOOL LINE. MOST OF

THEM DIDN'T WANT TO GO ON

CAMERA. A FEW TOLD US OFF

CAMERA. THEY BELIEVE THE SCHOOL

HANDLED THE SITUATION

APPROPRIATELY. OTHERS DISAGREE.

>> I THINK IT'S A I THINK THAT

THE SCHOOL IS A PLACE FOR ALL

KINDS OF FAMILY SHOULD BE

REPRESENTED AND THERE'S NOTHING

HARMFUL ABOUT FLASH CARDS WITH

2 MOMS ON IT.

>> NOW PERRY IS PART OF A GROUP

OF REPUBLICANS THAT ARE BACKING

HOUSE BILL. 7, 5, 5, AND THAT

BILL WOULD PREVENT ORIENTATION

OR GENDER IDENTIFICATION FROM

BEING DISCUSSED IN NORTH

CAROLINA. SCHOOLS IN GRADES,

KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 3RD GRADE.

SOME OF THE PARENTS WE TALKED

TO TODAY IN HIS CARPOOL LINE

SAY THEIR SURPRISE THAT

LAWMAKERS ARE FOCUSING ON THIS

ISSUE IN LIGHT OF WHAT HAPPENED