PIASA, IL (KTVI-FOX2now.com) -
Students and former students rallied outside Monday night's disciplinary hearing at the Southwest School District in Piasa, IL. They were there to support veteran teacher Dan Delong. Delong was suspended after giving a 10th grade honors English class an assignment involving a science magazine article about homosexual behavior among hundreds of animal species. Some parents complained.
The school board suspended the teacher and even called in state child welfare authorities to determine whether the assignment might amount to child abuse.
The protesting students say a minority of homophobic parents are threatening the career of a popular teacher. But parents opposed to the assignment say the controversial biology reading had nothing to do with the English class in which it was offered.
The pressure was so intense on the school board that it continued meeting behind closed the doors late into Monday night.
The school board suspended the teacher and even called in state child welfare authorities to determine whether the assignment might amount to child abuse.
The protesting students say a minority of homophobic parents are threatening the career of a popular teacher. But parents opposed to the assignment say the controversial biology reading had nothing to do with the English class in which it was offered.
The pressure was so intense on the school board that it continued meeting behind closed the doors late into Monday night.
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