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"On March 1, 2022, Toby Price, an assistant principal at Gary Road Elementary
School in New Byrum, Mississippi, faced a problem. The reader booked for a Zoom
session for 240 grade two students hadn’t shown up. So Price grabbed one of his
favourite books,
I Need a New Butt, and began reading.
He was fired two days later.
In Price’s termination letter, Hinds County Schools Superintendent Delesicia
Martin cited “unnecessary embarrassment, a lack of professionalism and impaired
judgment” on Price’s part. The superintendent was particularly disturbed by the
word “fart”, which he called “inappropriate”.
However, the book, which features a character who sets out to find a
replacement bum after he discovers his has a crack in it, is recommended for
the same age group as Price’s audience."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
