Florida substitute teacher fired over video DeSantis called ‘fake narrative’

Florida substitute teacher fired after blaming Gov. DeSantis for empty bookshelves: 'fake narrative'

A Florida substitute teacher was fired after posting a video on Twitter manipulatively showing empty bookshelves while blaming Governor Ron DeSantis

Florida Teacher Fired After Showing Empty Library Shelves on Social Media

Full-time substitute teacher Brian Covey was fired the day after governor Ron DeSantis dismissed his social media posts.

Op-Ed: Florida Woke Substitute Teacher Fired For Trying to Smear Gov. DeSantis - It Didn’t Work

First Coast News asked Gov. Ron DeSantis about Covey’s video, to which DeSantis replied, “That’s a fake narrative.” – Image credit: Firstg Coast News / YouTube. PORTSMOUTH, OH –  Brian Covey, a substitute teacher at Mandarin Middle School in Jacksonville, Florida, has been fired from his teaching position, according to First Coast News. Covey posted a video about Florida school books on Jan. 27, 2023 showing rows of empty bookshelves in the sc…

Florida teacher fired for video of empty bookshelves after DeSantis complaint

A full-time substitute teacher was abruptly fired last week after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis complained about a video of empty bookshelves that the teacher posted to social media. The teacher, Brian Covey, posted the video on Twitter three weeks earlier, on January 27. In an interview with Popular Information, Covey said administrators at Mandarin Middle School in Duval County were aware he posted the video, which attracted millions of views,

Florida Teacher Behind Misleading Viral Video is Fired

Brian Covey, a substitute teacher at Mandarin Middle School in Florida shared a video in January displaying rows of empty bookshelves in the school’s library.  The video has garnered over 13 million views. “They removed every single book from my children’s classrooms… I read books about the consequences of this when I was in school…” “Nah. Not only that they removed the media/resource elective from their schedule and telling the kids that the l…

Substitute teacher fired over video of empty bookshelf, DCPS says video doesn’t show the full story

A Jacksonville substitute teacher is speaking out after he said he was fired from Duval County Public Schools after posing a video that went viral.