Florida teacher’s employment in jeopardy after using student’s preferred name

Florida teacher will lose job after apparently indulging student's gender delusion behind parent's back

A Florida teacher will soon be out of a job after she allegedly used a student's "preferred" name without parental consent.Melissa Calhoun is an English teacher at Satellite High School in Satellite Beach near Cape Canaveral along the Atlantic Coast. According to her LinkedIn page, she has worked with Brevard Public Schools for nearly 12 years, seven of which have been spent at Satellite High.However, her contract has not been renewed for the 20…

Florida teacher’s employment in jeopardy after using student’s preferred name

Brevard Public Schools says the state is reviewing the teacher's certification in line with strict anti-LGBTQ+ laws governing classroom name and pronoun use.

Protests Continue as Florida Teacher Faces Fallout Over Improper Use of Student’s Name

Satellite High School in Satellite Beach, Florida. Image: Facebook Students, parents and teachers continue to speak out in the case of Brevard County school teacher Melissa Calhoun, a veteran educator at Satellite High School in Brevard County, Florida. Calhoun, as of now, will not have her teaching contract renewed following a February 2025 incident in which she used a student’s preferred name without parental consent, violating a 2023 Florida …