More from CafeMom: This Principal’s ‘Size Zero’ Dress Code Will Make Your Head Explode Melissa swiftly went to Joplin High School to join her daughter in a meeting with the counselor and principal to discuss what happened, but things only got worse from there. “This principal continued to defend the teacher by saying, ‘Well, we have never had a problem with her before,’” she wrote. “I began explaining that my daughter was just sexualized by her teacher in front of the whole class. He continued to defend the teacher.” In the meeting, Kelsey said how uncomfortable the conversation made her and asked the principal to move her to a different class, but he woudln’t allow it. “I was close to losing my temper,” Melissa wrote. “I took my daughter by the hand and we left. I refuse to put my daughter in a situation where her self-esteem is completely destroyed.” “She is there to learn,” Melissa wrote. “This whole time she was missing out on an education while we were all sitting in a room discussing her boobs. How often does this happen to your sons? Seems like another way to keep girls uneducated.” More from CafeMom: Mom Speaks Out Over Daughter’s ‘Horrifying’ Sex Homework “First, I do not have a choice where she goes to school. This is the public school where we live. I can not afford private school,” she wrote. “Second, my issue is with the teacher who brought my daughter in front of the class to discuss her body type, clothing options, and boobs’ size.” Melissa isn’t trying to change the dress code — she’s trying to change how staff are allowed to treat students and talk about their bodies. “I started this fight for my daughter. I will finish it for yours.”
title: “Teacher Sends Girl To The Office For Being Too Busty The Principal Is Defending It” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-06” author: “Joyce Vargas”
More from CafeMom: This Principal’s ‘Size Zero’ Dress Code Will Make Your Head Explode Melissa swiftly went to Joplin High School to join her daughter in a meeting with the counselor and principal to discuss what happened, but things only got worse from there. “This principal continued to defend the teacher by saying, ‘Well, we have never had a problem with her before,’” she wrote. “I began explaining that my daughter was just sexualized by her teacher in front of the whole class. He continued to defend the teacher.” In the meeting, Kelsey said how uncomfortable the conversation made her and asked the principal to move her to a different class, but he woudln’t allow it. “I was close to losing my temper,” Melissa wrote. “I took my daughter by the hand and we left. I refuse to put my daughter in a situation where her self-esteem is completely destroyed.” “She is there to learn,” Melissa wrote. “This whole time she was missing out on an education while we were all sitting in a room discussing her boobs. How often does this happen to your sons? Seems like another way to keep girls uneducated.” More from CafeMom: Mom Speaks Out Over Daughter’s ‘Horrifying’ Sex Homework “First, I do not have a choice where she goes to school. This is the public school where we live. I can not afford private school,” she wrote. “Second, my issue is with the teacher who brought my daughter in front of the class to discuss her body type, clothing options, and boobs’ size.” Melissa isn’t trying to change the dress code — she’s trying to change how staff are allowed to treat students and talk about their bodies. “I started this fight for my daughter. I will finish it for yours.”
