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Parent alleges Lakeland High teacher condoned violence; district says investigation limits public disclosure
Summary
A Lakeland High parent told the board a teacher told students that a public figure "deserved to be shot." The parent said school administrators limited what they could disclose while investigating and has filed an ethics complaint with the state.
Nathaniel Gowing, a Lakeland District parent who introduced himself to the board as "Bowie," used the public-comment period to say a teacher at Lakeland High School told students that conservative commentator Charlie Kirk "deserved to be shot," and that the teacher's response at school amounted to a brief apology email for students.
"My daughter, she's a sophomore at Lakeland High School," Gowing said. "She came home, October or September 10, the day that Charlie Kirk was, shot and, was pretty upset about, some…
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