Perhaps meaning that students should be allies to the LGBTQ+ community, but rustling a lot of conservative Orange County feathers in the process. To which Pitzen responds, “We do have a flag in the class that you can pledge your allegiance to,” as she motions to the progressive Pride flag pinned to the wall. She then goes on to mention that one of her students notices that there is no flag in their classroom to say the pledge to. And I packed it away and I don’t know where, and I haven’t found it yet. …I took it down during COVID because it made me uncomfortable. Except for the fact that my room does not have a flag. So, my class decided to stand but not say the words. I always tell my class, stand if you feel like it, don’t stand if you feel like it, say the words if you want, you don’t have to say the words. Okay, so during third period, we have announcements and they do the pledge of allegiance. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kristin Pitzen, a teacher at Back Bay High School in Costa Mesa, said in a now viral video posted on social media: (THE BLAZE) Kristin Pitzen, the California schoolteacher who posted a video to social media of herself instructing students to pledge allegiance to the gay pride flag, has been removed from the classroom. The teacher, reportedly identified as Kristin Pitzen of Newport Mesa School District in California, recorded a video where she recounted taking down the American flag, while laughing about having the kids in her class pledge to the gay pride flag instead.
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