A Florida teacher has been placed on leave for allegedly giving a student a “Most Likely to Become Dictator” award due to his conservative politics.
Gainesville High School history teacher Lauren Watts also faces revocation of her license, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.
An Education Practices Commission document from Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas notes that during the 2022-23 school year Watts (pictured) “allowed students to disparage” the son of Crystal Marull, indicated in the document as “T.M.,” after “students suggested [he] was a Hitler sympathizer.”
Marull claimed at a recent Alachua County School Board meeting her son was allowed to be dubbed a “Naziphile” by students because he was interested in history and had joined ROTC, according to Florida’s Voice.
