'Beloved' Florida teacher loses job for calling trans student by preferred name: reports

A teacher in Florida is being dismissed for referring to a transgender student by their preferred name, according to reporting.

The Washington Post reports that Brevard County teacher Melissa Calhoun has been dismissed for allegedly violating a state law that prohibits teachers from referring to students by anything but the name given by their parents without getting their parents' permission.

"One of the student’s parents complained to the school district, which investigated the matter," writes that Post. "The teacher admitted to knowingly using an alternative name without permission."

Calhoun was informed by the school that her contract would not be renewed, although she will be allowed to continue teaching for the rest of the school year.

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What's more, the state of Florida will be reviewing Calhoun's teaching certificate, which opens the possibility that her career teaching in the state could be over.

Amy Roub, a parent in Brevard County and volunteer with Florida’s chapter of Defense of Democracy, has been vowing to fight Calhoun's termination and she tells the Post that many parents have grown fed up with decisions being made by local school board officials.

Roub also said that two of her own children had taken classes with Calhoun and described her as "a beloved teacher, a teacher that changed her students’ lives."