Jane Araf

Yeah. I mean, when I was speaking to a teacher who was afraid of the NDEI portal that I just mentioned, she found out about it and she thought, oh, my gosh. What if I get reported? And what are the consequences? Does it mean I just lose, you know, I can't teach anymore? Will I lose my job? And so she found herself censoring herself in her social studies class where she teaches history.

And so when her kids started making connections or saying things that might be not positive about the administration, she would just shut it down.

And so when her kids started making connections or saying things that might be not positive about the administration, she would just shut it down.

And so when her kids started making connections or saying things that might be not positive about the administration, she would just shut it down.

She just didn't want to feel like she was running awry of these very vague guidelines. And she didn't want to use even her first name with us because she was so scared of what repercussions might exist. She asked us only to identify her with her first initial E. Now, we reached out to the Department of Education, of course, about the intentions of this end DEI portal and about what would happen.

She just didn't want to feel like she was running awry of these very vague guidelines. And she didn't want to use even her first name with us because she was so scared of what repercussions might exist. She asked us only to identify her with her first initial E. Now, we reached out to the Department of Education, of course, about the intentions of this end DEI portal and about what would happen.

She just didn't want to feel like she was running awry of these very vague guidelines. And she didn't want to use even her first name with us because she was so scared of what repercussions might exist. She asked us only to identify her with her first initial E. Now, we reached out to the Department of Education, of course, about the intentions of this end DEI portal and about what would happen.

You know, if somebody gets reported, what's the process look like and what are the possible penalties for that? And we so far haven't gotten a response to those repeated requests. We spoke to another teacher in Idaho. Her name is Sarah Inama. She teaches sixth grade. And she had a sign up in her classroom and And it said, everyone is welcome here.

You know, if somebody gets reported, what's the process look like and what are the possible penalties for that? And we so far haven't gotten a response to those repeated requests. We spoke to another teacher in Idaho. Her name is Sarah Inama. She teaches sixth grade. And she had a sign up in her classroom and And it said, everyone is welcome here.

You know, if somebody gets reported, what's the process look like and what are the possible penalties for that? And we so far haven't gotten a response to those repeated requests. We spoke to another teacher in Idaho. Her name is Sarah Inama. She teaches sixth grade. And she had a sign up in her classroom and And it said, everyone is welcome here.

And the letters were multicolored, and there were hands up with little hearts in the middle, and each hand was a different skin tone. She'd had it up for years in her classroom, and one day the principal and vice-principal were going through the hallway looking for things that might not comply with new parameters, and they decided it was controversial.

And the letters were multicolored, and there were hands up with little hearts in the middle, and each hand was a different skin tone. She'd had it up for years in her classroom, and one day the principal and vice-principal were going through the hallway looking for things that might not comply with new parameters, and they decided it was controversial.

And the letters were multicolored, and there were hands up with little hearts in the middle, and each hand was a different skin tone. She'd had it up for years in her classroom, and one day the principal and vice-principal were going through the hallway looking for things that might not comply with new parameters, and they decided it was controversial.

No parents had complained, nothing like that, and they told her, you need to take it down.

No parents had complained, nothing like that, and they told her, you need to take it down.

No parents had complained, nothing like that, and they told her, you need to take it down.

She told me, I just don't want my students to think that I no longer believe in what that sign said. that they're all welcome here, no matter what their background is. So you put the poster back up.

She told me, I just don't want my students to think that I no longer believe in what that sign said. that they're all welcome here, no matter what their background is. So you put the poster back up.

She told me, I just don't want my students to think that I no longer believe in what that sign said. that they're all welcome here, no matter what their background is. So you put the poster back up.

So we did ask the school district what happened. They pretty much confirmed Inama's account of the way things happened. And they said it wasn't the words, everyone is welcome here on the sign, that they found problematic. It was the different colors of the letters and the different skin tones of the hands.