The 2024 race for the White House may have ended, but the heated differences of political opinion are not, and now they’re spilling over into the classrooms.
That includes a MAGA clothing issue at Cerritos High School. According to a parent, a teacher left her class last week because a student was wearing “Make America Great Again” attire.
“It was just a student wearing a shirt… probably for some jokes,” said student Sakura Padilla.
But the teacher didn’t find it funny. She allegedly posted a lengthy missive to her students, writing that it’s unfair that students can wear political clothes, but teachers cannot.
The ABC Unified School District didn’t provide any specifics about the case, but said students can exercise their freedom of speech within the policies set by the Board of Education and the California Education Code.
“It’s different with teachers because the teachers are the ones who are there to do a job,” said attorney Michael Overing, who teaches first amendment rights at USC.