We follow due process and our investigation continues.” The teacher is no longer in the classroom. “Showing respect for our nation’s flag is an important value that we instill in our students and an expectation of our employees. Teacher Kristin Pitzen is no longer teaching after an investigation was launched into the TikTok video in which she joked about telling a student to pledge allegiance to a rainbow Pride flag rather than to the American flag.Īnnette Franco, the school spokesperson, told the Orange County Register: A teacher in California whose giggly, goofy video disparaging the American flag went viral has been removed from the classroom, according to a spokesperson for the Newport-Mesa Unified School District.
