The assistant principal at a Mississippi college has been fired for studying a kids’s e-book referred to as “I Need a New Butt!” to second-graders.
Toby Price stated he was requested to arrange a Zoom class for the children at Gary Road Elementary School in Byram — and that when the principal failed to indicate up as deliberate, he was informed to learn them a e-book, NBC News reported.
“I text my boss, she said, ‘Well, go ahead and read.’ I wasn’t planning on reading, but I went ahead and grabbed one of my books that I had nearby,” Price informed the community.
“One of my favorites. I read it: ‘I Need a New Butt!’ It’s hilarious,” he stated, including that he had learn the “fun, silly book” at his earlier college and “never had an issue with it.”
He stated that “there are other books that have much more suggestive material that are much more widely accepted,” WLBT reported.
But shortly after the category ended, Price stated, he was summoned to the principal’s workplace and informed that folks would possibly complain about his alternative of e-book. He was positioned on administrative go away.
The bummed educator stated that to his data, no dad and mom have complained — however that the Hinds County School District felt it was inappropriate attributable to its use of phrases like “butt” and “fart,” the community reported.
The e-book additionally reportedly included cartoon pictures of a kid’s hiney.
The college district superintendent wrote in Price’s termination letter that he confirmed “a lack of professionalism and impaired judgment” for choosing the e-book, in line with WLBT.
“I just think that, you know, this was a pretty harsh reaction. I’ve been in education for 20 years. I’ve never had a disciplinary anything put in my file and I didn’t for being late. So I was blown away,” Price stated, WLBT reported.
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An outline for “I Need a New Butt!” — a kids’s e-book written by Dawn McMillan — says a toddler tries to discover a new butt after he discovers that his “has a huge crack.”
“Will he choose an armor-plated butt? A rocket butt? A robot butt? Find out in this quirky tale of a tail, which features hilarious rhymes and delightful illustrations,” it stated.
“Children and parents will love this book — no ifs, ands, or butts about it!” the outline provides.
Price stated he plans to attraction his firing at a listening to scheduled for March 21.
“I am just looking for some help to pay bills while I look for another job,” he wrote in a GoFundMe account wherein he stated he has two children with autism.
As of Thursday, the fund drive raised $7,124 of its $7,500 objective.
“If I had to do it all over again, I’d still share the silly, funny books with the kids, because they need them. The world’s a serious, harsh, dark place, and everybody needs a little bit of silly and a little bit of laughs every now and then,” he stated, NBC News reported.
“They just need that reminder that it’s not all bad all the time,” Price added.
The faculties superintendent declined to remark to WLBT.
