The Left keeps pushing their gender agenda on kids behind parents’ backs.
But Florida isn’t having any of it.
And now Florida’s education chief just dropped the hammer on another teacher who thought she could bypass parents.
Second teacher at same school faces license suspension
Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas filed an administrative complaint against Kerry Clapper, a science teacher at Satellite High School in Brevard County.
The state alleges Clapper violated Florida law by repeatedly allowing a female student to use a different name without written parental consent.
This marks the second teacher at the same school facing discipline for the exact same violation.
Earlier this year, English teacher Melissa Calhoun lost her job after admitting she used a student’s preferred name without parental permission.
Calhoun received a one-year probation, a $750 fine, and was ordered to complete ethics training.
The state allowed her to keep her teaching license, but Brevard Superintendent Mark Rendell refuses to rehire her until her probation ends.
https://twitter.com/AGJamesUthmeier/status/1971287849992602037
"This was not a mistake," Rendell stated. "This was a conscious and deliberate decision to engage in gender affirmation without parental knowledge."
Teacher claims she couldn’t remember using the name
According to the investigation, a parent complained in March that multiple teachers were "grooming" their dual-enrolled senior by using the student’s chosen name without permission.
Clapper told investigators she couldn’t recall ever calling the student by their chosen name.
But she admitted the student sometimes wrote their chosen name on assignments and homework.
Clapper said she didn’t correct the student because she "found it unclear as to how to address a student that writes a nickname on coursework."
The parent wasn’t buying it.
They spoke with the school principal multiple times, specifically requesting Clapper be investigated.
The parent said their child claimed Clapper had been using their chosen name "for years."
The school district initially found the complaint against Clapper "unsubstantiated."
But the Florida Department of Education launched its own investigation in May after receiving a separate complaint.
https://twitter.com/StasiKamoutsas/status/1971322713487954233
State seeks license suspension despite district’s findings
"Under the leadership of Commissioner Kamoutsas, the Florida Department of Education is committed to ensuring all students have teachers who provide high-quality instruction while upholding the law," FDOE spokesperson Nathalia Medina said.¹
If the Education Practices Commission upholds the complaint, Clapper faces sanctions ranging from probation to permanent revocation of her teaching certificate.
The certificate is currently valid through 2027.
Commissioner Kamoutsas will be seeking a suspension of Clapper’s teaching license at the formal hearing she requested.
Look, here’s what’s really happening.
These teachers think they can play word games and skirt around Florida’s parental rights law.
The 2023 law requires school districts to create a form for parents to fill out if their child wishes to go by "any deviation" from their legal name, and districts must obtain written parental permission.
This isn’t about teaching – it’s about ideology
Clapper claimed she was "confused" about how to find approved chosen names in the school’s computer system.
She said she didn’t know where approved nicknames were listed and was unsure what happened to a spreadsheet the school used to track them.
But that excuse doesn’t hold water when the parent says their child told them Clapper had been using the name "for years."
Either Clapper was deliberately ignoring the law, or she was so negligent in her duties that she never bothered to learn basic school policies.
Neither option reflects well on her fitness to teach.
The pattern at Satellite High School suggests a deeper problem.
Two teachers at the same school facing nearly identical violations shows this wasn’t isolated confusion – it was systemic disregard for parental authority.
These educators decided they knew better than parents what was best for someone else’s child.
For folks who work for a living and trust schools to respect their values, this should be infuriating.
Parents send their kids to school to learn math, science, and reading – not to have teachers secretly affirm gender identities behind their backs.
Florida’s law exists because too many educators were taking it upon themselves to make life-altering decisions about children without involving the people who love them most.
Commissioner Kamoutsas is sending a clear message: violate parental rights, lose your license.
That’s exactly the kind of accountability parents deserve from their education system.
The fact that this happened twice at the same school suggests the problem runs deeper than individual teachers making "mistakes."
It points to a culture in some schools where progressive ideology trumps parental authority.
But Florida won’t tolerate that anymore.
The state has drawn a bright line – respect parents’ rights or find another profession.
Kerry Clapper is about to learn that lesson the hard way.
¹ Nathalia Medina, FDOE spokesperson, "Florida targets second teacher over student name dispute," WFTV, October 1, 2025.
