Christian teacher discharged due to a violation of trans policy ecstatic due to Trump’s move
A Christian former teacher who was fired after refusing to adhere to The transgender policies of her school district The celebrated executive order of President Donald Trump on Wednesday aiming for gender ideology in K-12 schools, calling the moment “superior”.
“I’m in a cloud nine,” Jessica Tapia told Fox News Digital.
“Just being discharged – the tide turned completely. Now is a teacher who participates in the social transition of students who will be in trouble. Not the other way around, as has been the last few years,” she added.
Trump’s executive command, called “Completion of radical indoctrination in K-12 education,” calls for removal of federal financing or support “for illegally and discriminatory treatment and indoctrination in K-12 schools, including based on sexual and discriminating capital ideology.”
President Donald Trump signs the executive commands at the oval office on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The order, which also targets the theory of critical race in schools, directs state and local lawyers to work with the US chief lawyer on law enforcement and take measures against teachers who violate the law “sexually exploit minors”, “illegally practicing medicine according to medicine offering diagnosis and treatment without the necessary permit; He writes.
Tapia, a former lease A teacher of physical education In the California school neighborhood of Jurup, she was discharged in January 2023 after declining in accordance with the native policy of the district, which, she says, instructed teachers to hide their native transition from her parents and use the prefers of the students.
Tapia explained that the District initially became aware of her opposition to gender ideology with posts on her account on social networks discussing her faith and conservative beliefs. After pulling her out of her classroom and on several meetings, the District said that she could not give her a request for religious accommodation and abolished her.
She filed a lawsuit against her former employer in May 2023, claiming that she was deprived of free exercise of religion and freedom of speech. Tapia reached a settlement a year later in the amount of $ 360,000.
Simi Valley, California – September 26: Jessica Tapia from “Our Hour”, says at the California Center for Politics and Perk (Protection of Children’s Educational Rights), “The Parental Right Rancho Rancho Madera Park Commuty in Simi Valley , California on Tuesday, September 26, 2023. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
The Jurup School District did not acknowledge any guilt or injustice, saying on a settlement last year, “A settlement is not a victory for Mrs. Tapia, but in a compromise of a disputed request.”
“The settlement certainly does not cite or do not prove illegal action or discrimination by the district. The District still denies any illegal measure or discrimination of Mrs. Tapia,” the district statement said.
Tapia, who is now at the school of her young children, has become an advocate of other teachers, parents and students who see their moral beliefs in contrast to these policies in schools.
“I heard with thousands of people in the whole nation how grateful they are for the booth I took,” she said Fox News Digital.
Jessica Tapia claims that her united school district of Jurup ordered her to lie to her parents about their children’s native crossings. (Fox News)
He continues to share his story and advises other teachers who go through similar temptations, encouraging them that it is worth “firmly in truth”, regardless of the price.
The knowledge of Trump’s executive command on Wednesday was an surreal moment for a former teacher, who lost his job exactly two years ago.
“Only when I see Trump enter and immediately make these changes as such a confirmation for me, such as,” You really did the right one, “Tapia said.” It’s hard to find words that I felt learning about it. Almost surreal, honestly, because again, as if the tide had now completely turned. “
Tapia said she was delighted that more teachers and parents would be protected by law.
“The teachers went to the crowd, leaving education because of what it became. And so hope is definitely growing,” she continued.
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Randi Wentarten, president of the US Federation of Teachers, responds in front of a housing houses on Coronavirus Pandemia on Capitol Hill in Washington, in the United States on April 26, 2023. Reuters/Elizabeth France (Reuters/Elizabeth France)
Trump’s command came to criticism of the US Federation of Teachers, one of the largest unions of teachers in the country.
Randi Wentgarten AFT President accused Trump of unjustly stunning the teachers and makes his job making his job with an executive order.
“Today is a sad day because Trump’s administration does exactly what accuses others: creating a division and fear in classrooms across America,” Wentarten wrote a statement for the public.
