Even students are ashamed of this teacher for flipping off the White House
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A Missouri teacher is under fire for flipping off the White House during a trip to DC with a group of middle-school students — and then plastering the image on social media, according to reports.
Science teacher Lynn Miller of Warrensburg Middle School accompanied nine students to Washington last week, FOX 4 reported.
At one point during the trip, Miller snapped the image of himself making the lewd gesture with the White House in the background.
“It was very rude and disrespectful,” said 14-year-old Corrine Hammond, who attended the trip, to FOX 4.
Corrine told the station that Miller informed students at the Kansas City airport that he planned to “give the finger” to the White House. Though none of the students saw him making the gesture, he encouraged them to check out his Facebook page, where he later posted the snap.
The image has apparently been removed from Miller’s page, but John Hammond, Corrine’s dad, posted it on his page — accompanied by a message that tore into the teacher for his actions.
“I couldn’t believe that a teacher that was trusted to take middle school students to Washington D.C. on a school trip would actually stand in front of the White House and flip it off and tell the 6th, 7th and 8th graders that this is freedom of speech,” he wrote. “He was right, it is freedom of speech. So I guess what he is teaching, it’s all right to walk in his class everyday and flip him off because it’s freedom of speech.”
Hammond, who told FOX 4 that he had served 23 years as a US Marine, added that he would be filing a complaint with the school board.
“I don’t care how you feel about politics or anything else, but when you are trusted to lead students and this is what is being taught I think it’s time you are held accountable for your actions while representing Warrensburg Middle School and the Warrensburg school district,” he wrote.
Warrensburg School District leaders told FOX 4 that this wasn’t a school-sponsored trip — but Hammond disputes this because families learned about the trip, coordinated by a tour group called World Stride, through the school system and a series of presentations advertising it.
Warrensburg Schools Superintendent Scott Patrick told the station that at this point, Milller has not been disciplined for his gesture, but did not comment on whether that may change.
FOX 4 reached out to Miller, but his wife said he was out of town and unavailable for comment.
“I just think he needs to apologize for what he did,” Corrine said. “That’s it. I don’t want to see him get fired for the one mistake that he made.”
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