Approved ~ MJM
MIDDLETON, WI – During ‘Fine Arts Week’ at a high school in Wisconsin, one of the teachers got up in front of the student body for a drag queen performance which, apparently, fits into this school’s definition of “fine arts.”
French teacher Matthew Kashdan got up on stage in the school’s auditorium dressed in a low-cut, blue-sequined dress that exposed his entire backside to the students. Kashdan twirled around the stage, lip-syncing to “Rain on Me” by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande.
The teacher’s performance was not received well by some parents who don’t think drag queen performances, especially by their children’s teachers, are appropriate for school assemblies.
“I send my children to school and entrust them to teachers that I have to believe are professionals who won’t destroy their innocence for their own pleasure,” said one Middleton Schools parent. “If Matthew Kashdan makes a decision to perform his drag show at school, what else does he do in his classroom with a roomful of children? What kind of educators thought this was appropriate? Drag shows are “fine arts”? If a teacher is a pole dancer or stripper, can they also perform for my children?”
“I don’t care what Matthew Kashdan does outside of school,” added the parent. “I do care what he does at Middleton High School.”
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