“A lot of the information that’s been put out there is completely incorrect and inaccurate,” Nebo School District Public Information Officer Seth Sorensen told ABC4.com.
While Sorensen said there have been issues with harassment or students making others feel uncomfortable or unsafe, he said most of the claims online are false.
“The administration at the school addressed that with the entire student body and they sent out a couple of emails,” Sorensen said. “Some of those emails were misinterpreted, and parents took to online formats to voice some of their concerns and questions.”
Sorensen said students are not dressing up as cats and dogs, and because there is a dress code in place, he doesn’t think videos that have been shared online are from Nebo schools. Sorensen emphasized that the main goals of the district are open communication and student safety.
“Today, we had some students and parents choose to exercise their right to assemble, and do a little protest for what they perceived was something that was happening in the school,” Sorensen said. “It actually is not something that’s been occurring.”
He said the reports of students dressing as animals are “a little bit inaccurate,” saying students wearing headbands with ears are similar to students wearing bows and sports jerseys. Sorensen said dressing up is “just what students of this age do.”
“Interestingly enough, they really didn’t address us with anything they wanted changed,” Sorensen said of the protesters.
“Interestingly enough, they really didn’t address us with anything they wanted changed,” Sorensen said of the protesters.
So in other words the protesters didn’t know what they were protesting or why it was important, but ran with it anyway.
The dumbing down of America apparently.
“What do we want?!”
We don’t know!
“When do we want it?”
Now!!
Middle school protests are a lot like Middle School… everything. It’s all just a fumbling, superficial simulacrum of shit they think young adults do.
I feel like if you look back at yourself when you were in middle school and don’t cringe, you did it wrong. 😆
looking back to middle school and seeing myself as Shere Khan in the production of Jungle Book we did in theatre
I nailed being that tiger. 😤
Idk I was mostly just crying in horror, dread, and anguish. I’m better these days, but like I wasn’t wrong about the state of the world, my body, my social life, and my family. I just probably shouldn’t’ve been doing the crying in class. It was Highschool when I became a shithead I want to smack
I just did a career day at my sons middle school a few weeks ago. It’s still just as cringe and awkward as when I was there myself. haha!
Yeah, please don’t judge me on the choices I made in middle school
Something must be done! This is something, therefore, this must be done!
In general, what it seems like they want is to prevent social progress, and by having an absurd protest against nothing, they’re trivializing protest. It’s similar to the Republican impeachment attempts of executive branch members, the objective isn’t to get the person removed, it’s to make it seem mundane.
Yep, plus what the other commenter brought up. It’s middle school. These kids are thinking they can get out of class to make fun of other kids and maybe get on the news doing it. They’re parents created this out of nothing to do just what you’re saying.
bingo.
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Libs of TikTok is amplifying false accounts of furries biting and scratching students. It’s just more fake outrage porn for right wing fantasists.
And Utah is full of people who are right wing fascists. Even among the non-Mormons.
gotta have an “other” to hate on
They and others, like Chris Rufo, just seem to have a free mouthpiece in every major news organization at their pure discretion and disposal.
Several students and adults participated in an hours-long walkout from Utah’s Mt. Nebo Middle School on Wednesday.
Wow! Several!
Pass.
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
That’s not a headline I expected to read today. Or ever, really. I felt I had to be misinterpreting it. Nope.
I guess the real snowflakes are all the conservatives we met along the way.
This is what a failed education system looks like, folks.
lmao
The students said there are attacks from the furries every day, but were unsure of how many furries there actually are at the school, shouting out numbers ranging from five to 100 students who identify as such.
The school’s “furry” population is accused of biting, scratching, spraying air freshener on, barking at and chasing other students.
My daughter was severely bullied at her middle school because they decided she was a furry. They also made those accusations about her- biting and barking and so on. Why? Because she likes punk and likes to wear leather chokers and one day a teacher called it her dog collar.
We had to take her out of the school because of this shit. Not surprised since Indiana, where we were, is a Midwestern Utah.
Furrys are an abomination. There’s no need to make up fake data when real data would be more useful, but self reporting isn’t a reliable method for gathering it. Regardless though, it borders too closely to bestiality for it to be a tolerable “lifestyle.”
Sounds like a really intelligent and unbiased opinion only backed up by factual evidence. No sir no slander or falsehoods here sir
