Adriana Chavira Profile picture
Find me on IG & Threads: @achavira Journalism teacher #NBCT @SoCalJEA VP @NAHJ Academic officer JEA Scholastic Journalism Week @cal_press board
Sep 17, 2022 11 tweets 5 min read
🧵My suspension has been rescinded! You have no idea how relieved I am! I am grateful to the many journalism organizations & people who supported my students & me throughout this ordeal. Yes, I wore this #FirstAmendment shirt to my appeal meeting on Zoom today. (1/6) Image A special shoutout goes to @SPLC for their continued support & guidance since December of 2021. This is how long this censorship issue has been going on. The district should never have attempted to censor my students & discipline me. (2/6)
splc.org/2022/09/lausd-…
Sep 3, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
Yesterday, I was given a 3-day unpaid suspension over a censorship issue surrounding a story my students published last fall. With guidance from @SPLC, my student editors have stood up for their First Amendment rights & I've supported their decisions. (1/4) For those who don't know, CA has Education Code 48907 says: "Pupils of the public schools, including charter schools, shall have the right to exercise freedom of speech and of the press including, but not limited to, the use of bulletin boards, the distribution of...(2/4)