WOOD. In a TikTok video, former Three Rivers teacher Russell Ball said he had resigned from the school due to being told to remove the flag.
He refused.“I was not going to be an active participant in the suppression and oppression of an already marginalized group that I’m part of,” Ball said in the video.
He added that this was on top of the teacher burnout that he was already feeling.“The Pride flag stands for love, inclusion, and equality — something that should be present in every classroom across the country.