Central New York school backtracks after censoring gay student in school newsletter
The Knight Insight.Refusing to change his answers, Johnson told O’Brien he didn’t want to be included in the newsletter. He then took to social media, posting a video on TikTok complaining about his treatment.
The videos were shared widely, garnering more than 12,000 views by Friday morning and attracting attention from both national media outlets and community members.Johnson posted a second TikTok video updating his followers about the situation.
He claimed he had received support from the head of the school board, who opposed the district’s initial decision. Johnson also noted in the video that the alleged policy preventing students from talking about controversial topics in the newsletter obviously was not being enforced, as he found examples of students talking in depth about their religious beliefs and God in previous issues of the newsletter.
Due to the attention that the story garnered, and the negative press that the school district received, plus criticism leveled at the school district on social media, the district reversed course.
