Students, parents protest firing of gay MDS band director

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

http://www.macon.com/2014/05/22/3110321/students-parents-protesting-firing.html?sp=%2F99%2F100%2F&ihp=1

Mount de Sales Academy students and parents are up in arms over the Wednesday firing of the school’s gay band director.

Flint Dollar, 32, had posted on his Facebook page that he planned to marry his male partner of six years this summer.

He said Thursday that officials at the Catholic school told him he was being fired because of that planned marriage in Minnesota.

Now, students and parents are marshaling forces to try to get him reinstated after more than four years on the job.

They’ve started a Save Flint Dollar page on Facebook. Then, at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, a group of parents and students is scheduled to meet at Mount de Sales to try to talk with the school’s president, David Held, asking that Dollar be rehired.

Later Thursday, a meeting is scheduled at a home on Orange Street for parents and others concerned about the situation to talk.

Dollar said he has never hidden his sexual orientation from school officials.

“I have been upfront with the school since my first interview,” Dollar said. “This was not a secret.”

But something changed, prompting a meeting with Dollar Wednesday.

“I was told that because I was planning to marry my partner that I would not be retained at Mount de Sales next year,” Dollar said.

Mount de Sales’ employment policy says in part: “Mount de Sales Academy is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, gender, ancestry, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, or any other characteristic or status that is protected by federal, state, or local law.

Read more here: http://www.macon.com/2014/05/22/3110321/students-parents-protesting-firing.html?sp=%2F99%2F100%2F&ihp=1#storylink=cpy

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Saying it ain't proving it. I will be surprised if that's the same explanation the school provides.

I bet they say they fired him bcoz = He Sucks.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Saying it ain't proving it. I will be surprised if that's the same explanation the school provides.

I bet they say they fired him bcoz = He Sucks.

You aint right LOL

I hope they did not fire him just for that

Edited May 22, 2014 by The Nature Boy