Embattled Irving ISD teacher Rachel Stonecipher, who was suspended after posting rainbow stickers in support of LGBTQ students, won’t be returning to the district. School board trustees are not renewing her contract.
Stonecipher said she felt the stickers helped empower the often-bullied LGBTQ students she worked with. She was one of several advisors for the school’s Gay-Straight Alliance and also advised students who wrote for the school newspaper.
The school removed the rainbow stickers, saying the district insisted on viewpoint-neutral classroom decorations.
