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A Wisconsin teacher who complained about the banning of the Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton song “Rainbowland” has now been fired. In a unanimous decision, the Waukesha School Board on Wednesday night voted to fire first-grade teacher Melissa Tempel, four months after she criticized Heyer Elementary School’s decision to prohibit her students from singing a pro-LGBTQ song in a school concert. ...

Wisconsin teacher Melissa Temple was fired after she publicly criticized decision to ban students from performing "Rainbowland" by Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton.

The Waukesha School Board will decide whether to fire teacher Melissa Tempel, who criticized the decision to ban “Ranbowland” from a concert.

Melissa Tempel has currently been placed on leave. Parents have told her their children cry every day hoping she will return.

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Jill Underly sent a letter to Waukesha superintendent James Sebert and the school board asking them to reverse course. Sebert says local control is critical.

Melissa Tempel said she was informed May 15 that superintendent James Sebert has recommended she be terminated as a teacher after she spoke out.

A first grade teacher in Wisconsin has been fired after speaking out against Waukesha Schools’ decision to ban Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton’s “Rainbowland” from a spring concert. Last week, Melissa Tempel told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel she’d been informed by the district’s superintendent that her job had been terminated. She’d originally been placed on leave in April. Tempel’s termination would still require approval from the Waukesha School B...

The teacher had criticized district officials for banning the song from the students' spring concert.

Melissa Tempel said she was informed May 15 that superintendent James Sebert has recommended she be terminated as a teacher after she spoke out.