BREAKING NEWS – Charlotte, North Carolina – Sixth-graders in a North Carolina school were instructed to study an image featuring a sexually explicit act as part of an art assignment, enraged parents claim.
Following the commotion, the principal of Kennedy Middle School in Charlotte is vowing to ensure teachers only post vetted images and links onto digital learning platforms for its students, according to WSOC.
“It was brought to my attention that there were some inappropriate artist images that were inadvertently included in a 6th grade art lesson while the teacher is on maternity leave,” Principal Kevin Sudimack said in a statement. “I worked with the art teacher to have the pictures removed from the CANVAS platform.”
Kara Walker who created the artwork, defended the painting by saying, “It’s best that sixth graders learn about the joy of pornography in a class room, rather than getting the dirty version from the street.”