{"id":1028451,"date":"2021-11-18T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T22:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1028451"},"modified":"2021-11-18T17:14:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T22:14:03","slug":"teacher-draws-fire-over-video-statement-conservative-students-can-jump-off-a-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teacher-draws-fire-over-video-statement-conservative-students-can-jump-off-a-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Draws Fire over Video Statement: Conservative Students Can \u2018Jump Off a Bridge\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fteacher-draws-fire-over-video-statement-conservative-students-can-jump-off-a-bridge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1028451&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kristin-Usilton-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A California elementary school teacher has created a firestorm over a video she posted to social media in which she says students from the local conservative high school club can \u201cjump off a bridge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Paso Robles Conservative club for the high school, you can go jump off a bridge,\u201d Bauer Speck Elementary School teacher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pasoschools.org\/domain\/59\">Kristin Usilton<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pasoroblespress.com\/news\/education\/paso-robles-teacher-sparks-controversy-in-social-media-video\/\">said<\/a> in an initial video posted to her Instagram account last week, according to the <em>Paso Robles Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The teacher, who has served in the Paso Robles district for six years and reportedly refers to herself as a \u201cdual immersion teacher,\u201d apparently filmed the videos in a classroom.<\/p>\n<p>Though, as Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/california-teacher-told-conservative-students-jump-off-bridge\">observed<\/a> Thursday, Usilton\u2019s Instagram account appears to have since been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gladtobeinprimary\/?hl=en\">deleted<\/a>, parts of her videos can still be seen on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.130434782609\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a teacher in Paso Robles, CA school district, telling Conservative Club kids to &#8220;jump off a bridge.&#8221; We don&#8217;t need this trash teaching our children. Retweet and share her ignorance. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fgfhoGhp5R\">pic.twitter.com\/fgfhoGhp5R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayhem337 CMR \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ChadRickard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadRickard\/status\/1460372728339337217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>Paso Robles Press<\/em> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p>In the first video, Usilton starts by saying, \u201cOf the justice of all the neglected Hispanic population on the west side still fighting just for their right to have an equal education. And if you think that I\u2019m going to stop fighting, you got another thing coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The local news outlet&nbsp;noted Usilton went on to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p>The Paso Robles Conservative club for the high school, you can go jump off a bridge. I\u2019m going to post what they thought was a great show of support for the veterans, who I\u2019m pretty sure would be absolutely offended by what they did on school campus. And had the LGBTQ population done that or the black or the Hispanic community members, we would have had our a\u2013 chewed out. Look at what they did today.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Usilton apparently showed a video of students on November 10 waving American and military flags in the high school parking area while one student held a flag that said \u201cF \u2013 Biden,\u201d according to the <em>Press.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On the same day, Usilton reportedly posted a second video in which she appeared to be attempting to back away from her earlier remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I said \u2018go jump off a bridge, I just meant go away, and I will not use that term again because of the incredible influx of messages I got about that,\u201d she reportedly said. \u201cBut if that\u2019s what you focused on in that message, you\u2019re kind of part of the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.848605577689\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cubans: *March against Communist oppression &amp; dictatorship, wave American flags*<\/p>\n<p>Biden Admin: Uh, yeah, guys, we&#8217;re totally in solidarity with you on *checks notes* COVID cases!  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n1zIjtBtNk\">https:\/\/t.co\/n1zIjtBtNk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1414577063000952841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the <em>Press<\/em>, the school district is investigating both the students waving the flags and Usilton\u2019s video remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Superintendent Curt Dubost released a statement to the <em>Press<\/em> on Wednesday afternoon that said, \u201ca student effort to honor Veterans Day was disrupted by a very poor choice to include a profane flag.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dubost continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"20\">\n<p>This both detracted from the intended purpose of the demonstration and led to considerable disruption, including some postings and exchanges on social media that were completely inappropriate. The objectionable flag was up for a very limited amount of time; however, we in no way condone nor excuse this misguided action. Students will be appropriately disciplined in accordance with District policies.<\/p>\n<p>Later that day, a District employee posted comments on social media regarding this event which were inappropriate, and the District is responding accordingly through the Human Resource office. The District will make it clear to all employees that as an employee of PRJUSD, social media is not the appropriate venue for criticism of our students and families and that we must conduct ourselves in a professional manner. The community is entrusting their children to our schools and employees. With this stated, we want to emphasize that the District does not tolerate threats on our employees or students, nor do we condone cyber-bullying.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.5211267605634\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Far-Left teachers unions are prepared to ram Critical Race Theory propaganda into the minds of students while targeting those who oppose it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SaUv9YFed7\">https:\/\/t.co\/SaUv9YFed7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1412044791324479493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe District will expand its efforts to hold joint activities which promote tolerance and unity,\u201d Dubost added. \u201cVeterans Day should be a day for patriotism and honoring service, not yet another politically divisive controversy. We call on the school community to come together as Roblans and Bearcats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eusebio Martinez Jr., Usilton\u2019s fianc\u00e9, told the <em>Press<\/em>&nbsp;via Facebook the teacher was unavailable to comment due to the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez added his concern the media attention to Usilton\u2019s videos is \u201cruining her good name.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A California elementary school teacher has created a firestorm over a video she posted to social media in which she says students from the local conservative high school club can &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1028451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1028451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1028451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1028451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1028451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}