The letter sent by the school district firing Toby Price said he 'showed a lack of professionalism and impaired judgement' by reading the book 'I Need a New Butt!' to the class.
“It’s a funny, silly book,” Price told
. “I’m a firm believer that … if kids see that books can be funny and silly, they’ll hang around long enough to see all the other cool things that books can be.”he had read the book to classrooms in previous school districts before and had never had any pushback or complaints from the administration or parents.
“I didn’t think twice about reading it because I’ve never had an issue with it before.
“I just think that, you know, this was a pretty harsh reaction. I’ve been in education for 20 years. I’ve never had a disciplinary anything put in my file … So I was blown away,” Price told
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