Amanda Gorman’s poem for Biden’s inauguration banned by Florida school
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MIAMI (AP) — A poem written for President Joe Biden's inauguration has been placed on a restricted list at a South Florida elementary school after one parent's complaint.
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Gorman, a 2020 graduate of Harvard University and the US’s first youth poet laureate, at 22 was the youngest inaugural poet in the nation’s history. She took to social media Tuesday to say she was “gutted” by the ban of The Hills We Climb.
“The Hill We Climb” was challenged by the parent of two students at Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes. It was not immediately clear why the parent objected to Gorman's poem.
“The Hill We Climb,” the poem written by Amanda Gorman for President Joe Biden’s inauguration, was moved out of the elementary section of one Miami-Dade County public school, the district confirmed Tuesday. It remains available to older children.
"I'm gutted," the former Youth Poet Laureate said. "Robbing children of the chance to find their voices in literature is a violation of their right to free thought and free speech."
By Andy Rose and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The acclaimed poem written by Amanda Gorman for President Joe Biden’s inauguration was moved from the elementary section of a Miami-Dade County public school after a parent complaint and school review, the district confirmed Tuesday.
"I'm gutted," Gorman wrote. "Robbing children of the chance to find their voices in literature is a violation of their right to free thought and free speech."
MIAMI (AP) — A poem written for President Joe Biden's inauguration has been placed on a restricted list at a South Florida elementary school after one parent's complaint.
A Florida school removed Amanda Gorman's poem recited at Biden's inauguration because a parent complained it had "indirect hate messages" and was "not educational."
The poem titled “The Hills We Climb” will only be available to middle school students at the Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes, FL, the Miami Herald reports.
A grade school in Miami-Dade County said “The Hill We Climb,” which Ms. Gorman read at President Biden’s inauguration in 2021, was “better suited” for older students after a parent complained about it.
