Principal in “Gay is OK” artwork row seen popping balloons on video
posted to YouTube and shared with local news outlets earlier this month — shows the school’s principal, Bipul Singh, popping 10 multicolored balloons that were delivered to the school with a note addressed to him and to Vice Principal Sandra Scott, according to a receipt shared by Jeff Jackson, and attorney representing the family of the anonymous child whose artwork was allegedly censored.Singh is seen reading the note, which mentions that the balloons are being delivered “in support of of a student who created LGBTQ artwork in class,” reports the Athens Banner-Herald. He then pops the balloons before tossing the package, with the remnants of the balloons, in a trash can.According to Jackson’s clients, Singh and Scott forced a classroom teacher to take down the student’s “Gay is OK” drawing, featuring an umbrella against the backdrop of a rainbow Pride flag, after another parent complained about its inclusion in a classroom artwork display.The teacher initially resisted taking down the artwork, on the grounds that it was unfair to censor this particular student’s brand of speech, but Singh and Scott allegedly told the teacher to take it down.