Palm Coast teen says teacher singled him out for being gay

[davidinalameda]

A Palm Coast mother has decided to pursue a lawsuit against the Flagler County School District.

This, after her 15-year-old son said one of his teachers singled him out for being gay.

Luke Herbert told News 13, "It hurts. I may be different, but I'm still human and for them to treat me like that is ridiculous."

As a freshman at Flagler Palm Coast High School, Herbert said high school has been tough, especially since he's gay.

http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2011/february/211214/Palm-Coast-teen-says-teacher-singled-him-out-for-being-gay

[HockeyMom]

1. My daughter is lesbian

She had no problem in NEW YORK 20 years ago in HS. If she did, I also would have sued the district.

[d_r]

2. terrible

ridiculous for a grown adult to act that way

[beyurslf]

3. It just amazes me that this happens from teachers in school with so much information out there for

them. We live in Kansas and I have a gay son. He had one problem, one time, from one of the coaches. And my son wasn't even bothered by it. He was actually telling a funny story and repeated the teacher's comments and I was upset about it. I talked to the principal and he assured me that it would never happen again. It has not. If I can get that support in "backwards" Kansas, you would think the coasts would have no problems!

[alltherage]

4. Awful

No other words to describe it.

[Rabblevox]

5. I just had a PTSD moment, remembering being a gay teen years ago...

I don't know what this particular teacher did or didn't do. But I remember vividly what it feels like to be gay in high school.

My heart goes out to the young man. I urge restraint on vitriol against the teacher until we know some facts.

[RKP5637]

6. Good! School district should be sued and teacher fired! We have "0" tolerance for

other stuff - this should be "0" tolerance too. Show the teacher the door.

[Kurska]

7. I went to school in Palm Coast.

Small town, I didn't go to Flagler Palm Coast High school, I went to Matanzas High school on the other side of town. I'm also Gay. PCHS was a shithole where they sent the losers they didn't want at the newer Matanzas, which was way nicer. I would have been very comfortable being openly gay at Matanazas. There were actually several really openly femininet gays at our school and I never heard anything about them getting bullied.

Never came out of the closet, but I never got the vibe I wouldn't be accepted if I did. Nor did I ever see a gay student getting bullied for being gay.

PCHS was just a shithole. They should send this kid to Matanzas, he'll probably be much happier there.

[NoMoreUsernames]

8. Trying to reach post threshold so I can post a thread.

It's difficult for me to visit these discussion boards without getting upset. What is it with our education system? When it comes to helping a student in a more personal way, high school faculty prefer not to get involved and create a situation between the student and parent that could lead to a termination of employment; however, in spite of the existing culture of paranoia we still get odd-jobs like this.