Florida high schoolers rally after teacher loses job for calling student by ‘preferred’ name

At dismissal Thursday, students at Satellite High School rallied in support of a teacher who won’t be returning to the classroom next year. On Wednesday, News 6 reported that Brevard County isn’t renewing Melissa Calhoun’s contract because the school district said the AP literature teacher broke state law by calling a student a name the student wanted to be called — not the student’s legal name — without written permission from the student’s parents.