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jack petocz

‘Handful’ of Students Suspended Up to 3 Days Following Thursday ‘Say Gay’ Walkouts and Fight Over Trump Flag

March 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Jack Petocz, near the center with a bullhorn, was one of several students suspended at Flagler Palm Coast High School and Matanzas High School for different reasons following Thursday's walkout protesting lawmakers' "Don't Say Gay" bill. As of this afternoon, Petocz said he still didn't know how long his suspension was to be.

At least one student involved in a fight over a Trump flag that was deployed during the FPC suspension is among those who were suspended. The flag appears to have been deployed as a provocation of the students demonstrating, and was accompanied by taunts against the students, who were repeatedly called “faggots.”

‘Say Gay! Say Gay! Say Gay!’ FPC Students Chant in Walkout Protesting Bills; Organizer Jack Petocz Is Suspended

March 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 50 Comments

Jack Petocz, left, at the height of the walkout he organized this morning at Flagler Palm Coast High School, an hour or two before he was suspended pending an investigation. (© FlaglerLive)

Hundreds of students at Flagler Palm Coast High School staged a 12-minute walkout this morning to protest bills nearing passage in the Legislature that would silence educators’ freedom to discuss certain topics, including gender identity, sexual orientation and certain anti-racism themes. Jack Petocz, the organizer of the protest, was suspended after the event.

A Flagler Palm Coast High School Student’s Message to Lawmakers: Stop Policing My Education

February 17, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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A spate of GOP bills in the Florida Legislature seek to sever the trust and safety inherent in the confidentiality of student-teacher discussions, putting the safety of students at risk and further accelerating an exodus of teachers and other education professionals from the profession at a time of critical teacher shortages in Florida.

FPC’s Jack Petocz Is Featured at Length in Page One New York Times Story on Schools’ Book Bans

January 31, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Jack Petocz, center, holding a copy of All Boys Aren't Blue, at the protest he organized against book bans by the school district last November. Next to him is Flagler Palm Coast High School student Alysa Vidal, holding the sign Petocz made and was featured holding in one of the New York Times' pictures, and School Board member candidate Courtney VandeBunte. (© FlaglerLive)

Jack Petocz, the Flagler Palm Coast High School senior who organized last November’s protest against two local school board members’ attempt to ban books from school libraries, is featured today in a Page One New York Times article that examines a surge of attempted and actual book bans in school districts across the country, including in Flagler.

Banning LGBTQ-Themed Books From Flagler Schools Is an Attempt to Erase Students Like Me. We Will Not Stand For It.

December 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 47 Comments

Jack Petocz at the Nov. 16 demonstration he organized, holding a copy of "All Boys Aren't Blue." (© FlaglerLive)

Linking the vile and threatening language his student-led demonstration drew outside a school board meeting in November to the superintendent’s decision to ban an LGBTQ-themed book for now, Jack Petocz, a student at Flagler Palm Coast High School, calls on the superintendent to reconsider the decision and consider its consequences.

An FPC Student’s Perspective: Time to Rethink Inequitable and Irrational Dress Code in Flagler Schools

August 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

Clashing consistency: Students in Flagler schools are urging the school board to revise the district's dress code. (© FlaglerLive)

The district’s dress code is irrational, outdated, unfair and sexist. It limits individual expression, and it’s an utter waste of time, argues Jack Petocz, a junior at Flagler Palm Coast High School who calls on the school board to listen to students’ concerns and revise the code.

The Unedited Statement School Board Chair McDonald Censored at a Public Meeting

June 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

A small demonstration in support of LGBTQ rights preceded Tuesday evening's school board meeting. (© FlaglerLive)

The original text of Jack Petocz’s statement is presented here unedited. School Board Chair Janet McDonald shut Petocz down the moment he mentioned her name in the context of a statement critical of her offensive tweeting activity.

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