Oklahoma Teacher Urging Children to Call Boy ‘F*g’ Remains in Classroom

A boy the teacher drove to tears was suspended and has lost access to special ed services

Amber and Jonathon Stepp play an audio recording of their son’s 5th grade teacher saying he instructed students to call their son a fag. The Stepps later learned the teacher organized playground “fag tag” games. Image cropped from CBS News 5 video reporting.

Warning: This article discusses a homophobic slur many readers will experience as ugly and traumatizing.

What would you do if your 11-year-old son came home from school and asked what “fag” means? What would you do if he said his 5th-grade teacher urged his classmates to call him a fag? What would you do if your son broke down in tears when you defined fag for him?

What would you do if you found out that the teacher, besides urging peers to call your son a fag, has organized games of “fag tag” on the playground?

What would you do if you went to the school principal and district superintendent in distress, only to be told your son must either return to that teacher or transfer to an all-girls class?

This is not a thought experiment, it’s happening today in Talihina, Oklahoma

It’s happening right now to Amber and Jonathon Stepp and their 11-year-old son in the Talihina public school system. Amber and Jonathon say they’re shocked and saddened at the same time. Amber told local CBS affiliate News 5, “I’m…