The Newport Mesa School District told Fox News that the situation is being investigated. While attempting to hold back laughter, she exclaimed, “In the meantime, I tell this kid, ‘We do have a flag in the class that you can pledge your allegiance to.’ And he like, looks around and goes, ‘Oh, that one?'” She then pointed to the gay pride flag.įox News has identified the teacher in the viral video as Kristin Pitzen, who reportedly teaches in the Newport Mesa School District in Orange County, California. One of her students asked what he should look at while they recite the Pledge of Allegiance since there is no American flag in the classroom.
“I packed it away and I don’t know where, and I haven’t found it yet,” she said while giggling. The teacher explained in the video that she removed the American flag from her classroom during the pandemic “because it made me uncomfortable.” “Except for the fact that my room does not have a flag,” she noted.