Principal resigns after complaints on ‘David’ statue nudity

Michelangelo’s ‘David,’ photographed in August 2021. The principal of a Florida charter school has resigned after a parent complained that sixth-grade students were exposed to what was described as pornography during a lesson on Renaissance art that included the nude sculpture. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Commonists. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Michelangelo’s ‘David,’ photographed in August 2021. The principal of a Florida charter school has resigned after a parent complained that sixth-grade students were exposed to what was described as pornography during a lesson on Renaissance art that included the nude sculpture. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Commonists. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Michelangelo’s ‘David,’ photographed in August 2021. The principal of a Florida charter school has resigned after a parent complained that sixth-grade students were exposed to what was described as pornography during a lesson on Renaissance art that included the nude sculpture. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Commonists. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – A Florida charter school principal has been forced to resign after a parent complained sixth graders were exposed to pornography during a lesson on Renaissance art that included Michelangelo’s David sculpture.

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