Hope Carrasquilla, forced to resign after parents condemned Michelangelo’s statue as pornography, invited to Florence
A Florida principal who resigned after parents at her school decried Michelangelo’s David statue as pornography has traveled to Florence, Italy, following invitations from the museum director and mayor of Florence.
Hope Carrasquilla, the former principal of Florida’s Tallahassee Classical school, touched down in Florence on Friday and visited the Galleria dell’Accademia with her family where the David statue resides. Carrasquilla’s visit follows her resignation in March after parents at the Christian charter school complained about their children being shown the 16th-century Renaissance statue of the biblical figure in class.
One of the school’s parents condemned the statue of David as “pornographic”. A parent also said that she “felt her child should not be viewing those pieces”, and said that she was “point-blank upset”, Carrasquilla
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