The restaurant said nothing like this has ever happened before. The Florida Department of Education even sent an investigator to look into the matter. You’re not a teacher at all.” READ MORE: Americans Expected To Spend Record Amount For Mother's Day This Year You are a child abuser by taking kids to some bar gay bar, you need to resign. While you wouldn’t take them to the museum. “I don’t understand why you would take a field trip to take children to a gay bar.
The trip had been previously authorized by kindergarten and first-grade school parents.Ī school board member posted pictures she got, criticizing phone calls like one from a man in California. On Friday, there was heavy police presence outside Wilton Manors Elementary and a strong show of support from parents. It all stems from the fact that this restaurant bar and grill, Rosie’s is located in a predominantly gay community. This has now escalated to the state level. READ MORE: Miami-Dade PD Holds Annual Memorial Service To Remember Fallen Law Enforcement Members The field trip controversy has parents in Wilton Manors speaking out and showing support. This is serious,’ another Twitter user demanded.MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A field trip for young students to a neighborhood bar and grill has led to threats for a Broward school board member. ‘Educate yourself about Broward County Schools.
Leonardi also shared photos of about a dozen kids coloring in pumpkins, which feature a restaurant sign on a lawn as well as the restaurant’s Bar & Grill logo. ‘Whether it’s for lunch or dinner, Sunday funday brunch or just for a few drinks… Whether you’re LBGTQ+ or a collaborator… Whether you’re a local or just visiting… Solo… you’ll find the best in South Florida It will be a memorable experience with the talented crew,’ Bar & Grill writes on its website.Īdded description, ‘Rozi is a place worth visiting… more to be visited!’. Kids were pictured inside the bar, which featured rainbow-colored decorations and raucous menu items, including Naked Sweaty Lovin’ Chicken Tenders, cooked in Rosie’s own “Smack My Cheeks and Make ‘Em Rosie” sauce. That being said… it was unfair and many people, including those who sanctioned it, should be held accountable,’ another wrote. ‘I assume that their field trips like our field trip will have to submit a request with details of the trip as well as educational value. Someone else tweeted, ‘Honestly could care less if the establishment is all at once “gay” or whatever.īroward County School Board member Sarah Leonardi posted photos of a group of Wilton Manors Elementary School kids at Rosie’s Bar and Grill ‘Whether it’s a gay bar or not….it’s a bar!! Why are the kids going on field trips to the bar?!?!,” posted a Twitter user. ‘I was so honored to be invited on a field trip to Wilton Manors Elementary for the incredible Rosie! The students and I enjoyed the walk and learned a lot about our community! Many thanks to Rosie Bar & Grill for hosting this special field trip every year!’ posted by leonardi Twitter And Facebook on Thursday.Ĭommentators quickly questioned whether the bar, gay or not, was the place to take young children on a field trip in the first place. A Florida Grade-schoolers are taken on a field trip to a gay bar after an elementary school fires-one that offers menu items filled with sexual puns like Rhoda Cowboy and Ivana Hooker.īroward County School Board member Sarah Leonardi shared photos on social media of a group of children from Wilton Manors Elementary School in Fort Lauderdale at Rosie’s Bar and Grill, a well-known LGBT hangout.