'It's about damn time': Bryan Ruby becomes only active pro baseball player to be out as gay Pitzen, an English teacher, initially posted the video on her own TikTok account, It has since been deleted. We follow due process and our investigation continues.' The teacher is no longer in the classroom. Watch Video: Teacher removed after her students pledge allegiance to the Pride flagĬalifornia teacher Kristin Pitzen was removed from teaching in her classroom as an investigation begins into a viral TikTok video where she joked about telling a student to pledging allegiance to a LGBTQ Pride flag rather than to the American flag.Īnnette Franco, a spokesperson for the Newport-Mesa Unified School District, told the Orange County Register: 'Showing respect for our nation's flag is an important value that we instill in our students and an expectation of our employees.
