“Concerned Parent” is named David Leavitt.

David Leavitt is simply a disgruntled ex-husband who’s wife divorced him after he beat and sent her to the hospital.

He was convicted of that crime on Mar 13, 2007 and is about to start doing his jail time any day now.

Here are a few places to investigate this man and his criminal background:

http://www.co.collin.tx.us/rsp-bin/pbkr125.pgm

http://www.bne.state.tx.us/disciplinaryaction/imposters2008.html (goto bottom of page… cute guy, eh?)

http://www.dallascounty.org/pars2/criminalSearch.html

I apologize for having to go off-topic.

Tina Leavitt has been selling sex for money on Craigslist and Backpage.com.

She was removed from Irving for this behavior and has made her way to Frisco.

Furthermore, she advertises her profession with the moniker “sexkittenteach”
and “Biteach”.

Please call the school board and ask for an investigation.

#1. yes you should have looked into what kind of art work there is at the DMA.

#2. If the parent didnt want their child to see nude sculptures. (because i know they knew there were nude sculptures.) they shouldnt have signed a release form.

Added to everything else that went on. YOU people ruined someones teaching career (life!!!!!) over a stupid nude sculpture that has history and nature behind it. it wasnt meant to be made for the purpose of introducing kids and young teens to nudity. (they will be introduced to that in the future and there is no stopping that.) it was meant to introduce children and young teens to art. i am in all kinds of art and i can tell you if it wasnt for art like that and of all kinds i would be dropped out of school and at home eating chips and drinking pop all the time but no i am at school learning and while i am in the process learning art and for art i will now have a future. if you people (school board) are so evil and see that you have done the right thing by fireing that poor teacher than i am pretty sure you are feeling guilty right now and i am sure god is very disappointed in you all. if i was the superintendent i would have rehired that poor teacher and given her a raise for her suffering. i hope that women is able to get on with her life just because a nude sculpture that a little inmature boy/girl saw and told their inmature parents.

The Frisco ISD is a strong supporter of the arts. Study trips help enhance and extend learning for students.
The following are among the required study trips at certain grade levels:

A Dramatic Arts Based Trip
(to be selected by the campus)
2nd grade
Required

The Opera
3rd grade
Required

Frisco Storytelling Festival
4th grade
Required

The Symphony –
The Eisemann Center
The Meyerson Center

4th grade
5th grade

Required
Required

Environmental Camp (3 day trip)
5th grade
Required

Collin County Historical Museum (Community theme in Social Studies)
3rd grade
Required

Others that are among the approved venues to help expose students to art, culture, history and nature, but not required are:

Heard Museum
Kindergarten – 5th grade
Possible for any grade level

Dallas Art Museum
Kindergarten – 5th grade
Possible for any grade level

Dallas Arboretum
Kindergarten – 5th grade
Possible for any grade level

Students have been going to the Dallas Museum of Arts for years. The museum is very student-centered and loves to educate young people. At the high school level, advanced art students go to one of the major museums every other year or so depending on the exhibits, etc. The next elementary school scheduled to go to the DMA from FISD is Isbell Elementary. They are planning to see the Van Gogh exhibit to learn more about an artist they have been studying. When planning a trip, the following might be a sequence of events related to the trip:

The first step is to work with the principal to approve the study trip.
The next step is to find a workable date that fits the school and museum schedules and to also arrange transportation.
The teacher would then go preview the exhibit and work with the docents to pick the pieces for the learning, museum experience. They would pick the pieces with the developmental age and maturity of the student in mind. Based on the number of students who will be attending the study trip, the number of docents needed would also be determined.
The museum would then send the school information, possibly with lesson plans or slides that the teacher could go over with students prior to the trip so that students would make better learning connections with the art.
The teacher would send home permission slips with the students for their parents to sign regarding the study trip. The permission slip would indicate the exhibit being seen and might offer other information to the parents for their review, i.e. websites, etc. Chaperones would be sought among parents to meet the adult/student guidelines of the museum if needed.
The teacher would then prepare students for the museum experience. Some of the topics the teacher may touch on would be that there are many forms and types of art; that throughout time art has reflected the history and culture of the period; that the human figure has been respected and celebrated through the centuries and artists have portrayed it in different ways; and that there are trends within art and among artists as there are with other popular culture representations, such as music, clothing, etc. Although you may not be going to specifically view exhibits with nude art representations, you most surely will be passing by different forms of art and want students to understand all that they may be seeing. FISD does caution teachers regarding the introduction of mature subject matter (such as nudity) without adequate preparation and communication.
Museum behavior and protocol would be discussed – being quiet and respectful when the docents are speaking; not touching the art; maintaining an adequate distance from pieces so all can see, etc.
In planning and preparing for the study trip, if students will be waiting for a long stretch of time, then an activity tied to the experience should be planned to constructively use that time. While touring the exhibits, the lead teacher would touch base with all the groups.
When students return from the study trip, the teacher would conduct some follow-up activities to reinforce the experience and extend the learning that took place.
A parental complaint regarding a concern or something viewed on a study trip to the Dallas Museum of Art or any other museum would not result in a teacher being fired or suspended. The concern would be conveyed to the teacher.

The above came from the Friso ISD website.

Just an FYI…The teacher in question did not do much of the required teaching above. That is the real discussion point as to why Ms. McGee is in this position. She has however managed to get all of you up in arms as if this were truly over the nude sculpture. Please look deeper and stop calling us crazy Americans. This is about the media and not telling the whole story.