Overview

• A Sept. 29 classroom video from Floral Avenue Elementary in Bartow shows a teacher singing a 'funny' birthday version that includes 'you look like a monkey' to a first-grader named Legend.
• Polk County Public Schools said district staff and human resources are reviewing the incident after the clip was widely shared online.
• Polk Education Association president Stephanie Yocum said the teacher has not been suspended and has received death threats following the video's circulation.
• Legend’s mother, Desarae Prather, says her son is too upset to return; he was moved to a different classroom, she plans to transfer him, and the family is seeking counseling.
• Prather is calling for the teacher to be fired and to issue a written apology, while the district said it understands concerns about the teacher’s actions and judgment.