Our new principal, Erin Brown, doesn’t give the students the right to express their beliefs and she has been said to have body shamed three students within the first three days of the 2019-20 school year. It was said that she made remarks on a girls being “too curvy to wear a certain type of top” and “not having the right body type to wear shorts” While it may not be against the “rules” Not only were her comments morally wrong but they also don’t have any place in such a diverse school where we like to express ourselves in our own sexualities, and our opinions through things like our clothing, and respectfully, we don’t think a principal like Ms. Brown would be the best fit at our school, which is supposed to be a nurturing and inclusive environment for EVERYONE.

As an end result we would like to be given the opportunity to make certain suggestions about the way things are being run, or be assigned a new principal more inclusive to all of our diverse students. We understand it’s early on in the year, but the stir she’s caused already is a clear indication as to how much the students of Fort Lauderdale High need a better leader.