Newtown, CT School Board Blocks Parents From Speaking About Employee’s Hateful Social Media Posts

NEWTOWN, CT - Law Enforcement Today recently reported on a seemingly racist behavioral therapist employed by the Newtown Public Schools who took to social media to publish unhinged posts about the murder of Charlie Kirk.

Some of the “highlights” of Danielle Slaughter Lozer’s insane rants included calling Kirk a “white, gum-heavy devil” who “constantly trashed black people like we were garbage” and accusing him of “poisoning” other people’s children with a platform “built on hate.” If you look up insane leftist in the dictionary, Lozer’s picture is likely prominently displayed. 

After Newtown parents became aware of Lozer’s posts, and she locked down her social media accounts. Unfortunately for her, parents took screenshots of her lunacy before she locked her accounts down.

Getting no satisfaction from the school superintendent, Anne Uberti, whose silence indicates tacit approval, parents began an online petition to have Lozer removed. 

Mind you, Lozer does not direct all her hate solely toward Kirk. She leaves plenty of vile rants for President Trump, whom she called a “d*ck sucker” and “pedo.” She said that “MAGA is going to hell,” calling them “evil, God hating, country-hating pigs.”

Charming. Yet she is still employed by the Newtown Public Schools. 

Law Enforcement Today reached out to the Newtown school board to ask for comment on Lozer’s remarks; however, no members responded. 

Newtown’s school board has specific policies on employees’ conduct on social media. Policy 4118.12/4218.12-Freedom of Speech and the Use of Media, Including Social Media reads as follows, in part:

“Ordinarily, the use of public discourse and social media by employees, including employees’ use of personal online accounts, will not be a legal or policy issue. While a policy cannot address every instance of inappropriate public discourse or use of social media, employees must refrain from discourse or social media use that: interferes, disrupts, or undermines the effective operation of the school district;

1. Is used to engage in harassing, defamatory, obscene, abusive, discriminatory, or threatening, or similarly inappropriate communications [emphasis added]; 

It would seem that calling the president a “d*ck sucker” and a “pedo” while referring to half the country, MAGA “going to hell,” and “evil, God-hating, country-hating pigs” might fall under the definition of “harassing, defamatory, obscene, abusive, discriminatory” and “threatening.” 

Frustrated with the lack of response from letters to the superintendent and school board, parents attended the first Board of Education meeting held after the controversy arose last month, the Connecticut Centinal reported. 

According to the outlet, parents wishing to address the board had to wait over two hours before being allowed to speak, and then were admonished not to exercise their First Amendment rights and talk about the controversy involving Lozer. 

The Centinal said the first speaker, only identified by the initials T.G., a retired US Marine, was asked to read comments from a parent who was attending the meeting online but was prevented from speaking due to “technical” issues on the BOE’s side. He also had his own comments to present. Under Board policies, each speaker is given three minutes to deliver comments. 

However, Board chair Alison Plante ruled that T.G. could only be given three minutes to read both comments into the record instead of three minutes for each. He was also prevented from discussing Lozer’s conduct because Plante, taking the chicken’s way out, said they could not “discuss personnel matters in public.” 

T.G. was not asking the board to respond to his comments directly, but instead wanted his concerns on the record. Plante refused to allow him to do so, even though he didn’t mention Lozer by name. She cut him off and told him to email the superintendent, who was adept at blowing off concerns about Lozer. 

In addition, T.G., along with the parent who couldn’t comment because the Newtown BOE can’t get its technical house in order, wanted to point out that Lozer’s social media posts clearly violate the above-cited policy on social media use. 

Superintendent Anne Uberti appears well-versed in that policy, since she cited it in a recent note to parents. In that note, she cited the board policy while adding that, “[T]his policy reflects the Board’s respect for employees’ First Amendment rights while also setting clear expectations for responsible social media use. All employees need to understand that, especially during this time of heightened political discord, while free speech is protected, there are limits, particularly when it comes to maintaining professionalism and the trust of our school community.” [emphasis added]

It is probably a given that most parents would define Lozer’s comments as not “maintaining professionalism” and ensuring “professionalism and the trust of our school community.” 

As mentioned in our initial reporting, Lozer is a member of Newtown Allies for Change (NAFC), a Black Lives Matter-oriented group that has pushed the Newtown Public Schools to adopt DEI positions while pushing “anti-racism” concepts to students. T.G. and the other parent intended to address that relationship. The Centinal also reports there appears to be something of an “unholy alliance” between the NAFC and the Newtown Police Department.

They wrote: "As a matter of fact, Newtown Police Sgt. Chapman, who is so friendly with the NAFC that parents jokingly call him 'the Allies Bodyguard,' was present at the BOE meeting last night, presumably in case anything got rowdy."

T.G. was going to close out his comments by noting an “ethics concern” related to Lozer’s position as an NAFC board member and the fact that NAFC. At the same time, it is not registered as a nonprofit and has been accepting donations for five years, which would appear to be a violation of IRS regulations. The group “gives symbolic and monetary awards of up to $500 to educators who adopt the NAFC’s racist views,” the Centinal reported. 

“Due to this failure in leadership and action, I’ll immediately begin the formal process of filing ethics violations against the Board of Education, the Superintendent, and the employee,” T.G. said. 

They then tried to add, “these violations will cite the harassment and assault of parents, financial conflicts of interest, and educator professional standards violations. And most importantly, YOUR inaction towards these violations. If you will not hold OUR employees accountable, we will hold YOU accountable.” 

Plante again cut him off, citing the trope that one should not discuss complaints or personnel matters in public. 

According to T.G., Lozer attempted to contact him at his home, which he said he presumed was to try to intimidate him. Lozer’s personal number and name came up on T.G.’s caller ID on Sept. 29; however, when he answered, she hung up. Right after, he received another call, this time from a private number. He reported the incident to Uberti. 

Another speaker, Wendy Rosa Humphries, was clearly frustrated that she was prohibited from addressing “the elephant in the room,” the Centinal reported, and she pleaded with Uberti and the Board of Education to cease being political for the sake of the town’s children. 

‘But it’s getting ugly. Our children watch what we do. They know what we post. They know what we say. It shouldn’t matter whether you’re left or right, let’s get these test scores up,” said Humphries. Let’s stop being political and start teaching these children what they deserve.” 

A former Newtown resident, Cathleen Walsh, told the board that people who speak out against Lozer are “called racists or intolerant, and sometimes it doesn’t stop there. Their businesses get boycotted. Their kids get harassed, and they’re attacked online. That’s happening right here in Newtown,” she said. “And that’s heartbreaking to see.” 

Below are examples of posts from people affiliated with NAFC encouraging boycotts of businesses that allegedly supported Donald Trump:

“People should never feel afraid to attend a meeting or to share their opinions respectfully, and that’s what a community is supposed to be like. And that’s what’s happening now. This room should be filled with people. People are afraid to come out and express their opinion. It’s concerning when those representing our schools feel comfortable posting things that divide the community, while parents and residents feel too intimidated to even speak up,” Walsh said.