Source: RT
Broward school board member Sarah Leonardi posted photos of the school trip on Facebook and Twitter on Wednesday which showed the masked children sitting inside the rainbow-themed bar.
“I was SO honored to be invited to chaperone Wilton Manors Elementary’s field trip to the incredible Rosie’s! The students and I had a fun walk over and learned a lot about our community!” Leonardi wrote, before thanking the bar “for hosting this special field trip every year” – an indication that it was not the first time such a trip took place.
I was SO honored to be invited to chaperone @WiltonManorsES’s field trip to the incredible Rosie’s! The students and I had a fun walk over and learned a lot about our community! A huge thank you to @RosiesBnG for hosting this special field trip every year! pic.twitter.com/A3rpMbyUJP
— School Board Member Sarah Leonardi (@bcpsleonardi) October 27, 2021
Leonardi’s post angered many people on social media, who questioned why children were being taken to an adult, alcohol-oriented venue for a school trip instead of a more appropriate location like a museum or the zoo.
Why is there a field trip to a bar? Get it together. Inappropriate.
— Melissa Holland (@_melissaholland) October 28, 2021
I’m gay and think elementary school students going on a field trip to a gay bar is ridiculous. WTF
— J’s Game Corner 🎮 🌈 🏳️⚧️ (@just_games1984) October 28, 2021
I guess a strip club is next? This is shameful.
— Bex 🇺🇸🗽 (@bexneffect) October 28, 2021
“What was educational about this? Like really, what the hell did they actually do?” asked one man on Facebook, while another person quipped, “Next, they’ll be ordering tequila & vodka shooters with Jell-O shots on the side, for the kiddies. Dumb move on the Board Member and teacher.”
Others called for the board member to be fired and even arrested, protesting, “How can you be allowed to take children to a place like this?!”
The menu at Rosie’s Bar and Grill – which describes itself as a venue for those who are “LBGTQ+ or an ally” and was the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s ‘Best Gay Bar’ of 2015 – features such items as ‘Ivana Hooker’, ‘Miley Highclub’, ‘Rhoda Cowboy’, and ‘Young Ranch Hand’, however the children were provided with a more child-friendly menu during their trip.
Some members of the community attempted to defend the board member, arguing that the trip helps children gain life skills, such as how to order food and pay a bill.
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