Reading 'I Need a New Butt' to kids gets U.S. assistant principal fired
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An assistant principal in a Mississippi school district has been fired after he read a children's book to a class of 2nd graders that district leaders said was inappropriate.
Toby Price was fired last week after reading "I Need a New Butt," a children's book by Dawn McMillan, to students at an elementary school in Byrum, a suburb of the state capital of Jackson. He had served in the post for three years until his firing.
"I was asked to schedule a Zoom where we were going to have a guest reader with the second graders. The Zoom reader didn't show, and I didn't hear back, so I was told to go ahead and read," Price told news outlets.
The book depicts a young child trying to find a new butt after he discovers his "has a huge crack," a description reads.
"Will he choose an armour-plated butt? A rocket butt? A robot butt? Find out in this quirky tale of a tail, which features hilarious rhymes and delightful illustrations," it reads. "Children and parents will love this book -- no ifs, ands, or butts about it!"
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