I was SO honored to be invited to chaperone WiltonManorsES’s field trip to the incredible Rosie’s she wrote. The problem was the destination of the field trip was a gay bar. The office of Kathy Koch, chief communications officer for Broward schools, acknowledged a request for comment but did not provide one. On Wednesday, Broward County school board member Sarah Leonardi tweeted pictures of a field trip she took Wilton Manors Elementary students on. Leonardi, who is active with the Democratic Party, has been criticized by conservative parents in recent months for her stances in favor of transgender athletes and mandatory masks. Some messages suggested that Leonardi be removed from office or even arrested. However, some users posted photos of the wall decor, including a sign that makes a joke about oral sex. Leonardi told the Sun Sentinel she didn’t see anything inappropriate while she was there. “What if the Broward school board member took little kids to this bar EXPECTING that some parents would protest, so she could call the FBI and go on MSNBC to discuss all the ‘threatening messages’ she’s received from “insurrectionist” parents?” Pushaw tweeted. Some questioned the adult menu, which includes entrees with names like “Rhoda Cowboy” and “Ivanna Hooker.” Children who attended were given a special menu listing entrees only as hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken fingers and grilled cheese sandwiches. Jared Ochs, a spokesman for the Florida Department of Education Ron DeSantis press secretary Christina Pushaw, questioning why Leonardi was taking students to a “gay bar.” The post soon went viral with many social media users, including Gov. “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!”
It’s never gotten any attention before, he said.īut this year, Leonardi, who was sworn in last November, posted on Facebook photos of the lunch and of students standing outside the Rosie’s sign.
“Some of these students have never been inside a restaurant before.” “They get introduced to the chef and the general manager who explains what the servers do,” he said. The point of the trip is to teach children about how a restaurant operates, Zieba said, adding that students walked from school as a group and arrived about 11 a.m., before most in the general public were present. Zieba said the field trip has happened most years in the past decade, with last year being an exception because of COVID-19. Leonardi and Zieba said they’ve been reported to Wilton Manors police. Rosie’s has also received threats, said John Zieba, co-owner of the restaurant. Sarah Leonardi, in a statement to The South Florida Sun Sentinel