Kentucky’s 2022 Teacher of the Year leaving classroom over anti-LGBTQ discrimination

By Travis Gettys Kentucky’s current teacher of the year is leaving the classroom due to discrimination and lack of support because he is gay. Willie Carver Jr., the 2022 teacher of the year, is quitting teaching after 17 years to take a job at the University of Kentucky in student support services, and he will also be an academic advisor at the Gatton College for Business and Economics, reported the Lexington Herald-Leader. “This was not an easy decision; I have cried quite a few times trying to make it over the past few months,” Carver said in a Facebook post. “But, ultimately, I have always …

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