An Idaho teacher clashed with her school district after it ordered her to remove two “controversial” classroom signs: one that reads “everyone is welcome here” above an illustration of handprints in different skin tones and another that says all students are “welcome,

West Ada School District sparks controversy by ordering a teacher to remove signs from her classroom due to content neutrality policy.

The recent story of a West Ada School District teacher being required to remove a classroom poster that simply states “Everyone is Welcome” because it was deemed not “content neutral,” should give us all pause. At first glance, this might seem like a minor incident in a single classroom, but its implications are far-reaching.